[Whaler]

Originally posted by RICK LAKE


"Whaler How can you buy a home assembled tool , car, kids toy without a manual to assembly it buy. The better replica cars come with indepth instructions on assembling your car. The poorer companys have storys about it is in the mail, etc. "

Yep........I agree. It came home 65% finished. I get to do the rest and it wasn't too too hard. Wiring, piping,Fuel, All easy stuff and if I need help I could ask for help.

"I have 20+ years in the mechanic world I learn new things very day about the product a work on. It took me 5 years to get my car running, drove 1000 miles to Run&Gun, drove the car 3 miles and chewed up a stub shaft bearing. Put the car on the trailer and still had a great time because a helped install a center section for Stacy P and his car ran 9.85 at 137mph and won the King of the Hill. We spent 12 hours swapping over the carrier because his welder welded the straps of the safety fuel cell to the rearend carrier assembly in the car. "

I have not heard of the lower hoses blowing on these cars. I have double clamps on my hoses and protective covers on the hoses where they might rub on the frame or steering rack.

I have heard of it. My hose blew off at an intermediate pipe I had made between the waterpump hose and the bottom rad nipples hose. This pipe did not have a bead at each end it did have double clamps. It blew off after my cam breakin the other night. The car got to 110-115 deg C. I had the cam break in done and did not want it getting hotter. At about 1900RPM I switched the key off and the rest you can imagine being a mechanic with 20 years experience etc.
My pipe now has a welded bead at each end along with the double clamps. Think it will ever see that extreme again? Or get shutdown in that fashion again? Not likely

"I work with 11 other techs with different skill levels and the most IMPORTANT THING is that the car leaves the shop fixed and safe. We don't care about who found the problem or who fixed it. Nothing is perfect but we all try to improve it. Rick Lake"

That's why I said in the MILL I work at there are mill standards which encorporate many aspects into a maintanence procedure or task, safety being first and foremost. Then I talked about personal standards and those encorporate all kinds of aspects in the job. You know the difference. We usually have a nice balance that achieves the best of both in getting the job done.

Bottom line is neither us or our cars and their perspective manufacturers all come from the same mold.

Tim