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@Corey, you sound like a nice, caring and motivated young fellow whom I’m sure will do well in whatever you choose. I have children in their early to mid 20’s and I might tend to recommend to them to lean towards diesel technology in their career pursuits. I’m Not an auto tech but I do read and study and I am of the opinion that our economy (U.S. and many other countries) will expand greatly in the diesel industry in the coming years. The trucking industry alone will grow at a rapid rate over the next several years, based upon things I have read in the media. And all those diesel trucks and construction equipment will need to be serviced. You could still work on cars for a side line but could probably earn a pretty decent salary on diesel as you “real” job 🙂 Good luck!
@Corey, you sound like a nice, caring and motivated young fellow whom I’m sure will do well in whatever you choose. I have children in their early to mid 20’s and I might tend to recommend to them to lean towards diesel technology in their career pursuits. I’m Not an auto tech but I do read and study and I am of the opinion that our economy (U.S. and many other countries) will expand greatly in the diesel industry in the coming years. The trucking industry alone will grow at a rapid rate over the next several years, based upon things I have read in the media. And all those diesel trucks and construction equipment will need to be serviced. You could still work on cars for a side line but could probably earn a pretty decent salary on diesel as you “real” job 🙂 Good luck!
Maybe it’s comparing “apples to oranges” to compare cars to airplanes as far as service schedules and whatnot. Whatever the reasoning, the aircraft industry must be doing it right since we have passenger aircraft flying 40 or even 50+ years at times with regular maintenance procedures. And the Air Force still flies one of my all time favorite planes – the majestic B-52 bomber after 50+ years AND is projected to use them for a while into the future. That means some of those planes will have flown 60, 70 years or so! I think that is awesome. I do know they require significant upgrades and servicing over time though but it’s still awesome and a suppose a testament to past/present American aircraft manufacturing quality.
Maybe it’s comparing “apples to oranges” to compare cars to airplanes as far as service schedules and whatnot. Whatever the reasoning, the aircraft industry must be doing it right since we have passenger aircraft flying 40 or even 50+ years at times with regular maintenance procedures. And the Air Force still flies one of my all time favorite planes – the majestic B-52 bomber after 50+ years AND is projected to use them for a while into the future. That means some of those planes will have flown 60, 70 years or so! I think that is awesome. I do know they require significant upgrades and servicing over time though but it’s still awesome and a suppose a testament to past/present American aircraft manufacturing quality.
I agree with the “Cascading Failure” thing. Seems that’s been my experience over the years. Some of it probably my fault for letting little things signs & symptoms go until they can’t be put off any longer. But I still think the engineers try to make today’s cars pretty much fail-proof for 100,000 miles or so and don’t car much after that point. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but i still think the engineers actually design some parts to fail after a certain point. After all, the auto industry survives by people buying NEW cars/trucks. They don’t make squat if we try to make them last 200,000 or 300,000 miles.
I agree with the “Cascading Failure” thing. Seems that’s been my experience over the years. Some of it probably my fault for letting little things signs & symptoms go until they can’t be put off any longer. But I still think the engineers try to make today’s cars pretty much fail-proof for 100,000 miles or so and don’t car much after that point. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but i still think the engineers actually design some parts to fail after a certain point. After all, the auto industry survives by people buying NEW cars/trucks. They don’t make squat if we try to make them last 200,000 or 300,000 miles.
Not sure that I would take a parts store guy’s word for it but I’m fairly sure that is located underneath the intake manifold where the hose goes into the housing for the water pump. Don’t quote me on that though 😉
Not sure that I would take a parts store guy’s word for it but I’m fairly sure that is located underneath the intake manifold where the hose goes into the housing for the water pump. Don’t quote me on that though 😉
As long as the 2X4’s are correctly distributing the weight evenly. I see more issues with using them on the jack stands personally. Physics is a fact and if either of those are not supporting their portion of the weight properly, that could be an issue.
Just me personally I would never use the boards with jack stands, or I should say I would not be comfortable working under it.
As long as the 2X4’s are correctly distributing the weight evenly. I see more issues with using them on the jack stands personally. Physics is a fact and if either of those are not supporting their portion of the weight properly, that could be an issue.
Just me personally I would never use the boards with jack stands, or I should say I would not be comfortable working under it.
I’m having issues right now with similar things. You checked the fuel pump; did you test the pressure? Also check the fuel pressure regulator (FPR). Mine shut off several times a few days ago while driving and i unhooked the vacuum hose off the FPR and it allows me to get back and forth to the store and whatnot until I can figure it out and fix it proper. My check engine light is never on either. AND, I had an overheating issue couple weeks ago; replaced the thermostat but rough running and stalling is still something I’m troubleshooting.