Firearms Take-Down Tool-less; Why Not Cars?

Most guns can be torn down for service without tools, at least so far as
cleaning and lubrication. Complete teardown requires only simple tools in
most cases.

There is no reason why cars shouldn't be the same way. The third biggest
complaint the public has is car repair. Its not the fault of the repair
shops though its perceived that way. The proximate fault is with the car
makers who have made serviceablity last on the list of engineering design
specifications.

The poor soul who has a cracked exhaust manifold, for instance. Its bad
enough the inadequate manifold cracked, but why should the single component
replacement repair be cascaded into a major teardown with head removal and
its attended multitude of parts removal, replacement and adjustments? No,
the manifold should be an easy removal and replacement job. Is it doable?
Yes, it is.

Just look at the rocker cover and the oil pan. Lots of little capscrews to
turn and multipiece gaskets to leak. Why not a simple toggle in place with
a snap and lock? Instead of multipiece gaskets, a deep recessed grove into
which a low hysterisis rubber o-ring gasket is laid to effect a perfect
seal. No tools required, nothing to line up and the job a snap. The
accessories like water pump, generator and starter should be a quick snap
in and out directly with no obstructions in the way to block the R & R. How
is it in your car? Do you have to drop the drive shaft to get the starter
out? If so, its bad design. Very bad. That's why the labor for a starter
R & R on some cars is $300 instead of $10.

A clutch should drop in a slot after a splined coupler shaft is withdrawn.
Such a redesign would make cluch plate R & R a five minute job. The brake
pads on todays cars isn't all that bad. Perhaps thats because they were
designed in the 60s, whereas the clutch was done in the 20s. D-C, I know
there doesn't seem to be much customer demand for a 5 minute clutch job,
but once you invest the money to make it so, the customers will flock to
your dealers in eager anticipation.

On all new cars, the engineers should be taken to task to R & R all the
common parts in the assembled car! That'll teach 'em a lesson. Anyone can
do it like the manual says when the drive train is out and on a dolly. Try
doing some of those jobs with the engine in the car. Its impossible.

Most cars are eventually junked when something minor wears out and its too
expensive to get to it to do R & R.

Before you come down on the poor grease monkey trying to make a living
turning those wrenches and swinging that ball peen, watch him at work. Do
you hear cursing? Is he throwing tools and parts around and stomping on
goodies like your hall effect pickup? Is he inbribiated? Is he throwing
fits of anger and sometimes takes a swing at the service manager for giving
him your car to fix? Is grease up to his elbows? And when the job is
done, does the service manager give you a mind-blowing labor bill and jacks
up the prices of all the unnecessary parts his mechanic installed? All
this is because D-C didn't think serviceability.

Before you buy your next car, look under the hood. Can you find all the
sparking plugs? The starter? The generator? The water pump? How about
the master brake cylinder and power booster? Look for the steering gear.
Do you think you could pull it out if you had to? What about the fuel
injectors? Do they look like they could be popped out for testing and
replacement if they needed it? And don't forget all the important
accessories like automatic power pedal adjusters. Do check out all these
things and more before you lay down your hard earned $25,000 for a 2004
Belchfire TownCar.

 

Very well spoken and thought out.. you making any money on that?

 

BEcause gun reserves the special right for America. Right to bear
arm is
what makes great AMerica. Think of the American history, this great
nation is built on by using firearm to kill indians. That's right. Who
cares about Indian
anyways? Gun is the key to the American revolution and democracy. Give
the
gun to every household to make sure the Second Amendment is implement
it.

 

Wow, now we have the 2 biggest idiots that post on the group engaged in a
discussion.
This might be interesting to see just how inane they get. Probably they
will end up
proving the world is flat, or some such.

Ted