Amen on that! These days , all you got is a bunch of parts replacers, and if
they don't have a scanner port to plug into, to decipher what is wrong, they
are lost! Myself, I prefered when working on a car didn't require hands 3
inches long. I can work on the new stuff, but find working on either of my
Imps, or any older car, much much easier then some of the little cracker
boxes they have now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark McDonald" <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: IML: old parts
> You got that right. A lot of shops won't even deal with the old cars. A
line
> I hear again and again is: "I don't have the time to fool with 'em." Or:
> "They're too much trouble." It's much easier to just replace a part. The
idea
> of breaking it down and fixing it or "rehabing" a part is a foreign
concept to
> many.
>
> "D. Dardalis" wrote:
>
> > I think what is happening here is that fewer and fewer mechanics
understand
> > the old hardware, even though the hardware itself is simple. May be
they
> > don't care learning about them. They only understand replacing parts
> > because this is where the industry is going. Nobody cares about the
> > old. If its old, its bad news. New is what they want.
>
>
>
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