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Old Jul 11, 2024 | 10:10 AM
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Default Re: Post Something Random (No politics)
Originally Posted by GraphiteGhost
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I just HATE all these new tech things to make something easy (supposedly easier). When the tech fails, it takes a huge effort to replace/reprogram/troubleshoot/finding the manuals/and finally gobs of monies to fix. Just give me a key and a lock on a door, if the included garage opener on the vehicle doesn't work for ANY reason. Simple, very simply, use the key. Power failures, no problem... Lightning storms burning out receivers or high RFI locations (including a surge through the electrical grid sometimes called a momentary that wrecks havoc on components in electrical/electronics components), ad nauseam. KISS, someting engineers have no comprehension of because (it) to them it is an oxymoron. When has anyone of late crawled into an engine compartment to fix something? Usually, it is buried deep behind all the crapola throughout the engine bay....


There, I got that off my chest... Thanks all! LOL


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It's love-hate for me. My fuel injected, tuned as I drive, bike/car/truck sure do start easily. And when the truck acted up, it was surprisingly easy to fix (had a bad coil pack that was firing across cylinders).
But fact is, the Crossfire (for example) can be a MESS to troubleshoot at times.

I do not miss messing with choke pull-offs, sticky carb floats, etc.

Currently, the truck failed emissions tests - code reader says the downstream O2 sensor is WAY out of bounds, it's showing that it is internally shorted, I spray penetrating oil on it every three days, next week I'll go get a sensor and change it. I hope that does it. (The truck will be 20 years old this fall.)
 
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