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How did stuff become so difficult?
Greg65:
Big vote for an extendable magnetic probe, unless it’s a stainless steel washer that has gone into a black hole!
AshimotoK0:
Well Macabethiel's recent post prompted me to Google 'Associated Octel at Ellesmere Port & 'Castner-Solvay cells' .... fascinating stuff .. a nice break from polishing 20 alloy wheel hubs & brake plates ;D
ST1100:
--- Quote from: Trigger on November 11, 2020, 07:55:10 PM ---I get called out to Honda dealerships were i am met by a 22 to 31 year old Honda trained technician standing with a laptop in hand and they can't find were to plug a 400 four in to the computer. I found this amazing that they have not been trained on carbs and points or they don't even understand a floating caliper :o
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Incidentally we have a thread on another forum about the demise in proper service these days... it has gotten really hard to find a shop with a decent, skilled and motivated bike mechanic, blessed with some common sense and not actually wrecking parts/assemblies on your motorcycle...
One of the core reasons and friend and I rented a "shed" (actually a big garage space), got tools, workshop manuals, proper bike lift, etc... I even just bought a tire mounting machine to get out the logistics-hustle and risks that they (again) damage something at a shop (scratched rims, dry wheel bearing seals, no Moly grease on drive splines, stripped threads, etc...) leading to expensive aftermath...
This January I'd bought a '07 NT700VA for my girlfriend/partner, brought it into our "burrow" to do the 36T-km/22Kmile service on it, and was shocked about the "forensic evidence" found while taking things apart for inspection & service... ???
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on November 13, 2020, 09:02:12 AM ---Well Macabethiel's recent post prompted me to Google 'Associated Octel at Ellesmere Port & 'Castner-Solvay cells' .... fascinating stuff .. a nice break from polishing 20 alloy wheel hubs & brake plates ;D
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It was 1967/68 when I worked in the process laboratory at Octel - it was an industrial placement for my four year degree course in Chemical Engineering at Bradford Uni. I had a lovely girlfriend Moya who I met at a YWCA dance she worked in the typing pool for Shell - I fell in love with her Luton accent her Dad had moved to the new Vauxhall Plant from Luton. Sadly when I returned to Uni I could not afford the travel costs so that was the end of the relationship - I still have fond memories.
Octel manufactured Tetraethyl lead as added to petrol back in the day before unleaded fuels.
Primus:
I am encouraged by these replies. The first 10 years of my working life was a Marine Engineer followed by 35 years in engineering management where nothing phased me, although I once explained to someone who suggested that I might be quite clever, that mechanical/electrical issues can usually be overcome as long as you know someone who can help. (Contractors etc.). The hardest part of the job was dealing with grown men who acted like children. Anyway, I digress. As I said nothing phased me and I was full of confidence in my abilities but having invested £6.5k (I don't know how you are fixed, but for me this is significant) of my pension into something that I have always wanted (750K7), asking a question that others may regard as basic gives reassurance. Anything is easy once you have done it. Love the forum by the way.
Paul
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