12-17-2017, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 6,507
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
Cars/Trucks are no longer designed/built for serviceability by the "outhouse mechanic" nor will they ever again be.
Too many specialized tools are required and automobiles no longer require service as frequently.
The Porsche. Boxster is the most extreme example of this.
My understanding is that you have to lift the entire body off to change the spark plugs..
My C6 is an example of extremely easy serviceability. Everything is easy.
Easiest car to work on I have ever owned. No joke.
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A couple of people--young people, no less!--who live near here have Ford Model T cars, which are very easy to check and work on (the only thing my father disliked about the Model T was that it was hard to *keep* it stopped at intersections without hard, steady pressure on the brakes, as it always wanted to creep forward). The Model A didn't have that problem, and I wouldn't be surprised if today's Model T parts manufacturers, such as J.C. Whitney, fixed that slight flaw in the Model T's braking system. |