Yet another Nubie!
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Yet another Nubie!
In the short time I've been exposed to this forum I have gained a respect for the knowledge & décor from it's members - I think I done found myself a new home of Ford friends.
I offer to you a trade of sorts - your current knowledge and my 25+ years of being a Ford wrench from Northern California to Central Florida - long retired now. I also managed to attain 20 years with the Navy - I did that by never re-enlisting at the end of an enlistment contract. I would serve a few years then get out and wipe the dust off my tools and return to working at dealerships until the spirit moved me to go back into the Navy. The trick was to always go in the Reserves while scraping my knuckles on people's cars. I eventually retired through the Reserves (1997) but in my last active duty tour I did manage a 4 year stint with the Blue Angels which is now just a prized memory.
The vast majority of my automotive experience was in driveability. When Ford came out in 1977 with EEC 1 (which soon advanced to EEC III) I took the books home every night learning everything I could on a subject that most in the trade knew little of, and even less, the desire to learn it.
Eventually Snap-On hired me to teach my skills part time to mostly old timers that had a hard time adjusting to a life without "points & condensers". I was in the middle of a teaching session at a local community college when the last big earthquake hit San Francisco (about a hundred miles away) - we paused for awhile to watch the news flashing on all the channels then eventually resumed class at student's request. So if you need to know anything about the EEC system or variable venturi carburetors or even Ford's inline 4-barrel carbs (bet most of you never heard of that one) I may be of some help.
On the other hand, if I come across something technical on my 2011 F150 5.0 - I may need YOUR help.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
I offer to you a trade of sorts - your current knowledge and my 25+ years of being a Ford wrench from Northern California to Central Florida - long retired now. I also managed to attain 20 years with the Navy - I did that by never re-enlisting at the end of an enlistment contract. I would serve a few years then get out and wipe the dust off my tools and return to working at dealerships until the spirit moved me to go back into the Navy. The trick was to always go in the Reserves while scraping my knuckles on people's cars. I eventually retired through the Reserves (1997) but in my last active duty tour I did manage a 4 year stint with the Blue Angels which is now just a prized memory.
The vast majority of my automotive experience was in driveability. When Ford came out in 1977 with EEC 1 (which soon advanced to EEC III) I took the books home every night learning everything I could on a subject that most in the trade knew little of, and even less, the desire to learn it.
Eventually Snap-On hired me to teach my skills part time to mostly old timers that had a hard time adjusting to a life without "points & condensers". I was in the middle of a teaching session at a local community college when the last big earthquake hit San Francisco (about a hundred miles away) - we paused for awhile to watch the news flashing on all the channels then eventually resumed class at student's request. So if you need to know anything about the EEC system or variable venturi carburetors or even Ford's inline 4-barrel carbs (bet most of you never heard of that one) I may be of some help.
On the other hand, if I come across something technical on my 2011 F150 5.0 - I may need YOUR help.
Thanks for reading.
Mike
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It was an experience but so is every step of life. Thanks for your gratitude. What is LGE*CTS Motorsports? Remember, I'm an old guy who is not quite current in the trade so sorry for the ignorance.