Thinking
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From: Michigan
River1,
I can't argue with you.
Not that I ain't smart enough or am ignorant of the topics, it's that if we discuss this matter in the way I would. Spoat (or another) would come erase our posts and possibly send me another message with a beautiful women (last time it was Barbara Eden) pointing at me saying no.
Gas is currently cheaper fuel in US right now. That is not the case worldwide. Companies could export but in many cases the bottleneck is that coal piers are being shutdown on the west coast by politicians of a certain party.
~1993 we built an automated machine for a company that built hopper side for railroads. Aluminum plate was unloaded from rail cars at one end, conveyors moved the plate to a shear to cut to length, Moved to an automated punch for the rivet holes. sheared again for final shape. etc, etc. Eventually automatically kitted for the fab shop. That place for years made hoppers as fast as they could. Good union wages in Huntington, WV.
Today it is a field with nothing on it. Mines, CSX, NS, many others were customers of ours and now are hurting badly and politicians won't do what is needed to export to willing buyers.
But then again, our machines were automating processes and therefore put others out of work so...
Let's say discussion done.
May you live long and prosper
I can't argue with you.
Not that I ain't smart enough or am ignorant of the topics, it's that if we discuss this matter in the way I would. Spoat (or another) would come erase our posts and possibly send me another message with a beautiful women (last time it was Barbara Eden) pointing at me saying no.
Gas is currently cheaper fuel in US right now. That is not the case worldwide. Companies could export but in many cases the bottleneck is that coal piers are being shutdown on the west coast by politicians of a certain party.
~1993 we built an automated machine for a company that built hopper side for railroads. Aluminum plate was unloaded from rail cars at one end, conveyors moved the plate to a shear to cut to length, Moved to an automated punch for the rivet holes. sheared again for final shape. etc, etc. Eventually automatically kitted for the fab shop. That place for years made hoppers as fast as they could. Good union wages in Huntington, WV.
Today it is a field with nothing on it. Mines, CSX, NS, many others were customers of ours and now are hurting badly and politicians won't do what is needed to export to willing buyers.
But then again, our machines were automating processes and therefore put others out of work so...
Let's say discussion done.
May you live long and prosper
"May you live long and prosper" You know this proverb doesn't work unless accompanied with the proper hand jester.
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From: Michigan
I wrote that because your post reminded me of what I think was an early HBO comedy special with a skit of a Spock impersonator where Spock experienced road rage. Spock flipped the guy off while saying "Live long and prosper you SOB." It was funny. Nothing to do with our brief exchange beyond my being reminded of it but thank you anyway.
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Rivers, the A9L ECU is considered to be the best EEC-IV ECU that was made. It adapts to changes the best. A close second place s the A9P. The A9L came in manual transmission Mustangs, and the A9P came in AOD equipped Mustangs. I currently have an A9P in my 89 because it has a more aggressive timing curve. But, it also will hang coming back down to idle because that's how they did it on the AOD cars.
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From: South-central Ohio
Good morning thinkers!- its a soggy day in the valley!-
Our facility is quite large- when my Dad hired in, in ‘59- there was 3,000 union employees ( and probably that many salary) now there is about 600 union employees- and most of it is because of automation- technology!
Some of it due to “lean” initiatives ( doing more with less,etc....) but its biting them in the rear as far as maintenance is concerned- we were an “old” dept. anyway- (avg. age is 57)- so we are losing more in retirement than they can bring back to replacements. Four maintenance areas cover the entire complex, each area is down to four mechanical, four e/i, two dedicated lubricators and one or two welders, and by and large, nobody wants to turn wrenches or get dirty, sooo...
but, i digress, anywho, break time is over, gotta go! Tyyl!
Our facility is quite large- when my Dad hired in, in ‘59- there was 3,000 union employees ( and probably that many salary) now there is about 600 union employees- and most of it is because of automation- technology!
Some of it due to “lean” initiatives ( doing more with less,etc....) but its biting them in the rear as far as maintenance is concerned- we were an “old” dept. anyway- (avg. age is 57)- so we are losing more in retirement than they can bring back to replacements. Four maintenance areas cover the entire complex, each area is down to four mechanical, four e/i, two dedicated lubricators and one or two welders, and by and large, nobody wants to turn wrenches or get dirty, sooo...
but, i digress, anywho, break time is over, gotta go! Tyyl!
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There are multiple threads on the Corral with people saying that the 94/95 SN95 computer sucks, and you have to swap in an A9L if you want to do any tuning. Those "conversations" often get (well, got, because the limitations of the newer ECU have been overcome) a bit heated. Agreed, though, that they're more adaptable and probably easier to deal with, but a good tuner can work with either of them today. Good find for you, regardless.
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