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My apprentice asked why I still use a timing light, got me thinking
Guy fresh out of trade school watched me set ignition timing on an old Ford 302 last Wednesday and asked why I dont just trust the computer. I told him because this truck doesnt have one, but it got me realizing how much of what I teach is habit instead of logic. Anyone else catch themselves doing something the old way just cause that's how they learned it 20 years ago?
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riley_coleman828d ago
Told my helper the same thing once and he asked if I kept a spare set of points in the glovebox like my grandpa. Kid thinks an OBD scanner is a magic wand. Thing is, I could show him on a laptop but where's the fun in that. Nothing beats watching a timing light flash and knowing the engine is happy. Computers just make things too quiet.
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