eric@megageek.com wrote:
> Here is the way to tell the difference, if the person knows the right names
> for tools and parts, he learned from someone else. The guy that learned on
> his own (and without manuals and such) has made up names for parts and
I don't know about that... Guys like myself that learned a car pouring
through 1,500 page Factory Service Manuals and other "book learnin'"
seem more likely to use "correct" terms.
For example, a power-train component packaging a transmission and
differential in one housing, as commonly used in front wheel drive cars
is a "transaxle" -- and that's what I call it. I say "transaxle" to a
lot of "pros", and they think I'm talking about an axle shaft or
something else, since that thing I'm referring to is just a "transmission".
> Example, the trained mechanic knows that it's called a "ball joint
> separator." While the self taught guy may call it something like, "the
I think *everyone* agrees that's a Pickle Fork!
-Wayne
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