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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: none;">I am working in the classic car business and I call me an expert in car electrics. When I get a question, often I know the cause of the problem. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: none;">I am also responsible maintaining and repair cars in a bigger classic car collection.</span></p>
<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" data-placeholder="Übersetzung" aria-label="Übersetzter Text" data-ved="2ahUKEwjDueOxoIWHAxVpVvEDHZvRA5gQ3ewLegQIChAT"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="en" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But in order to reliably identify the cause of the problem, I also have to carry out certain measurements and if I can't do this myself and have to explain <br>to someone what to do, then it's often pointless. The other person probably doesn't have the necessary measuring device and maybe he doesn't even<br>understand what else I need to know in order to be able to help at all via the Internet. The individual components of the vehicle's electrical system and <br>their function and interaction with each other are often not clear to the questioner. <span class="Y2IQFc" lang="en">He is simply overwhelmed. If people then answer who don't recognize<br>the problem themselves and send the questioner in completely the wrong direction, then I usually give up because there is no solution in sight.<br></span> When it comes to overdrive or clutch problems, I can probably find out very quickly whether the clutch or overdrive is the cause. But I have to drive the <br>car myself, otherwise I'm going around in circles trying to find the cause.<br> Resume: The internet is nice, but you can only give help with small errors. Otherwise it can end up in chaos and cause more damage than it actually <br>helps. This is often more expensive than taking the car directly to a competent workshop. Most times its better to tell the questioner to bring his car to a <br>competent garage. I suspect that´s easier here in Europe than in the less dense areas of the United States or Australia.</span></pre>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Clutch push rod. Slipping clutch/overdrive</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2024-07-01T00:19:48+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: "josef-eckert--- via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>, "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net>, "josef-eckert@t-online.de" <josef-eckert@t-online.de></p>
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<div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: inherit; background-color: #000000;">The world is full of self described “experts”, many of whom have no more insight into any particular question than the average participant on this forum. Half the value is in the speculation about the problem and the eventual solution. And the other half is in the educational value for the confused questioner. </div>
<div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: inherit; background-color: #000000;">Are you saying that no one should ask questions, or that only “experts” should answer? In that case nobody learns anything and in many cases the questioner remains confused and frustrated many times ending in an advertisement stating “Ran when parked”. That does nothing to benefit owners or the hobby.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>From:</strong> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of josef-eckert--- via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><strong>Sent:</strong> Sunday, June 30, 2024 5:55 PM<br><strong>To:</strong> Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Healey, Forum <healeys@autox.team.net><br><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Healeys] Clutch push rod. Slipping clutch/overdrive</span>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: none;">The point for an answerer is, you usually do not know about the skills of the questioner. So what can you expect, a semi-expert who knows what he/she is talking about or one who even doesn´t know of what he/she is talking about. Some questions even tell me any answer wouldn`t help the questioner, as he/she even doesn´t understand what`s ment with the answer.<br></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Clutch push rod. Slipping clutch/overdrive</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2024-06-30T19:26:37+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@comcast.net></p>
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<div style="color: #000000; font: 12px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I, for one, don't necessary expect a 'correct diagnosis'--or any diagnosis, for that matter--when I pose a question to the List (or a forum). By the time I post an inquiry, I'm usually out of ideas and I'm just looking for a few more. Even absurd ones (first I've heard of this particular issue, though I'm well aware of the function and frailty of the foot valve mechanism). But that's just me.<br><br><br>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; text-decoration: none;">And don`t expect a correct diagnosis from people who are no experts and not in direct touch with the car. <br></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Clutch push rod. Slipping clutch/overdrive</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Datum: 2024-06-30T16:57:03+0200</p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">Von: "Michael Salter" <a class="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com"> <michaelsalter@gmail.com></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0px;">An: <a class="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"> "healeys@autox.team.net"</a> <a class="x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"> <healeys@autox.team.net></a></p>
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<div dir="auto">Goes back to the old adage ...
<div dir="auto"><strong>Correct diagnosis is 50% of the repair!!</strong></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Toyota 5 speeds & 964's have master cylinders, too.</div>
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<div>On Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 05:52:36 AM CDT, Simon Lachlan via Healeys <<a class="x_moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p dir="LTR" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">Thanks to everyone who replied to that question. The mist has clear</span></span><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">ed somewhat. Plainly the needs of the master cylinders is something that I’ve cruelly overlooked down the years</span></span><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">. Seemingly I explored and took you down every avenue, looked at every suspect etcetc…..all in vain. If it’s any comfort</span></span><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;"> – to you, I mean – I had the gearbox out, the clutch off, the overdrive</span></span><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">’s clutches rebuilt</span></span><span lang="en-gb"> <span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;"> etcetc</span></span><span lang="en-gb"> <span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;"> and all for nowt!</span></span></p>
<p dir="LTR" style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">Car’s performing well now. Fingers crossed. I</span></span><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">f it does it again…..Toyota 5 speed or swap the brute for a 964 Sport</span></span><span lang="en-gb"><span style="background-color: inherit; font-family: Times New Roman;">!</span></span></p>
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