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Post by banned on May 20, 2011 19:19:46 GMT -5
Very cool!!! Reminds me of my time in Boces (I probably spelled that wrong) Diesel injection classes with Mr Geist late 70s. the process didn't seem go as smoothly.
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Post by Avenger on May 21, 2011 17:14:13 GMT -5
Funny! Mr. Geist used to work for us before he got the teaching job. Work like this usually goes much smoother in the re-telling. I didn't have any significant problems with these, but they took a long time because I was being so particular. BTW, you got it right: Board Of Cooperative Educational Services=BOCES
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Post by banned on May 22, 2011 7:07:12 GMT -5
The whole thing is funny. The idea that I did a little business with you and you haul your boat at a yard I used to run and now here I am 1200 miles away talking to you on a system that didn't exist back then is just strange.
I thought Geist was a good instructor. He started our class with everyone doing a DD injector. He told us all the level of precision that was required and how to accomplish that then just let us go. Then he would stick each injector in a clean running 671 no test bench. I think one out of around 16 worked OK in the engine (it wasn't mine) and that one failed on the test bench. Then after everyone understood what he meant by being careful and precise we did them again.
Brian
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Post by Avenger on May 23, 2011 8:03:51 GMT -5
Yes, the world is a-changin' In some cases for the better, some not so. I often wonder how my grandfather who delivered groceries with a horse-drawn wagon as a kid and lived to see his son help put men on the moon managed to adapt to it all, and what he would think of the world today. He'd probably be less than impressed with everybody fiddling with their telephones all the time. BTW, if you thought the Detroit injectors required precision you should see the new common-rail stuff. Bosch's new setup has the shims color coded because they're graduated in microns and most shops don't have the equipment to measure them.
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Post by banned on May 23, 2011 21:00:13 GMT -5
Yeah I know the DDs are simple as fuel injection goes but still precise in comparison to most other things. It was just a very good way to get someone to understand what a difference attention to detail makes.
My grand mother was the one to talk to about changes she lived to 94 and died in 1991. She saw it all the car electricity refrigerator indoor plumbing. She would sit around with her friends and when they started talking about "the good old days" she would get pissed. She would tell them. "If they were so good then go take a shit outside or shovel coal into a furnace or better yet lose a few kids to polio or simple infection good old days my ass" Very cool old lady.
Brian
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Post by krush on May 24, 2011 0:52:03 GMT -5
Damn kids.....get off my lawn!
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Post by Avenger on May 24, 2011 11:10:40 GMT -5
You forgot this guy: IMG]http://i55.tinypic.com/287qas2.jpg[/IMG]
I put him here just for you.
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Post by Avenger on May 24, 2011 11:14:50 GMT -5
I'm going to put the fuel injection pumps thing up across the hall to see how many expurts I can get opinions from, but I'm not going to tell them it's my shop. I don't need to have a bunch of cheap screws begging me for favors, so don't rat me out, okay?
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Post by badhattitude on May 24, 2011 13:21:35 GMT -5
Funny! Mr. Geist used to work for us before he got the teaching job. Work like this usually goes much smoother in the re-telling. I didn't have any significant problems with these, but they took a long time because I was being so particular. BTW, you got it right: Board Of Cooperative Educational Services=BOCES My Alma Mater.
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Post by Avenger on May 24, 2011 13:27:29 GMT -5
My Dad was on the advisory board for the diesel programs. BOCES had some top-notch instructors. If a student was interested they could learn a lot. Unfortunately it usually became a dumping ground for the troublemakers and the teachers mostly ended up babysitting. Sad waste of talent.
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