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LeanneNCharlie:
hi, we do still exist in the mist of modern technology. I'm 28 now and started messing around with cars when i was just 9. My first project was a little old grey fergie tractor. I've done cortinas, morris minors and plenty of land rovers. I did my 5 year apprenticeship and got NVQ's and city & Guilds level 3's. At the time it did include diagnostics but not like today's cars. Granted i opted for the commercial side of the industry but at the end of the day its all the same, just a little bit bigger. I use diagnostic equipment on wagons but its not always reliable as it can't tell you its drawing in air through a fuel pick up line, it tells you there is low pressure at the at the fuel pump/common rail pump and its that that is bringing on the engine warning and turning on the limp mode!  How would that be solved by a fitter? £800 new pump first may be?


charlie.

northumberlad:
just to be a pedant, a in the old scheme of things a mechanic was junior to a fitter (fitter as i understand it was a mecanic that was expected to make parts if necessary)
on the same scale some of the employees that some garages have these days are junior to chimps, on the other hand thier lack of knowledge keeps my local 4x4 specialist going so it's not all bad

boss:
tuning a carb fed v8 is piece of [throw it], there are some pretty good guides on how to do it on line. and you dont need to many special tools(go to one of the monkeys and ask if you can borrow there DTI probably never even been used!) but you need a place to do it really. not something you can do in a drive way.

Ja1983:
.."computer says no"

the answer is learn to do it yourself... saves a few quid, and gets you out of housework, winner all round i`d say!

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