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unknownroad · 11-23-2009, 10:15 AM

I think it would be overkill. The average vehicle owner will never disassemble their transmission, and don't need to have the cost of a several-hundred-page manual added to the cost of the vehicle.

I would say that my mechanical experience is above average, and I can't tell you the number of times I've gone into a FSM to figure out how (the FUCK) to remove a widget to repair it, and find that the FSM just says "remove widget", or "use Special Tool # 6184-A to remove widget".

However, there seems to be a new trend of removing anything at all mechanical- like oil change instructions- from the owner's manuals, and I don't approve of that at all.

Trip · 11-23-2009, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

an engine (motor is electrical silly)

Wrong

Engine:
4: a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion; also : a mechanism or object that serves as an energy source <black holes may be the engines for quasars>

Motor:
1: one that imparts motion; specifically : prime mover
2: any of various power units that develop energy or impart motion: as a: a small compact engine b: internal combustion engine; especially : a gasoline engine c: a rotating machine that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy

In Aerospace Engineering, they call rockets "motors" as well.

11-23-2009, 10:15 AM	#11
unknownroad Guys... where are we? Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Carolina Moto: SV650 Interstate, CX500 rat-bobber, whatever else runs. Posts: 784	I think it would be overkill. The average vehicle owner will never disassemble their transmission, and don't need to have the cost of a several-hundred-page manual added to the cost of the vehicle. I would say that my mechanical experience is above average, and I can't tell you the number of times I've gone into a FSM to figure out how (the FUCK) to remove a widget to repair it, and find that the FSM just says "remove widget", or "use Special Tool # 6184-A to remove widget". However, there seems to be a new trend of removing anything at all mechanical- like oil change instructions- from the owner's manuals, and I don't approve of that at all. __________________ Considering Verizon Business service? Perhaps you'd like to consider a nice drain cleaner enema instead?