2008 Mitsubishi Triton, somethings hitting the fan, sounds real bad...I just serviced it 2 weeks ago. It's the harmonic balancer, it's moved forward and pushing the belts into the fan. This is good, because what normally happens (4M41 diesel) is the pulleys move back, and the first complaint we have is an oil leak because there is a hole worn in the timing cover. Stripped on friday, ready for parts on monday.
This morning was a '96 Corolla,as part of the service I found a carbon button missing from the dist cap and an open HT lead. Young mechanics these days don't even check this stuff, let alone check the sparkplugs. So I was able to show the tractor apprentice what us old guys used to do back turn of the century - got my Fluke 98 out and showed him how we could see the missing button on the scope, and ignition pattern before and after. Also replaced an open thermostat, something else also never checked - it's not overheating, so there is no problem. Some may think it's upselling, but I'm finding real problems that need sorting right now.
This morning was a '96 Corolla,as part of the service I found a carbon button missing from the dist cap and an open HT lead. Young mechanics these days don't even check this stuff, let alone check the sparkplugs. So I was able to show the tractor apprentice what us old guys used to do back turn of the century - got my Fluke 98 out and showed him how we could see the missing button on the scope, and ignition pattern before and after. Also replaced an open thermostat, something else also never checked - it's not overheating, so there is no problem. Some may think it's upselling, but I'm finding real problems that need sorting right now.