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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Nov 2009 10:56 On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:13 -0600, Ray O wrote: > Sounds like the other guy was a parts swapper? Swap out this and that and > hope it works. And of course they want to start with the most expensive > item. > > ********** > I think an unintended consequence of the OBD II standard and the > widespread availability of OBD II scanners is that people with just enough > knowledge to identify and find a part in a car can swap parts. He-e-e-e-y...wait a minute!!!
From: Ray O on 13 Nov 2009 16:54 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2009.11.13.15.56.59.401465(a)e86.GTS... > On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:13 -0600, Ray O wrote: > >> Sounds like the other guy was a parts swapper? Swap out this and that and >> hope it works. And of course they want to start with the most expensive >> item. >> >> ********** >> I think an unintended consequence of the OBD II standard and the >> widespread availability of OBD II scanners is that people with just >> enough >> knowledge to identify and find a part in a car can swap parts. > > He-e-e-e-y...wait a minute!!! > Been there, done that when the replacement part is cheap and I don't feel like crawling under the car more than once, like in the middle of January in Chicago -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Nov 2009 12:14 On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:54:15 -0600, Ray O wrote: > > "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:pan.2009.11.13.15.56.59.401465(a)e86.GTS... >> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:13 -0600, Ray O wrote: >> >>> Sounds like the other guy was a parts swapper? Swap out this and that >>> and hope it works. And of course they want to start with the most >>> expensive item. >>> >>> ********** >>> I think an unintended consequence of the OBD II standard and the >>> widespread availability of OBD II scanners is that people with just >>> enough >>> knowledge to identify and find a part in a car can swap parts. >> >> He-e-e-e-y...wait a minute!!! >> >> > Been there, done that when the replacement part is cheap and I don't feel > like crawling under the car more than once, like in the middle of January > in Chicago Or Western Mass!
From: Mike Hunter on 13 Nov 2009 17:10 That is one reason the most often replaced GOOD part on todays vehicles, is the O2 sensor. LOL "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message news:hdkl33$3hp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:pan.2009.11.13.15.56.59.401465(a)e86.GTS... >> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:18:13 -0600, Ray O wrote: >> >>> Sounds like the other guy was a parts swapper? Swap out this and that >>> and >>> hope it works. And of course they want to start with the most expensive >>> item. >>> >>> ********** >>> I think an unintended consequence of the OBD II standard and the >>> widespread availability of OBD II scanners is that people with just >>> enough >>> knowledge to identify and find a part in a car can swap parts. >> >> He-e-e-e-y...wait a minute!!! >> > > Been there, done that when the replacement part is cheap and I don't feel > like crawling under the car more than once, like in the middle of January > in Chicago > > > -- > > Ray O > (correct punctuation to reply) >
From: Scott Dorsey on 13 Nov 2009 17:27
Mike Hunter <Mikehunt2(a)lycos,com> wrote: >That is one reason the most often replaced GOOD part on todays vehicles, is >the O2 sensor. LOL Is the number two the coil, still? --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |