I don't care if you know the basics, or how something 'should' work. When it takes the experienced mechanic two hours methodically going through things, and narrowing them down to figure it out... well I think, that just goes to show there is *always* more to learn.
The first thing you find that might have caused the problem, may or may not be it.
If you ignore it, it most likely will not go away.
If you don't fix it now, it will still need to be fixed later.
When you don't understand how something works, or all of the parts involved... you might as well be trying to guess how Houdini escaped.
Here's the gist of one of my favorite MASH exchanges was between Hawkey and BJ... and why "I just don't know" isn't a good answer to why something isn't working.
Hawkey: Hey BJ, how much do you know about kidneys, and dialysis machines?
BJ: The basic stuff from med school that we had to take to graduate... why?
Hawkey: I don't know anything about them either, so how do we know we *can't* build a dialysis machine?
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At 28/09/2010 3:57 AM (utc) our position was 40°48.44'N 124°09.79'W
Sam, sounds like your boat needs a Dezzco intervention. They are notoriously expensive, take a long time to finish, but you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about breaking down in the middle of nowhere. Needless to say, we are not telling Dez about your boat.
ReplyDeleteJust set my mind at ease and tell me that you are not going to go anywhere until you feel that Dez would give your boat a thumbs up. He still feels bad about letting you go home in the multi.
Loves you!
Our boat most definitely needs a Dezzco intervention... meet us in San Fran?
ReplyDelete*giggles* you most definitely must not speak of 'the boat' to Dez, it would not pass the inspection right now... but I think we're getting there!
*grins* ahhh the Multi loves you too!