Im lost without the PW thread!!!!

[Ewok]

I personally think he's full of chit when he told me he got a manual for his Dodge diesel motor direct from Cummins...

I believe him. You can usually find factory manuals for older out of warranty engines. Its harder to find them for new and very late model vehicles. I can go online right now and order all the manuals for my G35 for 200-300 bucks in PDF format. They are the official Nissan manuals.

[Fiveflat]

PCM knows their certified service techs will get more of his money in certified repairs which keeps the cycle turning. PCM makes engine, PCM sells engine with warranty, PCM trains mechanics to do service for warranty repair, mechanics pay PCM for the training program + books + special tools as required, customers pay trained mechanics to work on engine after warranty is up, customer likes engine and mechanics and eventually buys new engine, and the cycle continues. The cycle is interrupted if WA gets his books and does not see a mechanic, the mechanics do not get paid by customers, the mechanics stop going to training sessions, that stream of revenue dries up, PCM engines gets a bad reputation for poor service or reliability or some other symptom of untrained mechanics working on engines, PCM does not sell as many new engines, PCM goes out of business.

You forgot the part where Obama bails out PCM and we all get into the boat business too...

[Fiveflat]

I believe him. You can usually find factory manuals for older out of warranty engines. Its harder to find them for new and very late model vehicles. I can go online right now and order all the manuals for my G35 for 200-300 bucks in PDF format. They are the official Nissan manuals.

Oh, I agree with you on that as well. Is his Dodge old? I assumed he just bought a new Dodge and walked right into Cummins and said "Can I give you some more of my money?"

[Ewok]

You forgot the part where Obama bails out PCM and we all get into the boat business too...

Yeah, well, I have to stay out of that argument, I didn't bring any mechanics union contracts into the cycle either, I just kept it very basic.

[Ewok]

Oh, I agree with you on that as well. Is his Dodge old? I assumed he just bought a new Dodge and walked right into Cummins and said "Can I give you some more of my money?"

Its not brand new, I have seen the picture of it when he posted pics of his boat. But as I am typing I remembered he said in a post somewhere that he bought the truck new and got the manual right away too, I guess I can go back and delete all the old wrong stuff I just figured out but I am just too lazy right now and I'm on a very quick typing spree, man I'm proud of how fast I typed that!

[Ewok]

"Can I give you some more of my money?"

Priceless

[Ewok]

Gunning for 1,000 posts by the end of this weekend!!!

[Fiveflat]

wow, you are catching up you 'ol scallywag!

[skyski_tige]

Gunning for 1,000 posts by the end of this weekend!!!

Just answer half of WA's posts and you will be at 2k

[Ewok]

Actually, by your profile, I'm younger than you, that would be young scallywag to you!

Yes, I have been quite the little whore lately

[Ewok]

Just answer half of WA's posts and you will be at 2k

That really has helped push up the count

[Ewok]

To be complete: You have to lower the thrust reverser, and then ramp up the engine. It's exactly what happens when a jetliner lands... they reverse the thrust and ramp up the engines to slow down the plane.

On a jetboat, it dives the bow and causes a huge wave to build in front of the boat, which then collapses by gravity. By modulating the throttle, a good driver can keep the wave in front of the boat (very little water in the boat), move forward so that the wave collapses on the passengers in front, or keep the boat moving so that the wave collapses along the length of the boat and drenches everyone.

We call it the "braking maneuver" and it's a favorite when we have new teenagers in the boat. We have them sit in the rear-facing bow seats so they never realize the wave is there until it is too late. The passengers in back get a nice show but stay relatively dry (except for their feet).

By the way, having brakes has saved us a couple of times from idiots in other boats who weren't paying attention. So this "feature" has benefits beyond just being silly.

This is from the inboard design thread, I'm sure you all have read it. I'm going to share a little game we play at my office. We are all type A personalities but there was one guy who was a total tool and uber type A, he always had to be right, and would correct the dumbest little things, or correct clear sarcasm or jokes. His name was Neil. When he would make annoying corrections, we would roll our eyes and say "thanks neil" in a very sarcastic tone. We began to say this to anyone who made annoying corrections and rose to the top of know-it-all-ness. We then started doing it to each other on purpose and called it a "neil trap"

For example, when walking down the hall, i might be talking about all the stupid plasma screens we have and how it reminds me of star wars, on the deck of the enterprise with the big view screen, on purpose. when someone corrects me and says that I was talking about star trek, not star wars, I say, "thanks neil" and then they feel stupid for falling for such an obvious neil trap.

anyway, super long post to say that when I read this post from WA, I wanted to say thanks neil. I'll explain it to him when i get up there.

[Ewok]

I think I'm going to see RED again tonight. It was a very good movie.

[Fiveflat]

Actually, by your profile, I'm younger than you, that would be young scallywag to you!

Yes, I have been quite the little whore lately

You're borderline slut because it's been pretty easy to get posts outta you...

[Ewok]

You're borderline slut because it's been pretty easy to get posts outta you...

I'll take that, nothing wrong with being a slut in my opinion