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Dec 26, 2009 | 08:59 AM

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WhiteC3

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Originally Posted by 7T1vette

You need to quit listening to your 'backyard mechanic' buddies (who know a little bit about vehicle mechanics...but not enough) and take it to someone with mechanical knowledge about your car/engine. A flight mechanic is good with tools and knows about aircraft stuff...he/she may know about auto stuff--or not. With your problems, anyone focusing on engine mounts and torque converter are just throwing your money at a problem they don't understand. They are trying to be supportive and helpful, but not too successful at either.

Call around and find a Corvette club in your area. Ask some of them who is their mechanic. When you get a number of folks with the same response and good satisfaction with them, take your car there. I don't recall reading that you had "0" oil pressure; not having oil spash off the rocker arms at idle speed means nothing. Get your engine looked over by a reputable and experienced auto mechanic and ask him/her to prioritize what needs to be done.

Vice Versa, auto mechanics who are aircraft owners working on aircraft using auto techniques on aircraft...bad.............. Also a side note GET that overspray off the oil filter housing,and from iside that engine. That is a good way to kill a new engine early on.... geting some flake off into oil bypass or worse a bearing....

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Dec 26, 2009 | 07:03 PM

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7T1: The mechanic who is doing my engine mentioned those items as a gee-wiz. He pointed out that they'd be easier to switch with the engine already out and wouldn't cost me any extra labor. He's also a 'vette owner and has some fairly impressive builds on other models. I'd prefer him over some one who learned their craft in a more general school setting. I do get some work done at the locale 'vette shops but they're fairly pricey and never have a good attitude towards me regardless of how much money I'm spending under their roof. I understand your concerns and appreciate you voicing them but I've already made this decision and I'll stand by it. If it turns out to be a mistake I'll own up to it.

WhiteC3: I'll take care of the over spray straight away. I knew I should have done it before snapping the pic and posting it here. You guys never let me get away with anything.

Thanks for noticing though. I wouldn't expect anything less.

Dec 26, 2009 | 07:31 PM

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OT, TBH anyone who calls themselves a mechanic, aircraft or auto and couldn't fix both aren't a mechanic, they're a fitter, a replacer of parts.

If you're an auto mechanic and can't get your head round a radial engine on magnetos then a modular sandwich EFI engine's going to blow your mind

Dec 26, 2009 | 07:55 PM

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There's a lot more to an aircraft mechanic than just doing internal combustion engine work. But there are lots of aircraft mechanics (learned in military service) that have never been inside an auto engine. Skill sets are similar...but their experience is much different. Glad one of your advisers has Vette knowledge. Good luck.

Dec 27, 2009 | 06:07 AM

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There's a lot more to an aircraft mechanic than just doing internal combustion engine work.

Would you say an aircraft mechanic is more skilled than an auto mechanic?

Dec 27, 2009 | 09:36 AM

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I grew up in both worlds working on aircraft and autos since I was around 14 (20+ years experience)There is much similar and some difference in ways like setting wheel bearings auto you back them off slightly aircraft you tighten more if possible so the bearings does not spin on axle going 0 to 60+ mph in a sec or so. There are too many technitians today that are parts changers and do not understand or have the knowledge to actually repair something. Its just remove and replace.
Some do so as a way of troubleshooting which can get very $$$$$

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Dec 27, 2009 | 07:07 PM

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I think one of the big issues for employers and customers is that there's not enough different levels of qualification for mechanics.

The guy who works in a race shop working on cutting edge technology and tolerances in the 1000th of an inch calls himself a mechanic. The trouble is so does the guy who works in Jiffy Lube

I'd like to see far stricter testing and titling of mechanics so that customers know whether they're cars being worked on by a car surgeon or a car orderly, if you get my drift.