Tech, Mech, Apprentice
01-09-2006, 07:37 PM
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Tech, Mech, Apprentice
just wondering who here is what....
TECH...10+ certs ect building, repairing diag
mech... under 10 yrs
appr...under 5 yrs
and certs only dont count
know many guys been to all the schools and if you put a drive in front of them just look at it and say ok and look some more
TECH...10+ certs ect building, repairing diag
mech... under 10 yrs
appr...under 5 yrs
and certs only dont count
know many guys been to all the schools and if you put a drive in front of them just look at it and say ok and look some more
01-09-2006, 07:52 PM
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Re: Tech, Mech, Apprentice
Cool question. I've been working for my families Merc dealership/marine transmission repair facility since I was 14, now 32.Got certified in Mercruiser and Merc outboard in 1991.Went to ZF/Hurth school and Borg-warner certification school.Our main focus is transmission repair.Do tons of drive rebuilds too.Took it over in 2004,when my father passed away.Its more paper work now for me, but still get on the benches w/ rest of my guys.
01-10-2006, 10:19 AM
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No matter how many certificates or accreditations you have, you will STILL run into things out in the "trenches" that do not follow the normal patterns for accurate troubleshooting.
Nobody has all the answers, but the trick is to LISTEN to the symptoms and analyze what could be causing the problem. Sometimes screwy stuff will cause the most difficult to find problems.
Nobody has all the answers, but the trick is to LISTEN to the symptoms and analyze what could be causing the problem. Sometimes screwy stuff will cause the most difficult to find problems.
01-10-2006, 10:25 AM
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Re: Tech, Mech, Apprentice
Originally Posted by Edward R. Cozzi
No matter how many certificates or accreditations you have, you will STILL run into things out in the "trenches" that do not follow the normal patterns for accurate troubleshooting.
Nobody has all the answers, but the trick is to LISTEN to the symptoms and analyze what could be causing the problem. Sometimes screwy stuff will cause the most difficult to find problems.
Nobody has all the answers, but the trick is to LISTEN to the symptoms and analyze what could be causing the problem. Sometimes screwy stuff will cause the most difficult to find problems.
01-10-2006, 02:00 PM
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i have no formal marine training. lots of formal education and formal AUTOMTIVE certifications and training and some 30 yrs of experience... and there is at least ONE thing that is certain...
the formal training only benefuts those individuals that are good mechanics before they got there. the bad mechanics just came out being bad mechanics still except that they had a couple weeks off from mis diagnosing, fixing things badly or not at all.
the formal training only benefuts those individuals that are good mechanics before they got there. the bad mechanics just came out being bad mechanics still except that they had a couple weeks off from mis diagnosing, fixing things badly or not at all.
01-10-2006, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by stevesxm
i have no formal marine training. lots of formal education and formal AUTOMTIVE certifications and training and some 30 yrs of experience... and there is at least ONE thing that is certain...
the formal training only benefuts those individuals that are good mechanics before they got there. the bad mechanics just came out being bad mechanics still except that they had a couple weeks off from mis diagnosing, fixing things badly or not at all.
the formal training only benefuts those individuals that are good mechanics before they got there. the bad mechanics just came out being bad mechanics still except that they had a couple weeks off from mis diagnosing, fixing things badly or not at all.
I'm not a "merc" tech but I'm a automotive transmission/rear end tech and I rebuild my own bravos (they are 1/20 th as complicated as a modern electronic shift front wheel drive transmission),Smitty
01-10-2006, 03:26 PM
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Re: Tech, Mech, Apprentice
Hmmm, my training is in designing drugs.
I just break a lot of stuff that I have to fix myself, because there are so few real marine mechanincs around LOTO.
Gary
I just break a lot of stuff that I have to fix myself, because there are so few real marine mechanincs around LOTO.
Gary
