3.4 dohc o2 sensor and spark plugs

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On Wed, 2 May 2001, Len Sabatine wrote:

>          Many design engineers should [ as part of their work] . be 
> obligated to
>          disassemble and reassemble their final designs . In many instances 
> , different
>          groups do not interact with one and another, thus the nightmares 
> occur in
>        performing  the field service work.
>          Len
> 
The problem is, as I see it, designers aren't hands-on guys.  They don't
like getting their hands dirty.  They consider that stuff to be beneath
them.  I've heard more than one of my fellow engineers say something to
the effect of "Get dirty?  But I went to school so I wouldn't HAVE to get
dirty!"  They don't know what to make of guys like me, being essentially
degreed shop rats.

The problem this causes is that the stuff these wonderful clean-handed
designers produce doesn't suit the needs of the people that have to build
the product, much less for the maintenance/repair tech that has to keep
the thing running.

I've caught myself falling into the same trap.. I'll build a machine and
program the operator interface for what *I* think would get the job done
best, only to run the machine by myself for a while and discover how
ill-prepared the process really is.  The operators can't always tell me
when I've made their life difficult, because they don't necessarily know
there's another way of doing something.

Sorry for rambling, and I hope I haven't offended too many designers in
the crowd.  It just irks me to see how far the ones I'm acquainted with 
have distanced themselves from the processes they're in charge of! 

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