Well it certainly wasn't a pat on the back.

I understand your an ex-military brat and you like (trained) to do things by the book, thats fine and expected when your military buddies lives are @ stake, then I agree.

But in the automotive world, Engineers write these repair manuals based on their developments.

Engineer's are far from perfect, if they were, then we wouldn't have the need for warranty claim, product recalls, or replacement parts for that matter.

The fact is an Engineer is always learning and always refining and developing, they make design mistake, and then improve on those mistakes, never ending as long as mankind walks this earth.

The only use a shop manual is to me are the torque specifications for fasteners, tune specs and mechanical tolerances,special notes that may pertain to incompatibilities, the rest is just recommended procedures.

Chucky MoMo <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />