Long time lurker
Ok, so this is my first post. I depend on my truck to make a living, as I drive to docks and heliports ranging from Mexico to New Orleans Louisiana. I do not allow anyone to touch my truck, except the guys at the lube shop I trade at, who are of like mind. We love our trucks, our guns, and our wives (although mine can be quite difficult love at times).
I have the general capabilities and tools to completely tear mine (my truck) down, and reassemble it. I've been doing it (all of my cars, trucks, farm and heavy equipment) for decades. Would be doing it for a living, but fixing ships is far more rewarding, financially, and generally speaking mariners are a far more honest and better class of people. Far less difficult to deal with.
I am a firm believer in the fact that I bought this truck. I am not renting the software to repair it from some FCA executive. I own the software that came in it. The U.S. courts agree.
Consequently I haunt the forums to find short cuts to the answers to my questions concerning the same. And freely share what I learn with others.
That's about it. You have something to share, I'm all ears. You need an answer and I have it, I will state so. I do have a fairly unique mix of capabilities and comprehensions, as a programmer, past applied charged particle service engineer (which means I have a deep understanding of physics), past heavy equipment, truck, and automobile mechanic, and a long history in electronics (starting with electronic warfare, on to electro-mechanical interfacing). Pretty wierd mix, huh? A man has to do what he has to do to make a living.
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