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Some people need more than help
Some of the requests for help that TaT receives can be a
lot more than a call for help.
TaT’s Research Director, Deyan Barrie, says some technicians
expect to be led by the hand through a step-by-step
replacement of a timing belt and a cam resetting after doing
the head, plus torque settings.
‘It looks a bit tricky,’ complained one technician. He said he
had bought the specialist tools for the job, but the instructions
didn’t give him enough information.
This technician didn’t subscribe to any data provider and had
no idea how to find a workshop manual, probably because he
realised he would have to buy it.
When it dawned that TaT was not going to guide him through
what would normally be a routine job if you had the right
information, he said he’d phone a mate who subscribed to a
data provider.
‘Sorry, but this is not the way to go about fixing cars,’ says
Deyan.
‘It’s about time technicians wised-up to the fact that vehicle
technology has overtaken most of our basic skills and that
wiring diagrams, technical data, searching the web, talking to
TaT and others, are essentials in reaching a relatively quick
diagnostic conclusion.
‘It has become obvious from some of the TaT assist forms
we receive that too many technicians try to avoid any kind
of job which might involve spending a fair amount of time on
research.
‘What an odd attitude. If you are in the business of fixing cars,
you are obliged to know how to fix them,’ said Deyan
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The Automotive Technician 19