On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 12:13:06PM -0500, Ed Kelly wrote:
> Of course Norm has good advice and also experience and tools aboard.
>
> I am often too conservative and follow the rule that is the first rule of
> the Hippocratic Oath Dr's used to follow:
> FIRST, DO NO HARM.
If we were talking about cutting up a human being, then this is a
reasonable approach. However, a default assumption of "doing harm" when
approaching a mechanical gadget is nothing more than an indication of
fear and ignorance. There's no "harm" to be done in the sense that the
Hippocratic Oath uses the term.
> I do not want my motto to be READY, FIRE, AIM.
And that is not the motto of anyone who chooses to service their own
engine simply because they've chosen to do so.
> I have never had the problem but did not think I would gamble an
> engine if I screwed up the engine problem diagnosis or cure.
Perhaps for you, it _would_ be gambling. It isn't for anyone who does
some reading and uses that knowledge plus logic - which is all that
mechanical troubleshooting requires. There's no magic to it, and no
demons waiting to leap on you for making a mistake - no matter how many
carefully-selected horror stories you choose to tell to bolster your
belief.
> I worry about running prematurely without fixing the problem.
You're certainly entitled to your worries; anyone can choose to worry in
whatever way they want. But implying that other people are foolish or
mistaken if they choose not to share your worries, or believe in your
personal bugaboos, is rather insulting.
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