[AT] Ford 4000 Quitting Afer Running a While

[David Bruce]

I'm not arguing with the concept of tackling the most obvious first but 
we are looking at this from different points of view.

In this case hourly rates charged by someone really don't enter in other 
than as a way to put a value on the time invested.

David
NW NC

On 7/14/2013 5:45 PM, Tom wrote:
> it's all about experience. When I was in basic training, firing on the range with smgs,
> the first action (instruction) when addressing a stoppage was to fit another mag and
> recock the weapon and continue firing. The reason? 99.9999% percent of the time,
> experience had shown a stoppage with a Sterling smg, was because it had run out
> of ammo! :-)
>
> Similarly with your tractor. A hand on the coil would have been all it took after the
> establishment no spark. Hot coil = dud 99.999% OT.
> However experience can come at a cost if there is not a degree of training or education
> involved somewhere along the track...:-)
> That's why people who "repair" things, charge what they do! :-(
> Funnily enough, around here, motorcycle repair hourly rates are higher than automotive!
>
> BTW The first instruction was: If you turned around on the range with a stopped SMG
> in your hands, you got decked!
> Experience had shown that some stoppages were momentary! :-)
>
> Tom