[AT] OT Cadillac Northstar engine

[Cecil Bearden]

I graduated in 1975 from OK State Univ. w/ a B.S. degree in Ag 
Engineering.  I interviewed with every tractor manufacturer that came to 
talk to us.   I talked with several short line manufacturers one of 
which was Hesston.  None would hire me.  J.I. Case sent an engineer from 
Racine to interview.  He took me to lunch.  He told me that none of the 
ag manufacturers would hire a person who had been on the farm.  They 
only came to the interviews to make a presence.  He told me that he 
would love to see me go to work for them, but that I would never go 
anywhere in the company because I had worked on tractors and knew how 
they were maintained.  I would be too disruptive to their operations.

I was heartbroken and tried for 2 more years to work for an Ag 
manufacturer.   Finally gave up and stayed at home and went to work for 
the State of OK as an engineer in charge of the safety of Dams.  I made 
the first inspection of a dam in OK under President Carters program and 
the 8th inspection in the US.  I was re-trained as a civil engineer 
specializing in hydrology, hydraulics, and foundations.  I got training 
from the Army corps of engineers, US Bureau of Reclamation and the Soil 
Conservation Service.  30 years later I retired and now do consulting.  
I still wish I had stayed in manufacturing, but the merger and 
acquisition of the 80's and 90's and the bankruptcy of Massey Ferguson 
just shattered the market for engineers in agriculture.

When I see the new machinery, I remember what the J I Case engineer told 
me...

Cecil in OKla


On 10/1/2016 7:58 PM, Thomas O Mehrkam wrote:
> Not the only one.
>
> Land rover has a starter under the intake manifold.
>
> Found that out trying to change the starter in a auto parts parking
> lot.  About 7 hours labor to change the *&^%% starter.
>
> On 10/1/2016 3:36 PM, Doug Tallman wrote:
>> Still have a job, you ask? He won the most screwed up innovation of the
>> year award. Not only did he get a big bonus and a raise, he's now highly
>> sought after by all the other auto manufacturers.  :-) Doug T
>>
>> On 10/1/2016 3:51 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>> Starter inside the engine?  SAY WHAT?????????
>>>
>>> Does that engineer still have a job?
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
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