On Monday 03 March 2003 08:58 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
--snip--
> >
> > I suppose, but if you've ever replaced a transmission youself
> > (vs. spending $k's for someone else to do it) you know that all the
> > bolts holding the bell housing to the block are the same size.
> > Ratcheting all those bolts is repetitive to be sure, but is sure is
> > convenient that one tool will do them all, esp. when you're laying
> > under the car.
>
> I think that a more relevant analogy would be:
> - the current "standard" method of "and"ing (via multiple greps") is
> like ratcheting each bolt on one at a time.
> - a *better* tool would be one that ratchets *all* the bolts on at the
> same time, while still being simple to use.
Even the automakers don't have such a thing. Ratcheting all the bolts
at the same time would require that the tool be configured for that
particular bolt pattern, and would only work on that engine/tranny
combination, and would assume that the same number of turns would
result in the same torque on each bolt. The analogy would be a script
with the search strings hard-coded. It's is only useful for the single task.
The string patterns change, and the tool has to be redesigned.
Andy Johnson
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