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castrolrob
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Posted: Mon Sep 28th, 2009 09:39 pm |
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the old fords used to have the firing order stamped on the inlet,i also consider clock/anti to be fairly relevant,avoids all sorts of explosions/fires etc.whilst they can be entertaining the owner rarely sees the funny side....
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Wesley
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Posted: Sat Sep 26th, 2009 12:24 am |
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Dynamic Balance wrote: Wesley wrote: Dynamic Balance wrote: Wesley wrote: Hi DB,"Quote",
Try reading the thread on this forum I posted earlier today regarding the diesel fuel diagnostics, one of the blokes I work with has 30 years experience in the trade, but didn't know the firing order of a basic four cylinder engine?
153624, sorry , 1243, 1342,
Yeah you only quote the inline six
142635, or 132645 or 135642 or 145632, and there are a few others. Can you do a few eight cylinders, or sixteen cylinders then
DB
Is that clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Laters,
Does it matter which way the crankshaft turns?
DB
Well, "Yes" it really Does matter.
"When" You are Courting a Young Lady, and some of Her Mates have Burly Blokes for Boyfriends and You are trying to assist them in getting their V6 Ford motor running
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Wesley
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 11:35 pm |
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Dynamic Balance wrote: Wesley wrote: Hi DB,"Quote",
Try reading the thread on this forum I posted earlier today regarding the diesel fuel diagnostics, one of the blokes I work with has 30 years experience in the trade, but didn't know the firing order of a basic four cylinder engine?
153624, sorry, 1243, 1342,
Yeah you only quote the inline six
142635, or 132645 or 135642 or 145632, and there are a few others. Can you do a few eight cylinders, or sixteen cylinders then
DB
Is that clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Laters,
Last edited on Fri Sep 25th, 2009 11:36 pm by Wesley
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Wesley
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 10:46 pm |
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Hi DB,"Quote",
Try reading the thread on this forum I posted earlier today regarding the diesel fuel diagnostics, one of the blokes I work with has 30 years experience in the trade, but didn't know the firing order of a basic four cylinder engine?
153624, sorry, 1243, 1342,
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 10:37 pm |
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Best thing to do is go on VOSA's website and look at sample questions, then look at Fundamentals of vehicle technology by VAW Hillier, also look into books by Heinz Heisler, some really good stuff in there.
Do a comparison between what the questions are asking and what is in the books, so if steering is being looked at as a question, then look steering systems up in the books, read it until you understand it, then apply the correct answer from the NTTA questions.
DB
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 10:28 pm |
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hey mate im not trying to put techs down whove had college training rather than on the job as ive worked with quite a few that are great are getting their hands dirty as well! but in my experience as a mechanic more than less mechanics who've learnt from hands on rather than class room experience are better techs,dont they say you cant beat experience?
but i do agree that they do make great techs if theyre good at both theory and physical and whoever the tech is that doesnt know the firing order of a four cylinder engine now that is lame!!!
can i ask which one of the fundamentals book should i read is it all of them or just the first one?
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 09:46 pm |
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nicknak wrote: Well, why don't you find out whats in fuel and then you 50% nailed it!!
haha nice one mate!!
gonna get the fundamentals and have a read of that,gotta pass it this time,cant believe ive failed it twice now, i know im a good mechanic coz i dont have any problems fixing cars im just one of those people who arent great on the theory side of life!!
ive seen kids come out of college that could probably do this test on their head but get them to do a simple clutch change or cambelt and watch em balls it up.
anyone know the pass rate for the ntta ,ive heard quite a few fail the test?
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nicknak
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 06:41 pm |
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Well, why don't you find out whats in fuel and then you 50% nailed it!!
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Posted: Fri Sep 25th, 2009 02:59 pm |
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hi guys im new here and would appreciatte any advice.
basically ive been a mechanic for over 10yrs and dont have any qualifications apart from going to peugeots'manufacture traning,ive got certificates etc but aparrantly this isnt good enough so i had to sit the ntta test, first time i didnt do an revision and got a shock when i went for it,then a yr later took it again and just failed it and i'd doen loads of revision doing the example questions etc,but when i took the test some of the questions are so complicated or they make them sound complicated,anyway its coming upto 2 yrs now and i can retake it and i cant fail it so im doing revision etc but is there anything else i can be doing or alternatively is there any other way of avoiding it,its a bloody nightmare,i fix cars everyday but cant pass a stupid test where half the questions are about the ingredients of fuel!!
would appreciatte any advice guys,im dying to be a tester?
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