Mechanic of older vehicles

[Crepitus]

Hey @Crepitus - sorry to be a pain in the ass, I looked up a bunch of rebuild kits and none of them seemed to have floats in them. Googled floats and couldn't find them in parts but I didn't scour the net yet.

This is a common replacement kit out there for a Yamaha Grizzly 660 carb:

https://www.amazon.com/XLJOY-Rebuild...or+rebuild+kit

If finding the right kit is a pain in the ass, I'm thinking about just getting the whole carb for what it costs.

Quick search doesn't turn them up, even on E-bay. May just have to replace the whole thing.

[Captain Obvious]

Quick search doesn't turn them up, even on E-bay. May just have to replace the whole thing.

Thanks bro

[Crepitus]

i had an xk140 back in the late 70's

beautiful car and on the occasions when it actually ran right, a dream to drive

they invented intermittent everything for that car, though

a friend told me the reason is that the brits kept using natural rubber for insulation from their former colonies when everyone else went to synthetic.

either way, the two happiest days of a jag owner are the same as a boat owners, imo.

Nah, the best day in mine was when I put in the replacement harness, dumped the straight six, and dropped in a small block chevy.

[Crepitus]

Lol, not according to my mum and dad.

And how long would they last without people who work with their hands?

[Crepitus]

Thanks bro

Sorry dude.

[Safety]

Well I am new, Ha ha. Been on lots of forums and usually get banned cause i tell it like it is. I hope to change that here.

Do you work on corvettes?

[Captain Obvious]

Sorry dude.

For what? I think you helped me make the decision I needed to make.

[William]

And how long would they last without people who work with their hands?

I don't think either of them are dissing people who work with their hands. But, according to my dad, there is a difference between a profession and a trade. A motor mechanic is a trade, just like a carpenter is a trade, an electrician is a trade, and a plumber is a trade. My dad says a profession is characterised by a recorded body of knowledge gained by post graduate university degree, and the recognition of a controlling professional organisation. It is something which requires a particular education (as in LLB or MBBS) before any training is undertaken.

The Wikipedia says -

A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain.

So they are two different things - even though professions are often (but not always,) more highly regarded in society - one is not better than the other. Both are necessary, and each serves a different purpose.

[Crepitus]

I don't think either of them are dissing people who work with their hands. But, according to my dad, there is a difference between a profession and a trade. A motor mechanic is a trade, just like a carpenter is a trade, an electrician is a trade, and a plumber is a trade. My dad says a profession is characterised by a recorded body of knowledge gained by post graduate university degree, and the recognition of a controlling professional organisation. It is something which requires a particular education (as in LLB or MBBS) before any training is undertaken.

The Wikipedia says -



So they are two different things - even though professions are often (but not always,) more highly regarded in society - one is not better than the other. Both are necessary, and each serves a different purpose.

I generally respect you and your point of view.

That being said this feels like hairsplitting for the purpose denigrating a segment of the population.

[William]

I generally respect you and your point of view.

That being said this feels like hairsplitting for the purpose denigrating a segment of the population.

Lol, as I do you and your point of view.

But your response feels illogical to me. Why would my parents or I want to 'denigrate a segment of the population'?

Did I not write this?

even though professions are often (but not always,) more highly regarded in society - one is not better than the other. Both are necessary, and each serves a different purpose.

Even though you seem to be accusing my dad of elitism, one of his favourite sayings is "If my fellow barristers and I stopped working tomorrow, there might be a backlog in the courts - but society would work around that. However, if the dustmen stopped working today, society would grind to a halt in a few weeks."

Lol! Everything doesn't have to be 'us and them', but I have heard 'working class' people complain about the 'professional classes' before - its a sort of reverse snobbery.