Not to mention the chance of nicking a seal as you put the thing back together. Putting the car out of use for even longer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] non user servasable parts?
Guys, The only industry I can speak for is automotive service. The best way I can make my point is with an example. For our purposes we will discuss a brake master cylinder. I come to work and the first job of the day is a 1985 911 Porsche with marginal brakes. I put it on the lift and determine that brake fluid is leaking from the master cylinder. I talk to the service writer and we determine that a brand new master cylinder is $214.00 to the customer. book time on removing and replacing (R&R is one hour. We now have a total bill of $274.00 plus tax and brake fluid. Now let's rebuild that same brake master cylinder. The book gives me 6 hours to remove, rebuild and replace that same cylinder. $360.00 Labor, $42.00 for the kit, $9.00 each for new brake light switch and low level fluid indicator switch. We now have a subtotal of $420.00 not including tax and brake fluid. We saved the customer well over $100.00 by installing a new cylinder and he has his car back by 10:30 that same morning. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:09 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] non user servasable parts? This is true. but that's also how peopl keep eating. though often at too high a cost. However, at one time, (maybe before the rumor of using a Chevy Caprice trasmission) Rolls Royce used specialized parts and fasteners, to the extent that only a licensed Rolls Royce mechanic could ever gt the tools. I don't know what limitation that truly imposed; but so I was told. So user servicable might have a different bent there. I was told by a customer, that he recently replaced one of the ends of one of my cables. He then contacted me and complained about the erformance of the cable. But he advanced the attitude that it was the cable. I know what I know, and am sure you folks can see it coming... when I assemble an audio cable from end to end, it's meant to do a job as an audio component. Thus the tonality as well as continuity are a factor. So I told him to reread the paper that came with the cable as I wasn't sure exactly what it said. (I wrote it and know that I said the 1 year manufacturere's waranty against manufacturing defects never spoke of retermination. On the website it speaks of any reseller doing repairs in an approved manner for this to be upheld) so he hasn't gotten back to me. I hope pride doesn't cause him to trash it. I won't gripe about union wages, though they are higher than I get. But at some point we are going to find that the user doesn't want to be *serviced they just want the product to work. On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Lenny McHugh wrote: > No, it is our wonderful throw away society mentality. They toss the > unit and replace with a new. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "robert moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:47 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] non user servasable parts? > > > So if the user cannot service the parts then how can any > one else service them. Are the non users super human. Or perhaps they > have some special magic dust that they have to sprinkle on the part > first that you and I as users can not get. Grin. > If I had a back ground in electronics I would no doubt tend to ignore that > little note that says no serviceable parts. > > Grin > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Tom Fowle > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:02 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: making things talk Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Tool Review > > Lenny, > Now-a-days the microcontroller would have the eprom built in and they > can "Code protect" the internal memory so you can't copy it. > > Yep, whenever I seem "no user serviceable parts inside," it makes my > fingers itch for tools! > > Like the upcomming talking book digital players from NLS are gonna be > great except they have a non user serviceable battery pack! 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