A recent post in Wayner's thread about getting a 928 (about the cut off switch in RKD 's 928) got me thinking about bits of advice I have gotten over the years about cars. THE most helpful piece of advice I got was from Mustang Bill, a guy who worked on Mustangs in Short Pump Va, long before the area became a big shopping mall.
One day, I took a high school friend's mustang in for advice. The heat didn't work. Mustang's Bill's words of wisdom were "Mustangs generally work. First thing to do is look for what the previous owner modified that screwed*** things up. Then, you will have found your solution.
In the case of my classmate's Mustang, the heater didn't work. Mustang Bill walked over to the car, and pointed to the aftermarket stereo. "That stereo is not original- look there first " he indicated with yoda like wisdom.
As a 16 year old, confused as to why a car stereo would mess up heating, I wiggled under the dash, where, sure enough, whoever installed the stereo had knocked the leads off the heat fan control knob.
Best piece of advice I have heard to date, and I use it on a daily basis for everything. I think there have been similar threads here on PPOT, but like a memory challenged old geezer, who's shared this many time before but can't remember, I wanted to share again for the sake of improving the world. You are welcome!
***screwed = "f#$%'d up"