old parts

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You got that right.  A lot of shops won't even deal with the old cars.  A line
I hear again and again is: "I don't have the time to fool with 'em."  Or:
"They're too much trouble."  It's much easier to just replace a part.  The idea
of breaking it down and fixing it or "rehabing" a part is a foreign concept to
many.

"D. Dardalis" wrote:

> I think what is happening here is that fewer and fewer mechanics understand
> the old hardware, even though the hardware itself is simple.  May be they
> don't care learning about them.  They only understand replacing parts
> because this is where the industry is going.  Nobody cares about the
> old.  If its old, its bad news.  New is what they want.