Boss hired a new guy who apparently has EXPERT knowledge of auto mechanics...

Wow, this topic is starting to slip around a tad. Like in my 1st reply I think we love these dip****s. It's funny and entertaining. I've been told of 410 duration cams, hubcaps that will always line up if you put em all in the same place, big block Z28s from the factory, and on and on and on. I don't know everything, in fact, I don't think I know nearly what I should sometimes. When those days come up that I feel I need to know more, I do what anyone should. I ask or I study. The thing is that some folks percieve and instant threat when they feel the "light" from someone who shines. Got a *****in ride? Ever win a big time show? Did you do your own stuff and it works? You shine. You may intimidate, overpower, outshine, or threaten the ego of "that guy". Embrace it. Share your experience. Be humble and enjoy the life. Yeah right! It doesn't always work and "that guy" has to try to 1-up ya, play ya down, even make up a story that you "had it done and he knows the guy who did it". Nothing to be done except stand by and let it happen. You know the real deal, you know the truth, you know who YOU are. That should be enough.

Some of you may think I'm goin off here a bit and that things like that don't happen. Seriously? Well last year I heard that I'm a liar and I've never woodgrained anything. Cleaning the coffee off my desk that I spit out laughing was the worst of it. Enbrace it and just be yourself, everyone including the OP, and pet the sweaty stuff. It's better that sweatin the petty stuff.

 

LoL, this thread has brought out the idiots in force!

 

Funny, I thought nothing of the camel bump remark, a bump could be a hump, a chebbie could be a chevy, there are some many cutesy frazes on here I thought it fit in. Course I'm old and don't get most of them.

 

it is too much carb if it is out of the box stock ... these threads uncover a lot of "experts" poking fun of "experts "

 

Been around this thing for 35 years+, built more than a few motors myself, everyone around here calls them camel bumps, including some pretty well-known machinists I have talked to...

 

I swapped out the 780 on mine for a 600 Holley... It was more managable(sp) on the street for a little 302..

 

ya never know, he might know something you don't know. i learn something new every day. once you stop learning, its time to do something else.

 

I have a 1st person story regarding holley carbs on small blocks:
I'd bought a 64 corvette with what was supposed to be a 350 HP 327, 4 speed muncie and 4.10 posi......ran super hard!
I totally loved that car and one day I was fiddling around with the 780 dual feed holley [old 3310 first series] checking the float levels when I stripped out the threads in a float bowl...damn! I lived in a small town and couldn't just go buy parts for holley carbs so I went looking for a buddy with parts...found my old friend Allen who had a 327 that wouldn't run right...swore it was his 950 three barrel carb causing his problem. I think I gave 20 bucks for the carb just for the float bowl but the thing looked so clean I just popped it on my engine...
WOW! To this day I don't know what was in my engine but I can say with all honesty that 327 gained about 20 HP on the top end and performance wasn't hurt on the bottom end..was a wonderful change.

 

Hey that was my first car....and it would run a 1/4 in a 11.....11 minutes that is.

 

Those Holley 3's are pretty rare!! Got some good pics of it???

 

I'm in the IT field, (trained from the USAF) and find myself alone a lot of times, when it
comes to talking cars at work. I started a new contracting gig, and found out that one
fella had a late 60's Mustang, and is searching for a Camaro to buy. I start talking cars
with him, hoping that I might have found someone that knows something more than
just computer programming... I tell him that I have a hot rod that I will be working on
in the future. He goes "Oh! You have a hotrod?" So I show him my bare frame and
'30 Tudor shell. He goes, "Oh.. your going to build it? I'm having mine built". When I
mentioned the '50 flathead, his eyes just glazed over, and he had no idea what I was
talking about. I knew then, that I was alone again..

My 14 year old son likes to quiz me up on comics and movie facts that he knows I
don't know the answers to. I tell him that know-it-alls are always one thing.. Wrong..
Then I prove my point to him, by quizzing him back on mechanics.

 

Mark Twain said no man is a complete waste; he can at least serve as a bad example.

 

Usually the big self promoters have a feeling of inferiority. I good supervisor will recognize this and make the person feel good about himself. This takes a little fineness and usually an inexperienced supervisor can not accomplish this task.

Give the new guy a chance and try working with him. This is what makes a good supervisor and a good employee. Remember you were the new guy once. Treat people the way you want to be treated and you will be a good supervisor and a have a loyal employee.

 

Back a few years they hired a guy who had listed himself as a mechanic, machinist and welder on his resume. He was talking about all of the parts he made on a lathe and bridgeport. One day he had to use our larger drill press. He comes up to me and asks how to get the drill bit out. I told him it's a morse taper just like the dead center on a lathe. I get the dumb stare so I show him how to change the bit. He tells me he's never seen one like that.

His welding consisted of a job at a production shop doing flat welds with a preset wire feed. He didn't last long.

 

Being a mentor is a lot better than being a criticizer. You will feel better and the the new guy will appreciate your help. Teat people the way you would like to be treated and you can not go wrong.

 

I just read the first post and this page and I'm going with the new guy if he included vac***e secondaries. My 354 Hemi with dual 650's ran hard. I put two 465's on for a road trip and enjoyed a much crisper bottom end but starved over 6000 rpm. the motor would pull 8 grand and my normal shift point was 7500, so I guess you'll never know unless you try it like Rocky

 

QUOTE=15ASedan;6782585]Ask him if you can borrow his metric crescent wrench[/QUOTE]

you can laugh but a friend bought a metric tool set from Sears and it had an adjustable wrench that says Metric. a metric cresent wrench is now a wall hanger conversation piece

 

well now i have multiple college degrees 30 years in the construction industry 10 years as a consultant and am now retired. my peers on the way up used to get on my case all the time because i always wanted to know what other crafts did and how and why they did it. I was a pipe weldor fitter: years later when i was in management aand they were still on thier tools i made one heck of a lot more money and was still getting flack about seeking answers now retired i still ask a lot of questions. Blow off these tire kickers and wannabes do***ent your instructions to CYOA and let dumb *** sink his own canoe fill out his fittness/performance reports factually no opinions he might be kin to somebody or have pictures of the boss and his pet ewe. If all else fails see the doc and try modern chemistry temporarily to get some stress relief, take my word for it from the sound of your first post he is under your skin and that may be just what he is after make you blow and get your job . blow it off man sounds like you have a ride you like and the rest aint nunnahisdambidness.

 

I have worked with a lot of people. Some started out like the guy mentioned. I agree with some of you. Patience and as soon as they see they can't BS you it will subside. My Dad bought me a challenger top box when I was about 10. He also bought a $50 model T stripped down ch***is out of a field and said, heres your first project on your own. I said, Dad I'll never get that back together and running. He said, doesn't matter. You will be turning bolts and nuts and getting more experience with tools. I miss him. Lippy

 

Just tell the kid "lets run-em", you tune yours, i'll tune mine. I've made a lot of carbs that weren't perfect for the application perform fairly well. Sometimes it takes quite a bit of fiddling, easier to just start with a carb thats at least close. By the way, this is a pretty old thread, hopefully the kid has learned a few things by now. A couple of earlier posters need to as well.

 

you can laugh but a friend bought a metric tool set from Sears and it had an adjustable wrench that says Metric. a metric cresent wrench is now a wall hanger conversation piece[/QUOTE]Back when We were supposed to be changing over to the metric system I worked for a Pontiac dealer as a trainee one of the mechanics was always busting on the trainees with the typical **** like "go to parts and get me a muffler bearing for this 76 firebird" or "Go get me a hand full of flex rod so I can fix this bumper" I had heard most of these things growing up so he never did get me but I did get him! I bought a set of wrenches and the adjustable set had metric markings instead of say 6" it said 200MM or what ever next time he used his favorite line "Quick I need a metric adjustable to fix this Opal" I slipped the new guy my "Metric adjustable and told him to "Give him this" Even the owner of the shop got a big belly laugh out of the look on the head mechanics face when the kid ran over with his "Metric adjustable" On the flip side of this we could not have asked for a better boss or trainer he had all the patients in the world at training you as long as he felt you really were willing to learn. We had one of the upper level guys that considered himself an expert automatic trans tech Roland (Head mechanic) Got sick of his bragging one day and when the guy went to lunch went over and picked up the sheet he had laid out the entire guts to a trans on by the corners shook it a few times and laid it back on his bench! Said "If he's half as good as he thinks that wont bother him a bit " Roland stayed late that night putting that trans back together! He never said a word about it and this is the first time I tell about him helping the guy BUT Mr. Expert never ran his mouth again!

 

You know what's funny.....I can't remember anybody refering to someone else as an "expert". Seems like it's always someone who says "I'm a ***** expert".

 

Show your "new" friend this thread and see what happens? (if he can read that is)

 

Well he might be right, how many R's do you plan on turning, and are you N/A or blown....

 

To many fast and furious movies

 

BTDT!!!! I retired in an area between Atlanta and Charlotte (aka "Charlanta") and realized all the schools I went to over the years were a total waste of time and money, all I had to do was come up here and drink the local well water. One of the local experts has 2 cars up on blocks in front of his singlewide and takes his herd of kids to the local s****yard with bare feet while he shops for all the quality parts we seem to miss (grin). He and his "groupies" go to the races spreading his knowledge thruout the pits, get sh*tfaced, go home (midnight-2 a.m.) and fire up what "racecars" that run and blast open exhaust until the local Sheriff's show up. One car fell off the blocks while running, caught fire and about burnt down the neighborhood. You have to see it to believe it.

 

Wow, I read this whole post and am not any brighter for it. Guess I won't be an expert this week....



It did make me chuckle though

 

mysteryman was that kid serious ? That's like the joke about 2 guys putting siding on a house. As they picked up the nails they knew which end of the house to put them from the way the pointed end faced.

 

High School shop cl***, kid used RTV for a head gasket. They do exist.