Locating old IH engineers!

Does anyone know where the engineer who decided where to put the 4 bolts that bolt the gas tank support to the bellhousing right behind the head on a 560 gas lives? I'm asking because I'd like to go burn his house down tonight! 45 minutes to get the head ready to pull off the engine but over two hours to get the support unbolted and tank lifted. I could think of abot ten ways to do it differently. I also realized that if the tank was an inch higher it would not have to be unbolted at all! Does anybody want to come with? I'll buy the diesel fuel.

Mark

I suspect that'd eliminate a lot of really stupid designs...

I agree 100 percent. I am a moldmaker by trade and have exactly the same opinion. I started building molds and have worked my way into designing them and programming CNC machines and am now doing all of the above. I have also worked with mold designers that have come straight from college and have never built a mold let alone seen one. Most of them are smart guys don't get me wrong but more often than not there designs are unworkble and inefficient to build altogether. I may be biased I guess!

Guess who has a better shot at landing a new or better job though. Someone that has done both (me) or someone that was still in college while I was getting experience. You guessed it. Most people in human resources also have college degrees (although probably from a community college) and a lot of them have decided that college educated people are obviously much smarter if you catch my drift.

Mark

Then there's the other moron at Ford, who decided a "Service Engine Soon" light is a reasonable way to announce a loose gas cap.

No more Fords for this family!

Mark W. in MI

Look in the owners manual and it tells you how to disable that feature. I disabled mine but my wife likes the feature on hers because she was attacked in a vehicle that did not have the feature.

Vern

Ford engineer for 38 years.

I have yet to find a single case where this was true for me. I swear they wrote that because they don't know either. That's when I pull out the old IH parts manual and go from there!

I've never quite figured that out... the dealership mechanics, who supposedly have been FACTORY TRAINED get the elaborate factory manuals, and the rest of us (who are apparently supposed to know more than the dealership mechanics), get the condensed down-to-the-point-they're-nearly-worthless manuals!

I agree. I've had IT manuals for different makes and they too are not much help.

Mark

Here's how I did my hydro 70. Just spun 'er 90 degrees and lifted it off.

Mine was a gasser tho.

Allan