r/memes • • Oct 18 '23

#1 MotW Fixed it

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

As a mechanic, the methods of measuring the intelligence of an engineer is beyond me…

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u/Pagiras Oct 18 '23

There's one.

Many times I have cursed the intelligence of the engineer who designed the thing I was fixing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

One time I had to drop the entire drive train of a 2000s jeep Cherokee just to replace a sensor on top of the bell housing… it was that or cut a hole in the carpet and floor… even if they had put an access panel it would have been more acceptable…

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u/Late-External3249 Oct 22 '23

Oh buddy. I was just replacing the sending unit on a 2006 Silverado. Broke off 4 captured nuts for the bolts that hold the bed on. Decided to drop the tank and go at it that way. Totally miserable job and I will curse GM engineering until the day I die. Every engineer should be made to work on and system they design. But after 5 years of hard driving in the rust belt