There is a saying, "He who says it can't be done, should get out of the way of the man doing it." Also, "To each their own." "Whatever works for you." "Whatever floats your boat." "Six blind men describing an elephant."
I'm a HUGE fan of
W. Edwards Deming, who is partly responsible for the ascendency of the Japanese auto industry.
He preached a practice of competence, and the way to get there, is incremental improvement. The classic case is when Chrysler in crisis, hired Lee Iacocca and they hit it big with the introduction of the minivan, they needed to increase production, and couldn't afford to directly tool another factory. So they purchased engines and transmissions from Mitsubishi that were direct drop-ins. Mr. Deming had spent time in Japan, after being shunned by US automakers. After several years, some observant folks noted that there was a much higher failure rate among the American made transmissions, and consumers began demanding the vehicles with the Japanese transmissions. Detailed tear down revealed that the Japanese had been making continuous "unauthorized" changes to the drawings and manufacturing processes, while keeping within the overall envelope, effectively eliminating the weaknesses in the early design.
In my observation, the vast majority of Rocket Captains practice this, whether or not aware.
In the context of the current thread (and it's beauty), is several posts may have something that are interesting to me, and I don't have to do all of them, or any of them, to be successful.
I'm motivated however, having had the benefit of seeing
@Boog down for the count in the parking lot of the motel, and
@Speedy had the tools work on the throttle bodies (and I don't know what else) and get
@Boog back on the road.
I liken it to a saying we had in the sandbox, "If you get in a gun fight, 'tis best to have a gun. Better yet, have friends with guns." I suggest this works for tools and the knowledge to use them.
I think I'll be getting a kit, AND have the cell and credit card.
