I guess I missed the sarcasm. I tend to rely on emojis for that.
Nevertheless, I get tired of people who have no maintenance experience, or who never read the service manuals, trying to tell owners how to fix intractable problems. They're simply parroting the misinformation, shall we call it, spread by other people who also don't have any frame of reference. So the owners go on to spend needless sums of money, trying to fix the problem as per SGOTI instead of manufacturer's manuals and troubleshooting guides and standard aircraft practices.
One of the few things I detested about aircraft maintenance was the high cost of it. I tried to minimize that wherever possible by fixing stuff right the first time, and doing the preventive maintenance so that things worked and stayed working and didn't fail in inconvenient places or at critical moments. I didn't like to see owners have to give up flying due to poor maintenance ending up costing them too much. We all know it's too expensive, and yet we often fail to recognize why it's too expensive. Often it's because we just start replacing stuff in a futile attempt to fix something instead of intelligently analyzing the problem. For example, mechanics will chase fuel system stuff for a week instead of first checking to make sure the spark is as strong as it should be and is delivered to the right place at the right time, especially if those mags haven't been off for a long time. Ignition is way more troublesome than fuel. It's one reason why we have two magnetos but only one carb or fuel servo.
Anyway. Sorry for that misinterpretation and the rant. I get too passionate about maintenance.
