Girodisc

Went and helped Ben down at Girodisc.  They make top end high performance brake assy's.  Pretty awesome to get to see him turn his own brakes from his Audi.  We had a nice surprise later in the day when the WWU formula team showed up to test out the suspension on the formula car.  It really wasn't running too hot but it was still really neat to at least see the diagnostics and data they were picking up, even though I don't really know what any of it means.

It is amazing how much I have learned from just a few weeks of practicing the most basic electrical systems.  Things that I have learned from it that I can carry over into other specialties:
1) K.I.S.S.  Keep it simple stupid.   It is very easy for me to get over complicated.  I need to remember that things can be difficult unless viewed in its simplest form.
2) Take my time.  Don't rush through anything.  Don't assume anything either.
3) Trust my data.  Sometimes the numbers don't add up, but as long as my testing is done correctly it can be simple again.

104 hrs

Stopping is fun

Took apart both rear drums on my 07 ranger v6 3l to address a squeak that would occur after I release the brake pedal.  It sounded to me like the shoes were scraping on the hub.  Got into the drivers side to find the brake wheel cylinder was leaking quite a bit.  Took it all apart and cleaned it up best I could.  Put just a tiny dab of high heat anti-seize on and squeak is gone.  Figured out, because I didn't have a manual, that the best way to take apart drum brakes is take a picture of all the springs and where they go.  Changed the oil and spark plugs.  Got about 6.5 hrs into that.

   The amount of current flowing through some of these cables scares the crap outta me.  If I touch two wrong conductors together I could possibly lose thousands of dollars in computer equipment.   I don't what it is I like about electrical.  I just like it... so far

Electrical Voyage

Today we started to dive into the electrical of the course.  I was really hoping to see Jeff explode something.  However, I didn't want it to be my brain.  This will be a challenging quarter.  Many theories learned today as well as many of my own destroyed.  I will have to get used to that.