On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:14:35 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 2/27/2021 10:54 AM, wrote:

I know people like that too.Â* Some could not change the radio on a
new car though, an a lot of the other electronics.

That stuff is normally left to car radio specialists.

Some won't touch them.

The specialists do.


Oh, as in someone with training? You made my point. You no longer go
to Smokey's CB shop up the road.

I am not sure what trick is necessary to install a car entertainment
system. Virtually any car made in this century is pre wired for it and
DIN mount systems just snap in. You will need the right adapter
harness to connect a 3d party system to the OEM harness but this
pretty easy stuff.
The "radio" (nav, mp3 player, cd/dvd or whatever) is a FRU. (Field
Replaceable Unit)
I doubt anyone actually fixes them these days, at least not as a
business. You don't see a TV repair shop in every strip mall these
days either.


So you'd not look at some of the new car systems have you.

You'd be right if I was still driving my '83 Old Cutlass.

Maybe computers don't scare me but I think new cars are a lot easier
to work on than my 69 Corvette.
They throw a code that gets you in the ball park, at least what the
computer saw that was wrong. Then that MAP Clare was talking about
will let you isolate farther. They typically only require modest
skills with VOM. You can usually find that page or two from the shop
manual on the net or someone will upload it. (I buy the books for my
cars and outboards)
Sure you can fall out of the MAP but that is not as often as you would
think. At that point you are probably not any worse off than the guy
at the Stealer anyway. You are looking for broken wires, bad
connections or something interfering with that sensor's reading.

I really haven't had any problem navigating codes on my cars but I
have much more experience with new outboards. They have the same basic
hardware, OBDII interface and maintenance philosophy.

Of course a brake job is still a brake job and not that much different
than my old Woodstock era Corvette.