2 things- DEF, diesel, etc, For the life of me I cannot grasp why we can't get vehicles with the small, efficient European/Japanese diesels in them here. I would LOVE to have a Toyota or a Jeep with a little 3 cyl diesel. I have a lot "friends" I correspond with in places like NZ, England, Norway and it's all small diesels there. Makes zero sense to me.
The difference between "technicians" and "mechanics", purely in my own opinion based on my personal experience. We finaly got all the bits and pieces together to rebuild the rear diff on Gord ATV. Most of the products are from "The Land of Almost Right". I have measured things over, and over and over again. I've pressed things, I've shimmed things and I've used enough Dykem to inlet 100 Model 70's! There is enough variance between the bearings, gear set and housing (all new) to make it impossible to have acceptable backlash without the backside of the ring gear rubbing hard on the cover of the housing. If I shim it so the housing doesn't rub, the flange of the housing can't possibly seat. IME a "Tech" would state the obvious- "We need OEM parts because these Chinese parts aren't made right." True, but that's $12-1500.00. A "Mechanic" would say what I said, "Well crap. How re we going to make this work?" and proceed from there!