David, The switch simplification is commonly referred to as "de-contenting" in the auto industry. This is how it works: The engineer designs something to meet a certain spec, and being an engineer he usually over designs it which increases the cost. To reduce costs, teams of people comb over every design and design drawing looking for stuff to remove or simplify. This is de-contenting. Chrysler is the best at it, which is why their quality is the lowest. If an engineer specifies 5 tabs to hold on a piece of molding, the de-contenters will make it 3. The Japanese are not this extreme, but they need to cut costs too wherever possible. This is also why luxury cars are so expensive, the de-contenters aren't allowed near them! David Beierl wrote: > > The reason I'm mentioning this other than to lampoon (lambaste?) our > beloved beasts, is that when I cut the top off the old sender to verify the > cause of the problem (yep, oil in the upper chamber), I noticed that the > terminal on top of this OE sender screwed off, and underneath it was a > screwdriver adjustment to set the trigger pressure over a fairly wide > range. You can bet that the replacement didn't have this little > refinement. But I'm surely wondering why Nippon-Denso or whoever bothered > > > Anyone have a notion? I don't belong to the Corolla list <g>. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244 ext. 8208 Getting your share of the Net yet? http://cobaltgroup.com http://UsedEquipNet.com |
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