I suspect that the FORD TECH has in fact read the manual of the jack he
uses.  I've read mine.  And BTW, it's an AMERICAN made jack with readily
available parts to keep it in proper order.

Well its nice to know that you can be beligerent at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. I am guessing someone drank their lunch. My earlier comments were
not aimed directly towards you. I apologize if you thought they were. I was
just stating in general, that you would be suprised at the number of people
who dont read or own an owners manual for their vehicle. I assumed that
since the vehicle was an 05 MY that it would have a manual in it when you
bought it.

BTW, if I refer someone to a manual, its usually because the manual is
right. Plus you get the added bonus of having it in black and white right in
front of you while doing whatever procedure you are doing. I dont do it
because I dont know what I am talking about, its because its alot easier for
me to type RTFM (as you put it), and owners manuals are put in vehicles at
the factory for just the reason you are posting here. If there wasnt one in
the vehicle when you purchased it, you should have requested one from the
dealer. They can order you one.

And while I am at it, I assume you can read, since you are posting here. So
you can't be upset that someone is telling you to read something.. LOL

As for a vehicle falling on me, I dont wish that one anyone. I know people
who have died that way, and its usually a long miserable death. But just so
you know and for your peace of mind. I use jack stands when a lift is not
feasible for the job I am doing. It amazes me that people can wish something
like that on someone they dont even know, just becuase they are upset over
their own stupidity. Go to the dealer pay the $20 for the manual and come
back with a better attitude.

Ford Tech

Well, one might consider reading the owners manual as a responsibility of
ownership... And it might be a wise thing considering the cost of a new
vehicle these days..

Of course these considerations might be lost on someone with the diminuative
abilities that your post suggests....

It's your f.cking car... if you can't figure out how operate it, it is no
skin off anyones a.s except your own. What makes you so important that you
need to get everyone else to do your reading for you.

Now that you know what an owners manual is for, I can about guarranty that
you will have it open in front of you by the third time you try the reset
procedure...

And you have earned yourself a place of great esteem in many computers....
Mr. Clean... meet Mr. KillFile...

I'm with you, Mr. Warman, but I have to say that automobile
manuals are in the minority when it comes to finding out how
to fix or repair a problem.   I always keep my owner's
manual, and I also order the shop manuals when I buy a new
car.  The shop manuals were always interesting to me, not
because I wanted to do most of the repairs myself, but
because they contained a wealth of information on how the
elements of the car worked.

Unfortunately, shop manuals have been changing.  They have
been moving away from "how it works and how to fix it"  to
"how to replace it".

That said, most other owners manuals for appliances and the
like usually start with two pages of legal "safety" warnings
which boggle one's mind with their stupidity.  You know the
kind of thing.

And, most "help" documents for software and the like is
almost unusable because the unique terminology of a given
bit of software usually is nothing like what an Actual Human
would come up with, so their search engines rarely find
useful information!

Given that, I've found that it is MUCH more efficient and to
the point to find a news group which has a large group of
helpful experts who can point out how to solve my problem.
Sometimes they tell me where to find it in the "help" search
engine.  Sometimes they just tell me how to accomplish the
fix/task/whatever.

But, we both know there is a big difference between someone
who knows how to give enough information and ask a polite
question, and someone who is just lazy.

There, that's my lecture for today!

Alan

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It's not that I think stupidity should be punishable by death.
I just think we should take the warning labels off of everything
and let the problem take care of itself.

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