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My last job made me question digital diagnostics over hands-on checks

Software fans argue speed, but old school methods catch what screens miss.
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nina_butler
That point about old school methods catching what screens miss... what's the most important thing you've seen a manual check catch that the software totally missed?
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emma72
emma725h ago
Wasn't there that story about the plane's loose bolt?
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ward.emery
Remember when everyone said OBD scanners would make mechanics obsolete? My buddy's truck kept throwing a code for a bad sensor, but it was just a chewed-up wire a mouse left behind. The scanner kept pointing at the expensive part.
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