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   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   (I don't think I have a fuel problem, but when I'm reading about my car,   
   curiosity rears its head and I have questions.)   
      
   How come so many cars have a nipple on the fuel rail with which to test   
   fuel pressure, but 2005 3.3L Toyotas etc. make one insert a T-connector,   
   iiuc underneath the rear seat or just above the gas tank.  And IIUC,   
   then you have to remove the T-connector when you're done.  Much harder   
   to get to, and both chores are so much more effort than using a nipple   
   on the fuel rail.   
      
   Toyota is not usually inconvenient, afaict, so what is going on here?   
      
      
      
   Oh, and why does the shop manual not include pictures?  It only has   
   outline sketches (not even detailed sketches)? I've had Pontiacs and   
   Chryslers and I bought the shop manual for my brother's Ford, iow all of   
   the Big Three, and every one had much more informative manuals than   
   either of my Toyotas'.   
      
   And there is constant reference to toyota-specific test equipment etc.   
      
   Basically, I can't tell a thing from the shop manual and have to rely on   
   youtube videos and on webpages. Whereas with American cars, the shop   
   manual was all I needed to fix them.   
      
      
   Is it that Toyota manuals are designed only for the mechanic and not for   
   anyone without a lot of experience?   
      
   Are all Japanese shop manuals like Toyota's?   
      
   Is this an example of foreigners with an elitist social hierarchy, or at   
   least a strict one, unlike America where there is a belief that anyone   
   can learn to do anything?   ---  I've exaggerated the American part   
   some, but I do seriously intend the general nature of the question.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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