Orchidskip, I'm from Southern California myself and I didn't know there were any farms left in Huntington Beach, let alone farms with field generators.
When I moved from urban Southern California to rural Northern California in 2001, that 450 mile move brought me to a location where the concept of "Doing it right" is totally differernt from what I learned in the first 56 years of my life.
Here's how I would describe the difference:
Urban: Do the job in a way that whatever you're doing won't have to be redone or repaired for a really long time. Example-hone the rebored cylinder walls with a torque plate bolted to the block deck so that when the pistons are installed the rings will have a perfectly round bore to seat against. It doesn't cost much more and many tens of thousands of miles later the compression will still be uniformly high and oil consumption will still be minimal.
Rural: Do the minimum required to get it working right now. This ain't a beauty contest and I just want it to run because I've got a job that needs doin' tomorrow morning. If it breaks later on I'll fix it again. That fancy city slicker stuff is a waste of time and money.
I can understand and appreciate both ways and find them intersting to read about on this forum. Especially the posts about towing or rolling vehicles with "stuck" engines down steep hills to "bust 'em loose".
