@P1K5Dave
To further the explanation of what this was all about.
A few months ago Honda announced the National Technician Competition in which 8 Technicians would compete.
There was a 2 wheel group and a 4 wheel group. To qualify you had to take a 1 hour, 75 question test for each group. Then they would take the top 4 from each side to compete in that group for the each championship and a chance to represent the USA in a global competition in Japan 2027.
I managed to qualify for both sides and decided to pick 4 wheel if the event of a tie on the test. So I was placed in the 4 wheel category.
The competition consisted of a 3 categories:
An Off Vehicle test (3 separate task including measuring, fastening and electrical circuits) Each segment was 15 minutes a piece
Another 1 hour 75 question test on general knowledge
An On Vehicle test, split into 3 separate task as well, including:
Diagnose a no start condition (1hour)
Diagnose a no shift condition (1hour)
Perform a first service (no valve adjustment, 1.5.hours)
These 3 task were on a Pioneer 1000-3
They then took all of those test/task together and tallied scores for the placement.
I won the 4 wheel category, and some cool stuff to go with it. The trophies have been posted already, this was the Grand Prize, plus a $3000 Snap-On credit
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