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In my line of work, I'm constantly reminded of my mechanical ignorance. One time on an assignment out in Vegas a guy was showing me a bad cam in a 1960s Hemi, and as he manually rotated the crankshaft he told me to peer in and look for the wiped lobe. "Oh, yeah," I said, trying to indicate the general area where one might find such an item. "You've definitely wiped it. If my eyes don't deceive me, you're gonna need a total lobotomy." I may have been scrutinizing the windshield-wiper motor.