John,
I wish you a very speedy recovery.
fredd
(with busted kneecap since 30+ years from a TR5 overdrive.)
Jonmac wrote :
> Hopefully the gravity of this brief message should be self-evident. In the
event that any
> lister wishes to speculate on the weight of a TR6 or 2500 saloon diff in
an unfettered
> condition and filled with oil - I can assure you it's heavy - VERY.
> I was moving some stuff in my workshop yesterday and the spare diff (for
which I have
> great plans) somehow shot out of its corner where it had been sleeping
very contentedly,
> lowering its total mass on my left big toe at a speed marginally faster
than that of
> light.
> The toe is now broken in two places, looks like a very overripe plum and
I'm now just
> beginning to speak in tones other than blasphemic monosyllables. In my
quieter moments
> since the event - and the Emergency Ward at the local hospital gave me
ample time for
> reflection, I've come to the conclusion that the diff, like other parts of
the car was
> grossly over-engineered and it really didn't need to be that heavy.
>
> Jonmac
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