Listers,
I received mail from a fellow lister last week who noticed I had a 77
Spitfire and wanted to know if mine had a fan clutch on the water pump. My
son had the car over the next few days, however, and I wasn't able to
immediately find the answer but promised him I would as soon as the car
stayed home during the day. Then I made a big mistake. I forgot! This
obviously angered the gods.
Two days later my son complains that the car is running way too hot and
smelled funny. Not good. So today I finally say I'll stop working so much
(and ignoring both my Spit and my TR3B) and look into the situation. I
immediately found a leaking water pump and THAT'S when I remembered that I
had forgotten to get back to the lister with my answer. The gods were not
quite done extracting their punishment. While working to remove the water
pump an egg fell from the tree above the car and splatted on my valve cover
causing me to jerk back and make a nice slice in my finger against some
unknown sharp object.
I have now learned that they are gods of more than just metal, machines, and
electrons, but true gods of nature as well. I will spend many hours in
sacrifice to them this weekend working on both the Spit and TR3 and hope to
regain their good graces. I promise.
I hope we all can learn from this recent display of their powers.
Dave Moag
62 TR3B
77 Spitfire
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