I received a comment from Charles F. Christ regarding the expected olfactory
joys of emptying the oil from my '84 Midget's rear axle.
He sent:>just wait to see what the rear axle
yields.............roflmao!
Having become something of an MG archeologist I thought I would share this
reply with the group.
Charles, (Et al)
I have already 'done' the rear axle in my project, unfortunately, the aroma
of the oil was spoiled by the overpowering (while cleaning) scent of fecal
matter which seemed to be encrusted all over the diff casing. I have no idea
how the PO managed to dip her diff in shit but this seems to have been the
case.
I was unable to identify the specific genus of the source of this foreign
material. One can often identify 'spoor' by its shape and size, however I
can only surmise that this material was coated onto the diff by impact while
one or both of the objects (Diff and Poo) was travelling at considerable
speed, thus rendering identification impossible. One clue may be that the
substance in question did have a distinctive 'nutty' flavor (don't ask).
Steve
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