Michael,
Hey, that's minor-leage stuff compared to this one:
While building our race car, about 30 years ago, my racing partner and I
were installing the front cross-member (MGB). I had spent some time
cleaning up the four special bolts/studs (lock nuts go on each end), to
ensure an accurate torquing. I was on a creeper under the car, while my
partner worked from the top side (in our defense; it was late and a lot of
beer had been consumed during this particular work session). The dialogue,
after several minutes on the first bolt, went something like this:
Partner: "Say Oz, how's it going down there?"
Me: "Really smooth, Wang (Jim "Bif" Wangler, my late partner). DAMN, I'm
good (meaning that I had done such a superb job of cleaning up the threads
on those bolts)........how's it look on that end".
Partner: "Incredible. I can't even feel any movement through the wrench"
Several more minutes passed, and my arms were about rerady to fall off, from
holding the wrench above my head.
Me: "Man! We should be out of threads by now. Can you work a little
faster?"
Partner: "Whada ya mean work a little faster? I'm just backing you up,
while you spin your wrench."
Me: "No, numb-nutz.......I'M backing you up, while you spin YOUR wrench."
Partner: "Ahhhh. It is all so clear, now."
Meanwhile, from the other side of the car could be heard the muffled
laughter (finally released) of our good friend & chief body man for
F-Production Nat'l Champion Bob Criss: Jim Biery, who did the body and paint
work for us...........thus assuring that we'd never live this one down, and
that we'd hear a LOT MORE about it at the next SCCA Steel Cities Region
membership meeting........and we sure DID hear a lot more about it.
So, Michael, don't be too embarrassed, because I suspect we ALL have a few
of those types of skeletons somewhere in our closets ;)
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Rowe" <mdrowe@optonline.net>
To: "'Spridget Chat Group'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:15 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Embarrassing note to Newbies
> If your car is up on stands with no rear wheels and no brake set, the rear
> hubs will drift around enough that the transmission will not shift into
> first regardless of how well your clutch is working.
>
> Hanging head in embarrassment,
> Un-named Newbie
> '74 Midget
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