Then there is the equally amusing line in the Ferrari workshop manual regarding
replacing the starter... "invert the engine on the bench..." OUCH!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Herald948@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: XKE clutch replacement !!!
>
> It was written:
>
> > ...the clutch replaced on her XKE. The story blew my mind. She
> > said that if you replace the clutch the way the manual recommends,
> > it calls for 70 hours labor....
>
> Reminds me of the classic line out of the equally classic 1960s Dick O'Kane
> book _How to Repair Your Foreign Car; a guide for the beginnner, the inept,
> and your wife_ (or something close to that). ISTR the line made reference to
> a specific job on a Jaguar, whereby the mechanic would "take the CAR off the
> STARTER." :-) (Emphasis is mine, BTW.)
>
> --Andy Mace
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