RE: DPOs

["Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>]

> Not "dumb" but "dreaded".   The latter is much more appropriate when you
> consider some of things previous owners have done to keep their cars on
> the road.   My Spitfire came with the rear spring snapped in two places,
> and held together with duct tape...

"Dreaded" was not exactly the epithet I had in mind, when I discovered that
the DPO of my TR3A had compensated for extremely worn wire wheel splines by
overtightening the knockoffs !

Bad enough ruining a lead hammer and the knockoff just to change a tire, but
the loud ZZZZ as I tried to drive away was one of the more sickening sounds
I've heard from a TR.

Randall

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