[Healeys] 100 water pump
John Vrugtman
javrugtman at htcnet.org
Sat Mar 5 18:28:21 MST 2016
I think this qualifies as humor :-D
JAV
On 3/5/2016 7:22 PM, i erbs wrote:
>
> Thomas Jefferson never trusted M Webster because he only had one way
> to spell a word.
>
> Mr. Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
>
> On Mar 5, 2016 2:35 PM, "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com
> <mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On the subject of spelling I have read that in previous
> times--perhaps even into the 19th century--it was considered a
> mark of erudition for one to use more than one spelling of the
> same word in a writing. I am not talking about words that have
> actual alternative spellings--such as inquire/enquire--I mean
> spellings that today would be considered completely incorrect.
>
> Whether this was a function of ignorance or style I don't know but
> I have seen it in letters, etc. from the period written by people
> who were obviously literate but perhaps more permissive in their
> spelling.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> Don't forget spelling! It's 'grammar.'
>
> bs
>
>
> On 3/4/2016 6:22 PM, richard mayor wrote:
>> Ah, the two erudite Michaels: grammarians in our midst (or
>> should I say list). Methinks I should now mind my punctuation
>> forthwith and henceforth. But, talk about grammer, oddly
>> enough, I miss the posts from Ed, even though I did not
>> understand 90% of whatever he was talking about.
>>
>> So, was this thread about water pumps? Never mind!
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Michael Oritt
>> <michael.oritt at gmail.com <mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael--
>>
>> You said:
>>
>> /"And the cost of having the parts custom made is
>> prohibitively expensive. /
>> /(Never begin a sentence with a conjunction)"/
>>
>> Indeed, that is a grammatical error up with which I
>> cannot put!
>>
>> Belated Happy Birthday--Michael Oritt
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Michael
>> <michael.salter at gmail.com
>> <mailto:michael.salter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Randy,
>> I have been trying to find sources for the parts in
>> the 100 pumps for some time but as yet have had only
>> marginal success as they are completely different
>> from anything produced today. And the cost of having
>> the parts custom made is prohibitively expensive.
>> (Never begin a sentence with a conjunction)
>> I have purchased and disassembled one of the
>> currently available reproduction pumps and they are a
>> mishmash of parts, none of which are similar to the
>> originals.
>> The problem with trying to use the one that I
>> purchased was that the thread used for the heater
>> outlet spigot was different from what was required
>> for the original brass valve used on the 100 and it
>> was impossible to modify the pump to accept the
>> original valve.
>> Hopefully someone else has better news for you.
>> Michael S
>> BN1 #174
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From: Randy Hicks <mailto:healey100m at me.com>
>> Sent: 3/03/2016 1:40 a.m.
>> To: Healey List <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Healeys] 100 water pump
>>
>> Who sells a good replacement for a 100 water pump?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Randy
>>
>
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