<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">”Hammer reseach” reminds me of an inscription found on the wall of a Roman charriot shop ”<strong style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: border-box;">Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem” which translates to: </strong><div><font color="#222222" face="Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b>Don't force it, get a bigger hammer. <br></b></span></font><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 5, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Harold Manifold via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Perry,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thank-you for donating a door handle to advancing Austin Healey research.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Harold </span><br><span></span><br><span>-----Original Message-----</span><br><span>From: Perry Small [mailto:healeyguy@aol.com] </span><br><span>Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2020 6:20 AM</span><br><span>To: Harold Manifold</span><br><span>Cc: healeys</span><br><span>Subject: Taking door handle apart</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sometimes the only way to get to an answer is a bit of hammer research. </span><br><span>Must have about 40 pitted nasty handles in the bin so why not find out what</span><br><span>the middle sized pin is (or was). Picked a really corroded one to start</span><br><span>with. Large tube knocked out fairly easily. Same with the small diameter</span><br><span>pin. Middle size pin required a bit more, a drill. Small hole first to see</span><br><span>if indeed it was peened on the ends. Increased hole size and fiddled with</span><br><span>moving the pin and parts. Would not come apart until the hole was full pin</span><br><span>diameter. Does not appear to have been preened just corroded in place. </span><br><span>P</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.75</span><br><span></span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Healeys@autox.team.net</span><br><span>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/richard.ewald@gmail.com</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>