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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>….you are not alone!<br><br>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick and Caroline Quinn<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 5, 2023 6:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Moment of Stupidity<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>G’day<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We all have them when either the brain isn’t in gear, or you don’t focus enough.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Trying to remove the slack from the BN3’s gear change. It’s a 100S gearbox, therefore sideshift, and the same from the BN2 through to the early Mk2 Roadsters.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Removed the gearstick and all okay. Put it back in and ‘tinkle, tinkle’ the sound the brass bush falling down into the black abyss.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The car is now on jack stands and the oil is about to be drained so the sideplate can be removed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A moment of stupidity.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hoo Roo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Patrick Quinn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Blue Mountains, Australia<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>