[TR] Incantation

[David Friedlander]

Thanks, Mark. The story is, strangely, a source of consolation....  :- )

Dave



On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 12:46 PM Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:

> In one of Carroll Smith's "<...> to Win" books he tells a story of a
> late night before the morning race where he and another guy put a
> transmission back in a car.  They get it all in place, ready to wrestle
> with it to get it to mate with the engine, and wham!  It slides right
> in, first time, perfectly.  They look at each other and both come to the
> conclusion they forgot to put the spigot bushing in.  They've done this
> before, transmissions don't just slide into place in seconds.
>
> So, they remove the transmission, take a look and the spigot bush is,
> indeed, right where it should be, not left on the bench.  So they go to
> put the gearbox back into place, and as you might have guessed, it takes
> hours to get it lined up and in place again.
>
> mjb.
>
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