Necessity may be the mother of invention but poverty is the father.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L.D. McLaughlin, Jr. [SMTP:ldmcjr@zebra.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 1:22 PM
> To: Morgan Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Universal truths found under a Morgan
>
> > Just finished a midnight shop session under the 4/4, installing bumpers,
> new
> > oil pan, removing oil cooler, etc. There's bound to be a lesson in
> human
> > behavior to be learned from this car. Summary - (condition of car when
> I got
> > it....)
> >
> > Wiring - Absolute freaking bodge job. Every wire on the car has been
> > spliced, twisted together, shorted against the frame. Wires are
> connected
> > together in mid-air with 1/4-20 bolts. Seven miles of drooping oily
> black
> > tape. I've pulled at least 100 feet of wire out of the car that goes
> nowhere
> > and there's still lots left. Grounds are all lousy, connectors
> "crimped"
> > with regular pliers, no color codes; at one point a 15 foot piece was
> used to
> > connect two points 6 inches apart and the rest just jammed under the
> dash in
> > a big wad.
> >
> > Why, oh why, would someone spend somewhere between $5- and $10,000 on
> all
> > that nice equipment, Accusumps, Watts links, 6-1/2 welded wheels, fuel
> cells,
> > built engine, etc. and then leave a wiring job that won't let the car go
> one
> > lap without something falling off? It's like Ben Grimm built 90% of the
> car
> > and then turned into The Thing to finish the wiring and just slammed it
> > together with his mitts. Is it a comment on the human condition?
> >
>
> Lannis -
>
> Could you or anyone out there tell me why a delightful car gets ruined
> over
> a period of years? Everyone knows or has personal experience with a used
> car
> that is just a complete screwup... Why does anyone mess up a completely
> simple thing on a car? Wouldn't it be a lot more logical to just replace a
> connection or part than to go to all the trouble to put some horror story
> into the car that's illogical?
>
> Just venting... and this from someone whose first car was a used Edsel!
>
> Tony McLaughlin
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