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The PO is an idiot story

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Subject: The PO is an idiot story
From: "Ramm, Andy" <ARAMM@sv.tbgi.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 17:18:47
Well, evrytime I think an individual can't posibly be more brain damaged, 
I discover I'm wrong!  Here are some PO nightmare stories with the 
Smidgin.



First, when I got the car, the points were beyond fried and the timing 
was WAY off, so it barely ran.  The 1st/2nd gear shift fork was bad, so 
no 2nd gear.  There was a bolt (?) sticking out of the mouth of one of 
the carburettors, just rattling around in there.  The choke cable was so 
badly frayed that it kept the choke stuck open.  The heater core wasn't 
even connected and the hose was plugged with yet another bolt.  The 
blower and the horn are not hooked up.  The seatbelt attachements that 
bolt to the transmission/driveshaft tunnel are missing on both sides.  
There was no oil in the dashpots and who knows when the engine oil had 
been changed last.



So, I thought it couldn't get worse than that, but yesterday I go to 
change a bad valve cover gasket and figured that while I'm in there, I'll 
adjust the valves.  Well, if a little clearence is good, no clearence 
must be better, right?  Every single valve was adjusted to the point 
where it was touching the tappet, and some were even keeping the valve 
open, if only by a hair!!!!



Good lord what was this dufus thinking?!  So I adjusted them, and lo and 
behold, the car runs much smoother, accelerates better, and cruises much 
more easily on the freeway.  Imagine that!  Now if I could only figure 
out why the bolt was in there....



Anybody else have a good PO horror story?  Please share!



Cheers,



Andy Ramm

'67 Midget Mk III -- The Smidgin




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