I think itâ??s unlikely this owner is on this list - but just in case, this is
for him.
Remember yesterday on the A46 near Bidford on Avon? I was the bloke in the
black Volvo C70 convertible who took pity on you stranded at the roadside with
a fuel metering unit whose timing was out of whack. Some things for you to
remember for future reference:
1. I stopped to offer you help out of kindness and curiosity. No emergency
mechanic will understand the Lucas injection system fitted on your TR6. I do,
having worked on many cars with that equipment when new and Iâ??ve owned three
myself.
2. If you choose to drive a classic car, One jack without a handle, no wheelnut
spanner at all and a sloppy adjustable spanner does NOT represent a toolkit!
Wasnâ??t it handy that mine was available?
3. If you paid £30,000 for that car, the seller saw you coming. The engine
needs a major rebuild from the racket it makes at idle, the electrics look
positively dangerous and the fuel pump is over-fuelling the metering unit. What
I did at the roadside in re-timing your metering unit to squirt the correct
pipe at least got you running on all six, albeit not smoothly but enough to get
you home.
4. I hope you enjoyed the lunch you never stopped telling me you were likely to
miss as I worked on your car and...
5. If anyone else ever stops to help you at the roadside when they had no need
to themselves, remember itâ??s customary to say just two words before storming
off in a cloud of smoke and crashing gears. Those words? Thank you is the
customary in England and a few other places too.
Sproutpicker!
Jonmac
Bessie Braddock: â??Winston! Youâ??re drunkâ??.
Churchill: â??and you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober but you
will still be uglyâ??.
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