[Fot] Damn Differential

[Bill Tobin]

Hi Gang, I sure do enjoy the Rotary lift I installed a couple months ago; 
press a button and the car goes up. Great! I got it used from a retiring guy 
I knew. Paid $950 for the lift, but much more for the 6" floor of concrete 
to set it on! I'm getting too old to roll around on the floor.
I'm headed for the Glen next week. Who else is going?
Enjoy the weekend.
Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Ostrowski" <jason at multivintage.com>
To: "triumph friends" <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 7:27 PM
Subject: [Fot] Damn Differential


> Well I think I reached a new high level of frustration in Triumphing 
> Today.
> Surely there are tools out there to make this a quick and easy job....but
> yet again tools I don't have.
> I have done a lot of hard and frustrating jobs on these cars over the 
> years.
> But the rear bushing removal and install on a Spit/GT6 diff.has to be one
> of the most difficult tasks yet.
> Blisters on my hands, 2 ruined hardened sockets, two stripped threaded
> rods,no less than 8 heavy washers (2 hardened) destroyed, and two nuts
> mangled.
> And 1 Nut drenched in sweat with a pounding headache.
>
> On the plus side, my fresh "home made" locked differential is done and 
> will
> go in the car tonight.
> All this for a couple hours of track time at Road America this weekend.
> Remind me again why it's so rewarding to be your own mechanic.
> Perhaps I'm in the minority of idiots.
> If you were going golfing, can you imagine telling your golfing buddies
> that you had spent the night before a round of 18 holes....laying on the
> floor of your garage floor covered in grease and sweat on the verge of
> tears for more hours than you care to count....fixing your 9 iron?
> Craziness.
>
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing
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