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1. 02:26 PM - M14P points on ebay (david stroud)
2. 02:26 PM - M14P points on ebay (david stroud)
3. 06:31 PM - Re: But you knew that! (Barry Hancock)
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| Subject: | M14P points on ebay |
There's a set of new points on ebay right now at about $150 or buy it
now
for a bit more. I guess ya won't get these at NAPA , eh?
Who was that lad that was working on electronic ignition stuff a
while back? No progress?
David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
C-FDWS Christavia
Fairchild 51 under construction
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| Subject: | M14P points on ebay |
There's a set of new points on ebay right now at about $150 or buy it
now
for a bit more. I guess ya won't get these at NAPA , eh?
Who was that lad that was working on electronic ignition stuff a
while back? No progress?
David Stroud Ottawa, Canada
C-FDWS Christavia
Fairchild 51 under construction
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| Subject: | Re: But you knew that! |
This guy has obviously seen me work!
Barry
On Nov 14, 2006, at 3:35 PM, cjpilot710@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> From: "Dick Russell" <rrussell20@cfl.rr.com>
> Date: November 14, 2006 5:34:23 AM PST
> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> Subject: Fw: But you knew that!
>
>
> How painful it is to personally gain insight into these definitions!!
>
>
> Tools
>
> DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching
> flat metal
> bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and
> flings
> your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly
> painted parts
> you were drying.
>
> WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere
> under the
> workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint and
> hard-earned
> guitar calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say,
> "Ouch...."
>
> ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their
> holes
> until you die of old age.
>
> PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the
> creation of
> blood-blisters.
>
> HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
> principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
> motion,
> and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your
> future becomes.
>
> VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to further round off bolt
> heads. If
> nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer
> intense welding
> heat to the palm of your hand.
>
> OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various
> flammable
> objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease
> inside the
> wheel hub you want the bearing race out of.
>
> WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older British cars and
> motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16
> or 1/2
> socket you've been searching for the last 15 minutes.
>
> HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground
> after
> you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle
> firmly
> under the bumper.
>
> EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering an automobile
> upward off
> of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.
>
> TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters and wire wheel wires.
>
> E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any
> known
> drill bit that snaps off in bolt holes you couldn't use anyway.
>
> TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the tensile strength on
> everything
> you forgot to disconnect.
>
> CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large prybar that
> inexplicably has an
> accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.
>
> AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.
>
> TROUBLE LIGHT: The home mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes
> called a
> drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine
> vitamin," which
> is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside,
> it's main
> purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate
> that 105-mm
> howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of
> the Battle
> of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat
> misleading.
>
> PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under
> lids and
> for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your
> shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out
> Phillips
> screw heads.
>
> AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a coal-
> burning power
> plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that
> travels by
> hose to a Chicago Pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts
> which were
> last over tightened 50 years ago by someone at Ford, and neatly
> rounds off
> their heads.
>
> PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or
> bracket
> you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
>
> HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses too short.
>
> HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays
> is used
> as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts not
> far from
> the object we are trying to hit.
>
> MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of
> cardboard
> cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on
> contents
> such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector
> magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially
> useful for
> slicing work clothes, but only while in use.
>
>
> EXPLETIVE: A balm, also referred to as mechanic's lube, usually
> applied
> verbally in hindsight, which somehow eases those pains and indignities
> following our every deficiency in foresight.
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