13 Oct
2006
13 Oct
'06
9:26 p.m.
On Friday 13 October 2006 08:50 pm, Tony Duell wrote:
Having done a couple of those too, my experience agrees with this. Why make
an item that _will_ wear and eventually break so darn difficult to replace?
Grr!
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ablest -- form of life in this section of spac, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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M Dakin
"Classic" example (and yes, it's over 10 year old :-): I was trying to
change out the battery in a Lumina APV. Like a lot of other stuff,
there
I am gettign fed up with the number of cars where it's difficult to
change the timing (camshaft) belt. I've seen many examples where the belt
goes _through_ an engine mounting, meaning you have to support the engine
and remove the mounting to change the belt. Or drop the engine a bit to
get to the crankshaft bolt, or...