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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:58 pm
by Denis247
Engine secure on the garage floor, gearbox hanging on a strap, warm garage, plenty of room to move about..pure luxury. Bet you had a clean tea-cup too !

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:14 am
by scudderfish
And the radio on :)

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:07 pm
by ged
scudderfish wrote:And the radio on :)
Ahem!

Don't you mean stereo with CD playing? :lol:

Regards Ged

Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:22 pm
by scudderfish
ged wrote:
scudderfish wrote:And the radio on :)
Ahem!

Don't you mean stereo with CD playing? :lol:

Regards Ged
No, it would spoil the acoustics for the string quartet in the corner.

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:57 am
by ged
conrod wrote:I just refitted mine into my van, laying on my back, slid the gearbox on to my chest, heave it into place and put the bolts in, bit of grunting involved but wasn't that hard :D Third time I have done that, and I am not exactly a large bloke either! You guys need to harden up! :D
Yep done that.

The last time I had the near side on the kerb with me lying in the gutter. It started to pour with rain & I ended up with water going in at the collar & out at the ankles. :shock:

Got the job done though! :D

Regards Ged

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:47 am
by DaveEFI
My brother once changed the clutch on his Austin A95 in France by the roadside - himself.

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:18 am
by conrod
ged wrote:
conrod wrote:I just refitted mine into my van, laying on my back, slid the gearbox on to my chest, heave it into place and put the bolts in, bit of grunting involved but wasn't that hard :D Third time I have done that, and I am not exactly a large bloke either! You guys need to harden up! :D
Yep done that.

The last time I had the near side on the kerb with me lying in the gutter. It started to pour with rain & I ended up with water going in at the collar & out at the ankles. :shock:

Got the job done though! :D

Regards Ged
yep now THATS hard! :lol:

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:01 am
by sidecar
I was fitting a tow bar to an old motorhome that I owned, it was Christmas eve, about 7pm and 1 degree above zero, I was lying under the van on a sloping drive and I was drilling a hole with a big drill bit, red hot swarf was falling on my face, it was pi55ing down and water was running down the drive and down my back. The final straw was grabbing the mains lead and getting a massive shock from it!

Basically I was freezing, burnt, wet, and electrocuted all at the same time! :shock: :? :shock:

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 6:27 pm
by Denis247
Absolute luxury..One night in the dead of winter with snow 10' thick, middle of the moors, no moon and -30C, I was cold and hungry, dressed only in shorts and T shirt, my big-end went. Fortunately I had a spare set in the ashtray together with a broken penknife in the toolbox. No jack but still I managed to put the new set in and get home. Don't know what hard is some of you.

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:28 pm
by scudderfish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:20 pm
by NorthernBloke
Denis247 wrote:Absolute luxury..One night in the dead of winter with snow 10' thick, middle of the moors, no moon and -30C, I was cold and hungry, dressed only in shorts and T shirt, my big-end went. Fortunately I had a spare set in the ashtray together with a broken penknife in the toolbox. No jack but still I managed to put the new set in and get home. Don't know what hard is some of you.
:lol: :lol: