For all you Do-it-yourselfers!
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Burning Brakes
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From: Henderson Nevada
For all you Do-it-yourselfers!
This may sound familiar to all of us who have worked on a car or bike using a Haynes or Chiltons, or
watched someone else.... :D
Haynes: "This is a snug fit"
Translation: "Beat repeatedly with hammer"
Haynes: "Rotate anticlockwise"
Translation: "Clamp with molegrips, beat handle repeatedly with hammer"
Haynes: "Pry"
Translation: "Hammer screwdriver into"
Haynes: "Undo"
Translation: "Locate aged can of WD40. Hammer can to increase pressure.
Squirt everywhere"
Haynes: "Retain tiny spring"
Translation: "What the [Oops!] was that? It nearly had my eye out!"
Haynes: "Apply moderate heat"
Translation: "Placing your mouth near it and huffing is not moderate
heat"
Haynes: "Press and rotate to remove lamp"
Translation: "Smash glass. Dig out bayonet with pliers"
Haynes: "Carefully"
Translation: "You are about to cut yourself badly"
Haynes: "Lightly"
Translation: "Start off gently, build up pressure until veins are
standing proud of your forehead. Reread the manual because what you are doing can in no way be described as 'lightly'"
Haynes: "Weekly checks"
Translation: "If it ain't broken, don't fix it"
Haynes: "Routine maintenance"
Translation: "If it ain't broken, it sure as hell is about to be"
Haynes: "Compress"
Translation: "Squeeze with all your might, club with wrench, jump upon,
back car over, throw at garage wall, then search for battered component
in darkest corner of garage while cussing repeatedly under breath"
Haynes: "Inspect"
Translation: "Squint really hard, pretending you know exactly what you
are looking at. Declare in a loud, knowing voice, "Just as I thought. It's
going to need a new one"
Haynes: "Retaining nut"
Translation: "The hexagonal metal block you just shaved irreparably with
an imperial size spanner"
Haynes: "Using a suitable drift"
Translation: "A paving slab will suffice"
Haynes: "Get an assistant"
Translation: "Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you
know"
Haynes: "Turning the engine will be much easier with the plugs removed"
Translation: "Turning the engine will be much harder, and will probably
be accompanied by some distressing noises you've never heard before. Once
that panicky, clenched feeling in your stomach has subsided, continue as
if everything is fine"
Haynes: "Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal"
Translation: "Discard leftover screws and washers"
Haynes: "Pry away plastic locating pegs"
Translation: "Bend back and forth repeatedly until it snaps"
Haynes: "Everyday toolkit"
Translation: "Ensure you have your AAA membership card handy and you have
charged your mobile phone"
[Modified by vallini, 8:18 AM 11/7/2001]
watched someone else.... :D
Haynes: "This is a snug fit"
Translation: "Beat repeatedly with hammer"
Haynes: "Rotate anticlockwise"
Translation: "Clamp with molegrips, beat handle repeatedly with hammer"
Haynes: "Pry"
Translation: "Hammer screwdriver into"
Haynes: "Undo"
Translation: "Locate aged can of WD40. Hammer can to increase pressure.
Squirt everywhere"
Haynes: "Retain tiny spring"
Translation: "What the [Oops!] was that? It nearly had my eye out!"
Haynes: "Apply moderate heat"
Translation: "Placing your mouth near it and huffing is not moderate
heat"
Haynes: "Press and rotate to remove lamp"
Translation: "Smash glass. Dig out bayonet with pliers"
Haynes: "Carefully"
Translation: "You are about to cut yourself badly"
Haynes: "Lightly"
Translation: "Start off gently, build up pressure until veins are
standing proud of your forehead. Reread the manual because what you are doing can in no way be described as 'lightly'"
Haynes: "Weekly checks"
Translation: "If it ain't broken, don't fix it"
Haynes: "Routine maintenance"
Translation: "If it ain't broken, it sure as hell is about to be"
Haynes: "Compress"
Translation: "Squeeze with all your might, club with wrench, jump upon,
back car over, throw at garage wall, then search for battered component
in darkest corner of garage while cussing repeatedly under breath"
Haynes: "Inspect"
Translation: "Squint really hard, pretending you know exactly what you
are looking at. Declare in a loud, knowing voice, "Just as I thought. It's
going to need a new one"
Haynes: "Retaining nut"
Translation: "The hexagonal metal block you just shaved irreparably with
an imperial size spanner"
Haynes: "Using a suitable drift"
Translation: "A paving slab will suffice"
Haynes: "Get an assistant"
Translation: "Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you
know"
Haynes: "Turning the engine will be much easier with the plugs removed"
Translation: "Turning the engine will be much harder, and will probably
be accompanied by some distressing noises you've never heard before. Once
that panicky, clenched feeling in your stomach has subsided, continue as
if everything is fine"
Haynes: "Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal"
Translation: "Discard leftover screws and washers"
Haynes: "Pry away plastic locating pegs"
Translation: "Bend back and forth repeatedly until it snaps"
Haynes: "Everyday toolkit"
Translation: "Ensure you have your AAA membership card handy and you have
charged your mobile phone"
[Modified by vallini, 8:18 AM 11/7/2001]
Le Mans Master
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Re: For all you Do-it-yourselfers! (vallini)
ROFLMAO!
Very good! :lol:
Personal Favorite...
Very good! :lol:
Personal Favorite...
Haynes: "Get an assistant"
Translation: "Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you
know"
Translation: "Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you
know"
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Re: For all you Do-it-yourselfers! (vallini)
Haynes: "Retain tiny spring"
Translation: "What the [Oops!] was that? It nearly had my eye out!"
Translation: "What the [Oops!] was that? It nearly had my eye out!"
[Modified by GSMVette 919, 11:03 AM 11/7/2001]
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Re: For all you Do-it-yourselfers! (vallini)
Haynes: "Carefully"
Translation: "You are about to cut yourself badly"
Translation: "You are about to cut yourself badly"
Burning Brakes
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From: Wichita, Ks, USA
Re: For all you Do-it-yourselfers! (vallini)
Haynes: "Carefully"
Translation: "You are about to cut yourself badly"
Haynes: "Inspect"
Translation: "Squint really hard, pretending you know exactly what you
are looking at. Declare in a loud, knowing voice, "Just as I thought. It's
going to need a new one"
Haynes: "Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal"
Translation: "Discard leftover screws and washers"
Sounds exactly like our highschool shop
:yesnod: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Translation: "You are about to cut yourself badly"
Haynes: "Inspect"
Translation: "Squint really hard, pretending you know exactly what you
are looking at. Declare in a loud, knowing voice, "Just as I thought. It's
going to need a new one"
Haynes: "Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal"
Translation: "Discard leftover screws and washers"
Sounds exactly like our highschool shop
:yesnod: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: For all you Do-it-yourselfers! (vallini)
Sounds like you've been there :lol:
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Re: For all you Do-it-yourselfers! (vallini)
Kind of like the two guys on Horsepower TV. Those guys can build a motor and have it in your car and on the dyno in 22 minutes.
I used the Haynes. It was no help when it came to removing my door panels. :lol:
I used the Haynes. It was no help when it came to removing my door panels. :lol: