Working on modern cars

[Ext User(Diesel Damo)]

<useless trivia>

I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
Fkn!

If I did that on my agricultural Hilux there probably would've been no
sound at all as it fell straight to the grass.

I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.

</useless trivia>

[Ext User(Dan---)]

On Thu, 10 May 2007 20:58:58 -0700, Diesel Damo PCM code reading says:

> <useless trivia>
>
> I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
> 13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
> Fkn!
>
> If I did that on my agricultural Hilux there probably would've been no
> sound at all as it fell straight to the grass.
>
> I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.
>
> </useless trivia>

Here some FFS telco's have to stop hiring Indian people! Get some people
that can be able to talk english and its understandable!!!!!

Oh yeah I agree with you Damo new cars are more of cunt to work on now
days. :-)

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Dan

[Ext User(Patrick)]

Diesel Damo wrote:
> <useless trivia>
>
> I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
> 13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
> Fkn!
>
> If I did that on my agricultural Hilux there probably would've been no
> sound at all as it fell straight to the grass.
>
> I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.
>
> </useless trivia>
>
It always was a requirement for some cars. I'm thinking of some old
English things I've worked on (reluctantly and rarely).

[Ext User(Albm&ctd)]

In article <1178855938.743780.222470@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.c om>,
Diesel_4WD@yahoo.com.au says...
> <useless trivia>
>
> I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
> 13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
> Fkn!
>
> If I did that on my agricultural Hilux there probably would've been no
> sound at all as it fell straight to the grass.
>
> I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.
>
> </useless trivia>
>
What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.

Al
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It's more fun to insult everyone.
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[Ext User(Daryl Walford)]

Diesel Damo wrote:
> <useless trivia>
>
> I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
> 13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
> Fkn!
>
Did you find the spanner, its even worse when you have to spend hours
looking for the bastards:-)

> If I did that on my agricultural Hilux there probably would've been no
> sound at all as it fell straight to the grass.
>
> I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.

Thats always been the case but with experience you find easier ways to
do things.


Daryl

[Ext User(Bernd Felsche)]

Daryl Walford <user@example.net> wrote:

>Diesel Damo wrote:
>> <useless trivia>

>> I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
>> 13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
>> Fkn!

>Did you find the spanner, its even worse when you have to spend hours
>looking for the bastards:-)

You have to find it. If you don't bother looking or give up, they've
almost certainly come to rest in a nasty place. e.g. resting on a
pulley next to the belt.

The major problem is the "sound encapsulation" (aka "fire risk").
Undo 14 screws and you still have to break some clips to remove some
of them.
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[Ext User(sgam@hotmail.com)]

On May 11, 2:22 pm, Patrick <doctor...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Diesel Damo wrote:
> > <useless trivia>
>
<snip>
> > I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.
>
> > </useless trivia>
>
> It always was a requirement for some cars. I'm thinking of some old
> English things I've worked on (reluctantly and rarely).

Wow, what old English thing have you had that only needed to be worked
on rarely? ;-)

Cheers,
Steve

[Ext User(Diesel Damo)]

On May 11, 2:49 pm, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNO...@connexus.net.au> wrote:
> What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
> Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.

The 13mm was in my other hand because I was also working on the HQ 1
tonner sitting next to it. I was using a 10mm on the Jackaroo at the
time. That would've been even more of a crunt to find if I dropped
that one.

[Ext User(RainbowWarrior)]

"Daryl Walford" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> Diesel Damo wrote:
>> <useless trivia>
>>
>> I was doing "stuff" under the bonnet of the Jackaroo and dropped my
>> 13mm spanner. I heard 4 different clangs and it never hit the ground.
>> Fkn!
>>
> Did you find the spanner, its even worse when you have to spend hours
> looking for the bastards:-)
>
>> If I did that on my agricultural Hilux there probably would've been no
>> sound at all as it fell straight to the grass.
>>
>> I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.
>
> Thats always been the case but with experience you find easier ways to do
> things.
>
> Daryl

Funniest thing is when you find them 18 months later during an engine change
I remember a mate left a ring spanner on a nut once under the manifold of a
Sigma because it was the only tool we could get on it but there wasn't
enough space to get it out once it was tight, and sure enough he needed it
12 months later to replace the head :)

[Ext User(Diesel Damo)]

On May 11, 3:43 pm, Daryl Walford <u...@example.net> wrote:
> Did you find the spanner, its even worse when you have to spend hours
> looking for the bastards:-)

Couldn't see it anywhere. I ended up starting the car up and doing a
couple of hard launches/stops. I then looked on the ground and there
it was :-)

> > I reckon you'd need small hands to be a mechanic these days.
>
> Thats always been the case but with experience you find easier ways to
> do things.

Experience is something I'm severely lacking in unfortunately. Apart
from simple stuff like servicing etc.

[Ext User(Daryl Walford)]

Diesel Damo wrote:
> On May 11, 3:43 pm, Daryl Walford <u...@example.net> wrote:
>> Did you find the spanner, its even worse when you have to spend hours
>> looking for the bastards:-)
>
> Couldn't see it anywhere. I ended up starting the car up and doing a
> couple of hard launches/stops. I then looked on the ground and there
> it was :-)

LOL, your method sounds like fun until it hits a belt and launches
through the bonnet:-)


Daryl

[Ext User(Diesel Damo)]

On May 11, 6:44 pm, Daryl Walford <u...@example.net> wrote:
> > Couldn't see it anywhere. I ended up starting the car up and doing a
> > couple of hard launches/stops. I then looked on the ground and there
> > it was :-)
>
> LOL, your method sounds like fun until it hits a belt and launches
> through the bonnet:-)

And that doesn't sound like fun to you??? ;-)

As dodgy as I may be at times, in this instance I did at least take a
look to make sure it wasn't sitting around anywhere near the front of
the engine :-)

[Ext User(Daryl Walford)]

Diesel Damo wrote:
> On May 11, 6:44 pm, Daryl Walford <u...@example.net> wrote:
>>> Couldn't see it anywhere. I ended up starting the car up and doing a
>>> couple of hard launches/stops. I then looked on the ground and there
>>> it was :-)
>> LOL, your method sounds like fun until it hits a belt and launches
>> through the bonnet:-)
>
> And that doesn't sound like fun to you??? ;-)

Not really, I once had a fan blade snap on a GT Cortina and it made a
mess of the bonnet made worse by the fact that I had just had the car
resprayed:-(


Daryl

[Ext User(Athol)]

Diesel Damo <Diesel_4WD@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On May 11, 2:49 pm, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNO...@connexus.net.au> wrote:

>> What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
>> Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.

> The 13mm was in my other hand because I was also working on the HQ 1
> tonner sitting next to it. I was using a 10mm on the Jackaroo at the
> time. That would've been even more of a crunt to find if I dropped
> that one.

That doesn't explain it, either. The HQ is imperial, so 13mm is not
applicable there, either.

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[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> That doesn't explain it, either. The HQ is imperial, so 13mm is not
> applicable there, either.

Close enough to half inch for a roughie :)

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Noddy.

[Ext User(RainbowWarrior)]

"Athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Diesel Damo <Diesel_4WD@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> On May 11, 2:49 pm, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNO...@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>
>>> What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
>>> Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.
>
>> The 13mm was in my other hand because I was also working on the HQ 1
>> tonner sitting next to it. I was using a 10mm on the Jackaroo at the
>> time. That would've been even more of a crunt to find if I dropped
>> that one.
>
> That doesn't explain it, either. The HQ is imperial, so 13mm is not
> applicable there, either.

13mm is close enough to 1/2inch for many of us :)

[Ext User(Scotty)]

"RainbowWarrior" <emailaddress@tgr.fr> wrote in message
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> "Athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:1178889635.125145@idlwebserver.idl.com.au...
>> Diesel Damo <Diesel_4WD@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>> On May 11, 2:49 pm, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNO...@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>>> What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
>>>> Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.
>>
>>> The 13mm was in my other hand because I was also working on the HQ 1
>>> tonner sitting next to it. I was using a 10mm on the Jackaroo at the
>>> time. That would've been even more of a crunt to find if I dropped
>>> that one.
>>
>> That doesn't explain it, either. The HQ is imperial, so 13mm is not
>> applicable there, either.
>
> 13mm is close enough to 1/2inch for many of us :)
>
>
>

Rough bastards!!!

13mm aint 1/2 inch. Thats as bad as using a 7/16 instead of a 17mm!



:O)

[Ext User(RainbowWarrior)]

"Scotty" <scoter1@warmmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "RainbowWarrior" <emailaddress@tgr.fr> wrote in message
> news:aa21i.36736$M.2939@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> "Athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:1178889635.125145@idlwebserver.idl.com.au...
>>> Diesel Damo <Diesel_4WD@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>>> On May 11, 2:49 pm, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNO...@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
>>>>> Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.
>>>
>>>> The 13mm was in my other hand because I was also working on the HQ 1
>>>> tonner sitting next to it. I was using a 10mm on the Jackaroo at the
>>>> time. That would've been even more of a crunt to find if I dropped
>>>> that one.
>>>
>>> That doesn't explain it, either. The HQ is imperial, so 13mm is not
>>> applicable there, either.
>>
>> 13mm is close enough to 1/2inch for many of us :)
>
> Rough bastards!!!
>
> 13mm aint 1/2 inch. Thats as bad as using a 7/16 instead of a 17mm!
>
> :O)

Could always use a metric shifter instead :)

[Ext User(Andy)]

RainbowWarrior wrote:
> "Scotty" <scoter1@warmmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "RainbowWarrior" <emailaddress@tgr.fr> wrote in message
>> news:aa21i.36736$M.2939@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>> "Athol" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>>> news:1178889635.125145@idlwebserver.idl.com.au...
>>>> Diesel Damo <Diesel_4WD@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>>>> On May 11, 2:49 pm, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNO...@connexus.net.au> wrote:
>>>>>> What parts are fastened with 13mm nuts/bolts on a Jackaroo?
>>>>>> Usual step with Jap stuff is 12mm - 14mm.
>>>>> The 13mm was in my other hand because I was also working on the HQ 1
>>>>> tonner sitting next to it. I was using a 10mm on the Jackaroo at the
>>>>> time. That would've been even more of a crunt to find if I dropped
>>>>> that one.
>>>> That doesn't explain it, either. The HQ is imperial, so 13mm is not
>>>> applicable there, either.
>>> 13mm is close enough to 1/2inch for many of us :)
>> Rough bastards!!!
>>
>> 13mm aint 1/2 inch. Thats as bad as using a 7/16 instead of a 17mm!
>>
>> :O)
>
> Could always use a metric shifter instead :)



Hammer and vice-grips....



Andy.

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Scotty" <scoter1@warmmail.com> wrote in message
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> 13mm aint 1/2 inch. Thats as bad as using a 7/16 instead of a 17mm!

You use 7/16" when you can't find an 11mm :)

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