My Minor Project might've gone a little better if i'd stuck to Lewis Loflin's original instructions.
It wouldn't be the first time. Back in the day, when i had (by chance) the use of my (at the time) boss's workshop, i decided to give my sister's car a bit of a clean-up.
I duly borrowed, from the Dunedin Pulic Library, the manual for the Standard Vanguard Phase III (this WAS a very long time ago, you understand) - back in the day, you could actually do that; but so many people were nicking the manuals, or not bringing them back, that the DPL said "No more" & marked them all as 'Read-Only'.
And (back in the workshop) i'd decided to take the head off the old Massey-Fergusson tractor donkey that formed the power-plant of this vehicle, & clean up the valves. So..
..i undid all the head-nuts & tried to lift the head off; it was stuck - one end came free & the other stayed stubbornly put! The 'stuck' end did have this irrelevant-looking little bolt that the manual said should be removed, but i'd thought "WTF's that got to do with anything??" & ignored it. Eventually (when all else failed!) i removed the harmless little bolt &..
..lo-&-behold the head came off just like that! I still don't know how the stupid little bolt stopped the head coming off, because it didn't go into the block (which is why i ignored it in the first place!), but it did..
Back to JaneMareesTech
No comments:
Post a Comment