[modeleng] Re: Being Mean
- From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:46:28 -0500
Good job Clif, the homemade tools are often the best especially for car
jobs.
Cheers, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 4:07 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Being Mean
> Hi All,
> Some times I do enjoy being a Model Engineer and Mean.
> I recently bought a second hand car and I am not saying that it is
complicated but when printed out from a CD disc on how to changed the Spark
Plugs the workshop instructions amounted to eight pages.
> To get at the said spark plugs all of the induction manifolds have to be
removed which involves undoing ten rubber hose joints all of which have Clip
together Hose clips.The modern version of a Jubilee Clip.
> Never having come across these before I wondered how the heck you got them
off.
> By luck yesterday I was in a car assessory shop and I spotted Special
pliers for removing Clip together hose clips priced only £15.
> The snag was that they were on a display board mounted so high up that I
could not even reach them.
> However from a distance I could just about make out the shape of the jaws.
> Today using a grind wheel , a Dremmel drill with a Carbide cutting disc
and some inspiration, a pair of 99p nail Pincers were suitably modified for
the removal of said type of hose clips.
>
> Being mean is best.
> Regards
>
> Clif
>
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