[modeleng] Re: Being Mean
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:34:29 -0800 (PST)
Now THAT is good thinking!
Al Messer
--- Clif Walker <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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