[tcb] Re: Why don't I just buy a Honda Element?

  • From: mprime6807@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:06:37 -0600

If misery loves company I had a hell of a time getting my cam and distributor 
gears on my crank yesterday.  I must have heated them to twice what should have 
been needed.  Then I spent the next half hour fixing the dings I put in the 
brass gear.  At least next time I'll be better prepared.


----- Original Message -----
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:23 am
Subject: [tcb] Why don't I just buy a Honda Element?

> Of course I know why, because an Element can carry my stuff, but 
> it has no soul. But sometimes I get frustrated. 
> I am at the end of the whole rip-out-the-wiring-and-install-the-
> new-harness and after all that I am ready to get in and drive 
> away, but wait, there's more!
> 
> As I am trying to install the new vintage headlight switch I find 
> that it is held in place by a small screw at the bottom of the 
> switch. Well, there is no corresponding hole under the dash. And I 
> could drill a hole, but no! When the switch is in place there is 
> no metal there.
> 
> There is no question here, just complaining to folks with a common 
> happiness/misery. Something always seems to come along to add a 
> day to the project, or a week, or a month, or... 
> 
> 


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