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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Science and Technology => Topic started by: Linchpin on June 21, 2005, 10:11:17 AM
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Anyone posting here a Mechanic... ?? :)
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Nope! But I've managed to acheieve the following:
Fitted an air filter to my Alfa 156, but destroyed the air mass meter in the process. Doh!
Fitted a new chain to my MTB, which resulted in the fitting of a new rear cassette and chain rings - not as easy as it sounds.
Replaced brake pads and brake fluid on my MTB
And finally, created a monster out of an A1200, Voodoo card, a large box and some wires.
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I was quite good with things that didn't involve the engine. I stripped an old Ford Sapphire door to get at the lock and window winder mechanism...would have been better if I didn't have to use a tap and die set to extract all the stripped bolts. And I managed to fit a 'new' mechanism from a scrapped vehicle. My missus (at the time) could then enter the vehicle by normal means.
But don't let me near the engine or the electrics...
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Darn.... this is an Engine Electronics issue...
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Hum,
i`m a quantum mechanic…
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I've got a 4gb Quantum Fireball that needs repairs, can I send it to you?
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Hum,
now thats just plain silly....
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Only vaugely on topic, I'm taking nominations for "rip off car mechanics that need to go up against the wall when the revolution comes"...
:lol:
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Hum,
and are you going to include lawyers and tax collectors, comrade?
"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin."
– Mark Twain
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blobrana wrote:
Hum,
and are you going to include lawyers and tax collectors, comrade?
Aye, that's a given :lol:
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I have diagnostic gear for Peugeot
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@Linchpin
If you gave some more details, someone may be able to help.:-)
Haynes do a car electronics manual showing the diagnostic plug-in points for a very large number of cars. It also list the manufacturer codes and what they mean. Check out your local Halfords where you can probably browse a copy without buying. They also sell lots of diagnostic kits (some specific, others universal) and they are not as expensive as you might think!
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Karlos wrote:
blobrana wrote:
Hum,
and are you going to include lawyers and tax collectors, comrade?
Aye, that's a given :lol:
Could you also include the ba5tards who are bell ringing in the church opposite my place. FFS, it's 9.30 on a Sunday morning and I'm trying to get to sleep ! :admonish: :admonish: :admonish: :admonish:
I dunno why they call themselves Campanologists, I can think of a much short name for them... :sealed:
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@doobrey
You don't need to ask, IIRC you have a franchise on revolution day, starting with a bunch of interior designers. Just put them on your list :lol:
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@ Karlos & Doobrey
Can I also add people to The Wall please? If so, these are the samples I would like to send:
1) All those lippy self-important ponces who get a thrill jerking us around when we need passports /driving licenses sorted out and they do their best to be obstructive.
2) The stupid women who rush up to a ticket barrier (on the underground), stand in the channel and block that gate for a good 15 seconds while they root around in their handbags for the fuggan travelcard. These are also the ones who are likely to take an eternity to pocket cash and card at the ATM, and also hog the till at a supermarket because they want to put the slip / card / change away in a SPECIAL PLACE in the goddarned bag.
3) People who don't wait for you to get out of a lift / train carriage. Instead, when the doors open they rush in like they're playing Quake and brush you aside.
4) Any muthafukka who does any of the following in a cinema while the main feature is showing: chatting, letting the phone ring, rustling a sweet packet, kicking seat backs, wearing swishy fabrics like wind-breakers, and eating the popcorn so that it sounds like 17 warthogs rolling around on a pile of twigs.
Ja, that's just for starters. I am sure I can find MANY more candidates for the wall. By the way, I can supply the machine-gun in the name of humanity.
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3) People who don't wait for you to get out of a lift / train carriage. Instead, when the doors open they rush in like they're playing Quake and brush you aside.
If you ever see a northern bloke getting off a train, and push someone who is trying to get on firmly in the chest with both hands, closely followed by "F*ck off you d*ckhead, there are people getting off before you get on!".
It's me.
I really can't stand it, so i push them right back onto the platform. Usually every second friday at Birmingham New Street around between 4pm and 5pm. I've never had anyone try to get back up onto the train in approx 7 years of not putting up with it. :-)
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If only it was legally acceptable to give them a Bud Spencer-style b1tch-slap too...those used to make me laugh