Chip Old said:
>Well, if you want to pick nits, "motor" is used correctly only as in
>electric motor, while "engine" refers to internal combustion or steam
>engines. OTOH, it does sound silly to say "enginecycle" instead of
>"motorcycle"...
my dictionary says:
mo-tor, noun,
1. any thing or person that imparts motion, esp an engine that makes a
machine go.
2. a dynamo.
3. an internal-combustion engine.
4. automobile
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Regarding motor oil in gearboxes. Those of us with Minis never seem to worry
about this. The transmission for the Mini is nearly identical to the Midget
/ Sprite box, and the Mini does fine with multigrade detergent oil.
DOn
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