Murphy's Laws of Healey repair.
An Irish bartender named Murphy is credited with a large and still growing
(despite his death) number of laws relating to the likely hood of
difficulties. Some say Murphy was a pessimist. True Pessimists feel he was
unduly optimistic and fear that things are really much worse. Here are a
few
of the laws that apply to Healey repair
The probability of having a breakdown without a needed tool or with the
wrong part
in your emergency parts box is directly proportional to the square of the
travel
distance form home.
You will always have what you need when the breakdown is within a block of
your house.
A Healey will always start when demonstrated for a friend who came over to
help you get it started.
The Healey will stop running the minute the friend leaves.
The only thing you didn't check for a malfunction, will be the source of the
problem, but you won't find it until you have busted at least two knuckles.
A dropped part will always roll to the exact geographic center of the
largest available object for it to roll under.
The probability of the loss or breakage of any part is directly proportional
to the difficulty of getting a replacement part.
Irreplaceable parts will always break or be lost at the worst possible time.
Replaceable parts will only become available after an important deadline has
passed.
Parts that are difficult to install will freely fall out on their own.
Parts that go in easily will be extremely hard to remove, and removal will
be necessary to accomplish the needed repair.
The part you will need will be the irreplaceable part you threw away last
week because didn't think you would EVER need it.
The probability of a break down varies directly with the intensity of the
rain.
The length of time it take to repair a Healey varies directly with the
number of on-lookers making fun of how long it takes you.
The number of witnesses available is inversely proportional to the skill you
demonstrate.
There will never be anyone around to see you do something brilliant.
When you really screw up, you will get network coverage with a 40 share.
Cheers, JL
James Lea
PO Box 25
Rockport Maine, 04856
1952 Triumph Mayflower Saloon
1958 Rover P4
1962 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
1967 MGB MkI
1969 MGB GT
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