Yeah I got's me a Motor and installed it.... then got a Frantic call from
the Motor Builder.... HEY KEITH DON'T START THAT THING..... I'll Be right
there.... Hmmmm ahhh okay.... Then he says it needs to come out.... Now here
is not a Pretty Picture... seems he wanted to roll in a Set of Bearing's
that were the RIGHT SIZE.... the guy made an honest mistake that I most
likely would have caught during Priming... but you never know.... seems he
has some fancy Clearance Mic.... and something got to bothering him... so he
double checked some figures and Picks up the Phone.... Yes he was Very
Embarrassed.... but he caught the mistake and what more could I ask for... I
was VERY gentle with him.... as he was Beating himself up Pretty good
without our Imput... Get to start it tomarrow and Run it on a Dyno Friday...
looking forward to the Whole Mess.... hey Ed.... Tell us what you get out
of that thing on the Dyno... what day are you going ?
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>
To: Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com>
Cc: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>;
<IfixMGs@aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: CONSPIRACY OR LOST IN SPACE ? Use the Post Office.
> Well, the Great Battle is over, casualties were high and it is uncertain
who
> won.........Got the shim pack by UPS yesterday, but no side yokes - took
the
> ones out of the old rear-end & put 'em in the new unit. Put the rear-end
back
> in the Vette last night with Linda's help (hey Keith, when was the last
time
> Miss Kathy held your rear-end in place while you snugged things up with an
> impact? ;-) ) The side yoke turned up on my doorstep today.......... At
any
> rate, the world is back to spinning in greased grooves
> again................................
> Ed
>
> Jim Dincau wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> > I have had very good luck with UPS. They have always been as fast
or
> > faster than the UPS and they haven't lost or broken anything in the four
> > years I've been having car parts delivered by them. I also like their
> > tracking service, you can see where the stuff goes and when its
delivered.
> > Jim in Palmdale, who's UPS driver honks if he sees me on the road.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Cc: <IfixMGs@aol.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 1:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: CONSPIRACY OR LOST IN SPACE ? Use the Post Office.
> >
> > > So.....the obvious question is...Why doesn't UPS use the US Postal
> > > service, and just keep the difference??
> > > I took them to court once (My lawyer did, UPS that is.) about the
> > > altered
> > > money orders they sent back to me for a shipment of $1200.00 to
Philly'
> > > which I'd marked in the label...CASH ONLY. box.
> > > I said "Hey, wos this, they've bin' altered.?" They said
> > > "So....How do you know there not any good unless you try to cash
them.?"
> > > "Because it says on the back, 'NOT VALID IF ALTERED'
dummy.....!"
> > > "Well try them through your bank before you tell us they are
no
> > > good"
> > > So, like a fool I sent them to my bank.....you know the rest.
> > > In court they said they are not responsible for the packages
> > > they carry or the type of payment that is used to collect payment!!!!!
> > > So you ask yourself WHAT THE BLAZES IS THE POINT OF 'UPS'
HAVING
> > > A LOST/STOLEN INVESTIGATION DIVISION..???
> > > The case was given to them 'cose the judge thought I shoulda
> > > checked the receiver out better.......Duh.
> > >
> > > DK. (really ticked with UPS.)
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -----------------------------------
> > > IfixMGs@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Joe,
> > > > I feel for you. I restore and sell recond parts for Little
> > British
> > > > Cars for a living, and rely on UPS/USPS for my parts lifeline. A
> > disgruntled
> > > > doc once told me that if he has a package that "Absolutely,
positively"
> > has
> > > > to be there, such as a heart and lung to go into his own body, he
would
> > > > rather rely on his spiteful and drunken ex-mother in law than the
UPS
> > fort he
> > > > organ donor delivery . I actually have better luck with the post
office
> > than
> > > > with UPS because the PO delivers on Saturday and Sunday; UPS doesn't
> > arrive
> > > > until 4:30pm which can kill an otherwise perfectly good Monday....
> > > > My worst experience? I sent a very expensive, freshly smoked
> > vacuum
> > > > packed turkey to my parents via the old 2 day UPS for Thanksgiving.
> > Eighty
> > > > miles. This was "Pre-tracking/pre overnight" era. It was a no-show.
> > They
> > > > agreed to pay me for the insured value. Around Christmas, the
package
> > turned
> > > > up on my parent's doorstep. The box was crushed and there was a
hole in
> > the
> > > > vacuum wrapper. How anyone could have stood the smell is beyond
me....
> > > > However, another obviously content employee I know says UPS
is
> > > > on-time 99.99% of the time. They must be somewhere in-between. A
> > little
> > > > math lesson, perfesser....
> > > > UPS ships 300,000,000 packages between Thanksgiving and
> > Christmas
> > > > (peak season for getting the hot rod back together....) If
299,997,000
> > > > packages were delivered on time, then 3000 fell thru the cracks and
> > didn't
> > > > make it ON-TIME. That's because they were shipped to desolate
places
> > like
> > > > Dallas and Chicago and New York City. So, if 99.99% of the remaining
> > 3000
> > > > eventually make it to their actual destinations, the remaining 3
> > completely
> > > > undeliverable, yet plainly addressed and wholly unreplaceable at
any
> > cost,
> > > > yet somehow uninsured packages get shipped to the UPS's Black Hole
> > Division
> > > > which is located in beautiful downtown Bountiful, Utah, just a short
> > drive
> > > > from nowhere where they sit until the middle of August.... and are
> > finally
> > > > tracked down via www.oops.com...
> > > > ....on the phone, a dutiful employee:
> > > > "Hello, UPS Black Hole. Oh, I'm sorry, sir, we only have three
> > packages
> > > > here. Oh golly, they ARE yours! Well, gosh, figure the odds.... Oh,
I'm
> > so
> > > > sorry again, sir, but gosh darn it, we close down this afternoon for
> > > > Speedweek. We all go down to Salt Lake City and sell Mormon Meteor
Tee
> > Shirts
> > > > to the tourists. We'd be more than happy to send them right off.
The
> > > > packages, sir, not the Tee Shirts. The shirts are fourteen ninety
five,
> > plus
> > > > tax and UPS shipping and are high quality one hundred percent
cotton.
> > Oh, I'm
> > > > sorry. You mean your packages.... Sure. They're headed your way as
we
> > speak.
> > > > Oh, by the way, since we're out here in no-man's land, shipping time
can
> > be
> > > > as long as 3 weeks. WE get everything in and out by way of the Post
> > Office.
> > > > Takes a day or two less. You should be getting it a couple days
after
> > this
> > > > Speedweek nonsense is over.... Have a pleasant day, sir...."
> > > > Mark Childers Union Jack Spares & Repairs Virginia Beach
> > Virginia
> > >
>
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