Eric,
Good point about the litigious world.
CT MG Club had a tech session this past Sunday. On each car's checklist
sheet was written prominently:
"Disclaimer: the folks helping you to inspect your own car are not
certified professional mechanics. They may not find every problem that
exists in a car that is at least twenty years old with an unknown history
of operation and maintenance. They are not guaranteeing your safety and
happiness, and are not liable for anything, anyhow, anyway. "Safety Fast"
is ultimately up to the owner and driver of the car."
This is probably meaningless, but it made those of us who were crawling
around under cars perched on jackstands, dripping hot oil and other
fluids onto us, etc, feel less burdened by the thought that no good deed
goes unpunished.
Bob
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 00:25:18 +0610 Eric <eric@erickson.on.net> writes:
> As Bob Howard has pointed out to me, I should explain the PS after my
> last mail regarding my errant thermostat. There was actually a
> healthy
> dose of sarcasm there.
>
> >
> > PS Hmm, runs lovely and cool without a thermostat :-) I might
> > have to replace it sometime, though.
>
> All I did was drive the 'B to its resting destination, all the while
> being very conscious of what has been pointed out to me. In fact
> that
> the temp. guage most likely would be reading cool while the engine
> was
> feeling pretty darn hot (no thermostat and no blanking plate means
> that
> there probably is not a effective cooling stream of water through
> the
> engine).
>
> I explain this in case it misleads anyone into doing something
> unintentionally nasty based on my experience.
>
> Whew... in this litigious world, who knows how much I could have
> been
> sued for that 'expert' advice (unless they know me, and then they
> wouldn't DREAM of taken any advice I give).
>
>
>
> Eric
> '68MGB MkII
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