Now we are on to "dingleberries".....do you know where that term comes from?
Those are those little nuggets that hang off of the rumps of
sheep........Let's don't go any further with the sheep thing....
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From: shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net]
On Behalf Of Lee Daniels
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:23 AM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: New theory of mine (humor, hoping to start a fun thread)
> That tool should obviously be called a "pickle fork"......
I stopped in the local Northern Tools b/c they had a full set of ball-joint
separators on sale. "Can I help you?..." asked the kid near the automotive
tools. "Sure" I said, "Where's that set of pickle forks?" The confused look
on his face was priceless.
Also: I always think of that ball of gears between the rear axles (on my
Triumphs) as the "differential", but a couple of mechanics I know just say
"pumpkin".
There's a tool for which I once learned the name but now can't remember it.
It's used for honing a cylinder, but rather than mounted stones it has
"dingleberries" along a flexible shaft. Does a great job of cleaning up a
marginal master cylinder. What's that thing called?
- Lee
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