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Re: That gasket blew my head away

To: "Jeffrey B. Williams" <jeffrey.williams@cwix.com>,
Subject: Re: That gasket blew my head away
From: "Laura G." <savercool@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:14:47 -0800
I just thought he was a lousy typist-or tired. It's just been recently that
there's been this inconsistancy in James' postings. I say, cut the guy some
slack.

Laura G.-(out here in California where my fluency in 3 languages always gets
the response in job interviews -"I'm sorry-you don't have vietnamese or
spanish" ) and Nigel-who speaks the Queen's english. (<g>)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey B. Williams <jeffrey.williams@cwix.com>
To: James Carpenter <jc_carpenter@softhome.net>; spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
<spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: That gasket blew my head away


>I may be banned....I may be flamed.... But political correctness is
>officially dead since Clinton.... and I have to say this, cause I know that
>more people than me have thought it... James... for chrissakes, please
>please, please!!!!! ... learn to use the English language. I can only guess
>that English is not your second language. I know you are not a bumbling
>idiot, because your posts contain some very insightful,well thought out,
>information. I just can't wade through the bad grammar and spelling
anymore,
>which seems to be so completely on purpose. One of the wisest people I ever
>met taught me"...when you break rules ....DO IT EFFECTIVELY!!!"  So please
>James, break the rules in some sort of resemblance to how smart you really
>are.
>
>Proudly Politically Incorrect,
>Jeffrey B. Williams
>1973 Spitfire FM1694UO
>Soon to be yello with black interior
>jeffrey.williams@cwix.com
>
>
>P.S. I know you have spell check because of your(accurate and on the mark)
>post about Outlook98.
>
>P.S.S I am willing to take my lumps for this post.
>--
>-----Original Message-----
>From: James Carpenter <jc_carpenter@softhome.net>
>To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net <spitfires@Autox.Team.Net>
>Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:48 PM
>Subject: That gasket blew my head away
>
>
>>I keep on having to put water in my car, 1.5 L per journy infact.
>>
>>I can never seem to bleed away all the air.
>>
>>I start the car, it stays cold for 3 minuets then rockets up to red hot.
>>Stop put in, releace the pressure, air blows though the filler bottel.  I
>>can here water boiling in the block.  Fill up with 1.5 L of water, put the
>>cap back on, no more probs untill it cools down again.
>>
>>So I checked for oil resembeling musterd. OIl's fine.
>>
>>So next a compression test.
>>
>>cylinder
>>1 - 150
>>2 - 150
>>3 - 150
>>4 - 160 and what appers to be water beaing squerted out of the cylinder.
>>
>>So I think I have got an extreamy slow blown head gasket under the studs
>>that sureprise surprise I didn't like the way the torqued down, I came
>close
>>to stripping them infact.
>>
>>So the lession, don't take no for an answer from your cylinder head studs,
>I
>>just hope I havent stripped the block!
>>
>>I am unsure if to do this myself in the street (the landlord still has not
>>cleared the garage) or get a mecanic(evil money grabing creatures that
they
>>are) to do it.  If I were at home it would be easy, but it's just doing it
>>in the street that bothers me.
>>
>>The other thing that worise me is if its not a gasguet mabe it's a cracked
>>block or head, my lovely new re-bore. OH NO!!!
>>
>>I knew I should not have put rad flush in the car!
>>
>>
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