At 01:45 PM 5/27/02 -0700, Bradley D Richardson wrote:
>Well, the master mechanic was at it again today. Why does everything
>take me ten times longer than it should? Oh well, at least it's fixed.
>
>On our Toyota Camry, the kids have been complaining that one of the rear
>doors, you couldn't open it from the inside. It worked from the outside,
>so I knew it couldn't be to bad. Finally, after several weeks, I
>attacked it today. Took the inside of the door off, and of course that
>took a while. I'm looking at the mechanism, and except for something
>being a little out of alignment, it all seemed it should work. Except,
>no visible adjustment on this "fork". Following the other part back to
>it's beginning, what did I find? On the side of the door, A DAMNED CHILD
>DOOR LOCK GIZMO!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Ahhhhhhhhhh. Put it all back together. Everything works, but it took me
>probably a total of an hour, for something that should have taken 10
>seconds.
>
>Moral of the story? I get 'em fixed, but don't pay me by the hour.
Brad,
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one to do things like that! :)
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire 71 Saab Sonett III
65 Rambler Classic
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