In article <7709504.1024763148343.JavaMail.SYSTEM@xin-datong>, James
Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk> writes
>Mike wrote:
>
>>I have a bad habit of shifting the Saab up from 2nd into 5th after I've
>>been driving nothing but the Herald...
>
>I always forget that my mums car has a fifth gear... killing it on the
>motorway... it started making a dodgy noise after a while - luckily it
>stopped.
I used to know the woman who must have been the source of all the jokes
about women drivers. She *never* used fifth gear, on the basis that
"when I'm going fast enough to need it, I am too frightened to do
anything other than grasp the steering wheel and look at what I might be
about to hit."
>
>Anyway, concerning the ggggrrrrrr in the subject, thats from the
>playing about with the interior door handle all this morning - went to
>the small parts store down the road twice and Halfords twice (who by
>the way have a huge selection of about 4 different rivets). Bloody rivets!
Rivets? What did you want rivets for? What was up with your door
handle? I've taken the door internals to bits on several occasions on
my '77, so I may be able to offer some advice.
>
>Well at least now I might be able to take my car to the MOT test place
>with the knowledge that I've done everything I can to prepare it (ha
>ha! you all know the extent of this means checking the washer level...)
<g> It is always worth washing the car before you go as well - gives
the tester the idea that you care for it.
>
>And finally I can open the door from the inside without first opening
>the window - rather emabarassing - turning up in a nice car - getting
>those looks you do (maybe its just me) - and then having to wind the
>window down to open the door! It has been about 3 months since it broke...
Isn't it Laura who gets in and out of her Spit a la "Dukes of Hazzard" -
due to a faulty door mechanism?
>
>Oh, and who was the lister who said getting that pin out of the window
>handle was difficult? I did it in about a minute with one of those
>weird torx screwdrivers to push it out. Of course it then took me ten
>minutes of crawling about in the gutter to find the damn thing!!!
>Putting it back in was just a case of using some thin nose pliers.
That's what I said once. I got a reply that asked, "Have you removed
the springs that hold the door panel against the escutcheon?" "What
springs?" said I, in all innocence...
ATB
--
Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FM105671
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