Jameseee,
you're cracking me up again.
Here you are, in your best white shirt, on your way to work, jacking up the
Spit. You're now under it, draining some of the oil out into your two
bottles[ hope they were big enough]. However, this would be kind of hot, me
thinks, so you were probably waiting for it to cool down some, having a
little snack while waiting, sitting on the curb in your usual manner.
But knowing you, and your inventive ways, you probably came up with
something much more entertaining. So, let the list hear it. Did you just go
down the "Jiffy lube", just around the corner, and let them do it?
Cheers
Liv
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:37 AM
Subject: Oil Riddle (a challenge)
> Here is a conundrum for you all,
>
> Having stupidly let my oil go dangerously low, I even more stupidly filled
> up the oil without checking the level.
>
> So I set off on my trip around the M25 (sad news is, this is the last
day...
> hey, Im not crying)
>
> Hmmmm, thats strange I thought, thats far too hot... approaching the 3/4
> mark - usually its between the 1/2 and 1/4. So I take the next junction
and
> end up in some residential street. Wait for it to cool off and check the
> water, nothing wrong there, the fan belt is a little loose - so I tighten
> that up. Hmmm... oil... oops... too much.
>
> So, I need to get rid of some oil, but, how to do it?
>
> *All* you have in your 1500's boot there is; 2 sets of spanners,
> screwdrivers, a crappy gunson carb balancer, an exhaust mounting kit in a
> jiffy bag, string, duck tape, jack, more oil, WD40, carb cleaner, ignition
> leads, one empty bottle and one with water in.
>
> Now, there is no way of properly draining the oil thru the usual means,
you
> have nothing to catch it with. You could let it all run out all over the
> gutter, but thats not really ethical... but thats up to you...
>
> So, listers, how do you deal with this? I know how I did it.
>
> Answers to me, if I get enough I'll publish the results.
>
>
>
>
> James
>
>
> 1977 Pimento Red Spit
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