On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Joe Curry wrote:
> Zink wrote:
> >
> > Isaac Crow wrote:
> > >
> > > KMNTR6@aol.com pondered:
> > >
> > > > Hello All
> > > >
> > > > What the heck is a hydrovac unit?
> > > >
> > > > Ken Nachman
>
> > >
> > > Isn't the hydrovac unit connected to the chassis by a curmudgeon pin
> > > assembly?
>
> > Ike,
> >
> > You have it all wrong, it's the unit used to keep the muffler bearings
> > from spinning and shorting out the Knoppler rod. But only if the air in
> > your tires hasn't been rotated in the last 7K miles. And they're held
> > on by inverse metric Allen Projecting set screws. And only on cars built
> > on Feb. 29 of odd numbered years. 8-)
> >
> > Larry Zink
>
> You are all Wrong. The Hydrovac is an "after market" add on that is
> designed to vacuum up water before it heis the LBC, therby eliminating
> any possibility of RUST. An ingenious device, really, but its
> shortcomming is that its long electrical cord limits how far the car can
> travel from the house. (The cord is required because the Lucas
> Electrical system is too weak to supply enough power to run the VAC.
>
> Joe Curry '63 Spit (electrically challanged)
>
Yer all full of it!!!
EVERYBODY knows a hydrovac is something some scam artist is
tryin' to pass of as essential for LBC survival.
Ya don't need one if you adjust you LBC for skim... calculated by
multiplying the diameter of the earth figured in furlongs buy
2.3742 (whitworth pi) plus 6.1 (if the moon is waxing) or
minus 16,000.2341 if the moon is waning.
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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