Oh, no! Jonmac, that must have hurt so much that it brings me tears just
thinking about it!
Oh, my gosh, it's your clutch foot, too! I'm so sorry! I really don't know
why God put so
many nerve endings in toes when they so often take the brunt of mishaps...I
mean they go
right out there ahead of us to meet it, don't they?
Our collective sympathy and wishe for quick recovery.
Pat Fischer
John Macartney wrote:
> Hopefully the gravity of this brief message should be self-evident. In the
>event that any
> lister wishes to speculate on the weight of a TR6 or 2500 saloon diff in an
>unfettered
> condition and filled with oil - I can assure you it's heavy - VERY.
> I was moving some stuff in my workshop yesterday and the spare diff (for
>which I have
> great plans) somehow shot out of its corner where it had been sleeping very
>contentedly,
> lowering its total mass on my left big toe at a speed marginally faster than
>that of
> light.
> The toe is now broken in two places, looks like a very overripe plum and I'm
>now just
> beginning to speak in tones other than blasphemic monosyllables. In my
>quieter moments
> since the event - and the Emergency Ward at the local hospital gave me ample
>time for
> reflection, I've come to the conclusion that the diff, like other parts of
>the car was
> grossly over-engineered and it really didn't need to be that heavy.
>
> Jonmac
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