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Re: 63 TR4

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Subject: Re: 63 TR4
From: "J.C. Hassall" <jhassall@blacksburg.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:58:20 -0400
At 22:30 4/10/2005, Phil Ethier wrote:
>[...deletia...]
>
>My advice is to never throw away a part until the replacement is in hand and
>fitted.  I have lived to regret the few times I have done this.

Roger that!!


>I saved in baggies with notes every single nasty bolt and part in the Lotus
>when I did the body-off.  Didn't throw any out until it's rplacement was
>fitted and tested.  I have never been sorry.


I would add to Phil's excellent suggestion: clean the greasy parts first, 
before putting in the baggies with notepaper.  I didn't think of that, in 
the heat of ripping apart... ah... disassembling my engine.  Ten years 
later I have nicely bagged greasy, grimy parts with translucent note paper 
with no apparent writing.  Too late I started using permanent marker on the 
outside of the bag.

BTDT, got the conehead award.

Jim

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Jim
jhassall@blacksburg.net
Blacksburg VA
'63 TR4 in autox preparation, 90% finished, 90% to go 




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