Ah ... these cars ... they do test you from time to time, but Casper
took AnnaBelle and I to breakfast this morning in the lovely Sierra
foothills town of San Andreas ... 75F nice roads, what more could you
ask ... Casper now sports a small decal from Hagerty on his
windshield ...
"Life is too short to drive Boring Cars" .... Pretty much says it all
> >the bleeder screw had been sheered off. I took it to a really
>good machine shop
>>and they could not get it out ... so the guy who put it in must be
>>at least as strong as the Terminator.
>
>I cannot let this go unchallenged, Bill.
>
>You see, when I was restoring '59 TR3A TS 58667, I tried to take off
>the bleeder screw in both front calipers. They were rusted solid so
>broke off flush with the hole.
>
>Doggedly, I tapped an an easy-out into the hole and gently twisted.
>It broke off inside the hole. Thankfully I had learned my lesson so
>even more gently tapped an easy-out into the second caliper and was
>gratified when I succeeded...Uhm...to break it, but more slowly.
>
>So, with frozen bleeder screws in each caliper AND with carefully
>snapped easy-outs buggering each one, I sent these craftily designed
>challenge calipers to Quantum Mechanics.
>
>They returned the calipers completely rebuilt and with no additional
>charge for my having been so thoughtful for them. They also
>included no LOL or smiley face on their much deserved invoice to
>insinuate their misunderestanding that I had other than purposefully
>provided this opportunity to alleviate professional boredom.
>
>NFI, just a very satisfied customer.
>
>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>New Hampshire
--
"Thinking is the hardest work there is. That's why so few people
undertake it." - Henry Ford
Bill Pugh
1957 TR3
"Casper"
TS16765L
Wallace, CA
triumphs@autox.team.net
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