OT(ish!) - Speaking of wiring...
 

This was a gas!! :)
http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
Even for those of us who are not old British car buffs, some of the Q and A at the bottom is great (I especially liked the datsun one), as are some of the Land Rover jokes.

The fuse replacement part reminds me of when DH used to use a cigarette foil to switch fuel tanks on the truck that used to blow that fuse all the time.... he really is a darwin award waiting to happen some days. :shock:

Oh and this one:
http://www.mez.co.uk/haynes.html

This one seems almost like it's talking about a sewing machine service manual... ;)

What a hoot! I liked the tool definitions in the Haynes Manual the best.

CD in Oklahoma

LOL. I am intimately familiar with many of those things.



Joe

Thanks for the great site, had to stop drinking my coffee, but I sure do miss my Healy 3000.

1965 Spitfire
1970 GT6+

I got SO tired of spending my weekends under the cars instead of in them....

Loved these! Priceless! Thanks for sharing these, ArchaicArcane. Passed them on to hubby.
DH has a 1969 TR6. And he tore it down to the frame and rebuilt it. He had to write the person who sold him the wiring schematic and point out errors (sounds like some quilt patterns, eh?). AND he's still under it periodically, too, just like SteveH. But it is a cute wee car. Personally, I'll take my 2007 Mini convertible over the TR any day.

OMG!!!!:D:D:D Best laugh I've had in a long time!!! Thanks! I needed that. For some reason, that I won't go into here, I had lots of Studebakers, so it fits totally, what with things like kingpins, Hill Holder, Overdrive, 170 Cubic Inch motors hauling 2 tons of recycled Korean War recycled fighter jets with about 65 horsepower on a good day. And who could forget Frantz oil filters that held a roll of toilet paper for filtration, and another heater for the rear floor, cowl vents etc

I loved it Arctic Tammi! Thank you for the giggle.

No kidding Steve!! It's been one of those years for us so far and we're not talking the golden oldies here. 14 tires (3 vehicles) in the last 6 months, the car asked for brake pads and rotors before the big trip to the next province over, when DH came home with a "screeching noise" to diagnose on the car on Tuesday (rock stuck between rotor and dust shield - free fix at least, but still), I almost lost it. Better still, I fired up the bike (that I put 2 tires on on Saturday because I found a nail in one), and found a burned out headlight. I almost just turned him back around, put him back in the garage and went back to bed. I'm starting to feel like the little guy in the Honda dirtbike commercial "Please Sir! I just want to ride!"

That's completely remincent of quilting patterns! I love the old cars and bikes, but I sure gotta say it's nice to know you're going to get both to and home from your destination with a newer less "interesting" vehicle.

Seriously!?!?

Archaic Arcane..DH says, yes, Franz used (uses) toilet paper rolls for filtration. Doesn't know if they still can be purchased. He had a 57 Pontiac that had a heater to warm feet of back seat riders. (Don't go there!) HA!

Tammi,

That brings back memories.
Check this auction out. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Frantz-By-Pa...-/221439508257

Oh what a riot!

Now I understand about my Land Rovers leaking oil...I should have kept them instead of trading in at 80K miles... and why nothing on the dashboard of the TR-6 worked properly. Windshield wipers with a mind of their own. Someone told me that if you upgrade to a Lotus, you need to keep a paper bag on the front seat because the knobs that don't work just fall off the dashboard. Had to replace the wiper motor in my Datsun 510, and ended up with a Jaguar motor from the junkyard. It had 12 speeds, none of which worked either.

Great laugh!

I could use one of those heaters in the Ford trucks! Man! for some reason, the heating in the driver's side is subpar (and has been in all the Ford trucks I've been in) and the Passenger side is really good. The result? The driver cooks the passenger out of the vehicle because they're cold. ;)

Well, now, isn't that just the sh.... oh nevermind. ;)
And I complained about the Fram filters having craptastic filtering capabilities.

A used toilet paper oil filter? Used? Oh my...just thinking about that makes my brain want to explode!
ArchaicArcane, you probably got the Fords that were supposed to be sent to the South and the ones for the Northland were sent South, but that's a whole other conversation.

Ewwww! Used toilet paper filter? That stinks ;)

I suspect we got the left side of the southern vehicles! The right side works overly well, even in our climate. ;)