Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, December 13, 2019

Because It's Friday

The Brits can sure make valve gear complex.

9 comments:

Deadstick said...: Aw, shoot. Now I'm stuck trying to remember the SF story that had a spaceship named Bellerophon...;-); 12/13/2019 10:04 AM
Deadstick said...: Got it, Forbidden Planet.; 12/13/2019 10:05 AM
Old NFO said...: That is an amazing piece of work!; 12/13/2019 11:14 AM
B said...: The Brits engineer everything overly complicated. It seems to be a Brit thing. At that, it is a relatively simple valvetrain still. I've seen worse on other steam engines, especially from the Brits. .

You should see the progressive carburation on my dads Jag v-12.

I think the Brit design goal for nachinery is to first make it work, then add 3 extra levers, a bellcrank and, if possible a set of right angle gears.

But their shit works, even if it takes a LOT of adjustment.; 12/13/2019 9:06 PM
CenterPuke88 said...: Two notes, B.

If you have to adjust it, it will always take at least a whitworth and an SAE or metric spanner.

The shit works, unless produced by Lucas between 1920 and 1990.; 12/13/2019 11:19 PM
Stewart Dean said...: Ah Lucas electrics, from the Prince of Darkness. Ensuring a single digit MTBF. Now the Italian cars, with ever so slightly better electrics, would get two digit MTBF.

But...have to say, when I wuz a kid, '50's and 60's, the Bugattis (what country? Italian designer building in Alsace Lorraine...French or German depending) never ever failed to start and run...and run eagerly. Driving them would plaster a shit-eating grin across your face. Acourse you had to be able to double-clutch the howling straight cut gears gearbox, deal with choke and spark...along with right hand drive and the original Eyetalian pedal arrangement: clutch, accelerator-brake. Hot damn!
http://sdean.net/bugattis.htm
In those days, you had to special order metric tools from Snap-on and the only way to buy metric nuts and bolts was from the VW dealership....and then only if they used that size in a Bug.

You can never go home again.....; 12/14/2019 7:20 AM
Deadstick said...: Stewart--A gas station mechanic once did some work on my '72 240Z. Tried to find a wrench for one bolt, then muttered "Ah shit, it's metric." Went in the back, got a metric wrench, then tried to turn another bolt. "Ah shit, this one's metric too." On the third time, he yelled "I think this whole damn car's metric!"
Hadn't the heart to tell him the oil drain was 9/16...;-); 12/14/2019 9:11 AM
Dr Roy Tam said...: Why didn’t the British ever develop a TV?
They couldn’t make one that would leak oil.; 12/14/2019 10:43 AM
dinthebeast said...: Lucas Prince of Darkness, lord of the positive ground.

-Doug in Oakland; 12/15/2019 5:46 PM