On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 01:25:45 GMT, "BrotherBart"
wrote:

If you've got no pride, just pick up anything but a TV (unless you know
how to discharge the cap) from the garbage and give it a go.

When I was five years old my dad was less than impressed when I took his
pocket watch apart.


BG

My dad was a very good backyard mechanic, but for some reason didn't
get into the more intricate stuff. One sunny summer Saturday morning,
I placed a sheet of plywood on the ground, removed the Carter BBD (I
think) carburator from the 225 slant-six motor in the 1965 Dodge
Polara station wagon he was preparing for the road, and stripped it
down on the sheet of plywood. My dad had worked a backshift, and at
about 1130 or so came outside, and turned white as a sheet. He said,
"Are you sure you can get that thing back together?" I assured him
that I could, and I did, and the car lived to ride again. :-)

I still don't understand why a man who could strip down a motor or
transmission, install new rings, valves, etc., had a problem with a
carburator...I couldn't rebuild a motor to save my own life, but I've
rebuilt a number of carburators...strange.

Tom