Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:53 PM 2/24/03 -0500, Austin Franklin wrote: >Marc, Marc, Marc...and you call your self a Lucas aficionado. Shame on you. >You're NOT supposed to *really* fix it. That ruins the "charm". Just get >out a hammer, and give it a light rap on the side. THAT makes it good to >go. > >Cripes, you obviously never owned an MG with a "faulty" fuel pump. EASY >"fix" right from the driver's seat! US Army Engineers swear that the Ordnance Corps maintenance (their general support) only uses a special tool called a "BFH" -- a 'big fuckin' hammer' - -- you beat the item to pieces, and then turn it in for DX (direct exchange for a rebuilt or new replacement). One time, 'way back in '77, I was staff on LOGEX, then a major (i.e., Department of Defense level) exercize run at the time at Fort Pickett, Virginia. I was then an Ordnance Corps captain (a commissioned officer), with a specialty of Tech Supply. We had a staff party at the end, and a couple of Engineer Corps sergeants (non-commissioned officers, guys with a lot of on-hands knowledge but subordinate to commissioned officers) showed up in a VW Beetle. At the end, their car wouldn't start. I asked them for a "BFH", slipped under the car, tapped the solenoid sharply, and slipped out. I said, "It'll start now." One of them, looking skeptical, slipped into the driver's seat and turned the key. The car fired right up. I smiled and said, "You guys have to hearn -- sometimes, a BFH IS the right tool!" General applause from the crowd. I bowed, and pulled one of the sergeants over to tell him that the car really needed its solenoid cleaned or replaced. SUPPORT FORWARD! Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html