Monday Humour

AlexL

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Applicable to boat manuals aswell possibly

Subject: What the Haynes Car Repair Manuals REALLY mean...



Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer
anticlockwise.

Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a hammer.

Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start. Now you
are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.

Haynes: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...

Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (giant economy size).

Haynes: Retain tiny spring...
Translation: PINGGGG - "Where the hell did that go?"

Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb...
Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to
dig out the bayonet part (and maybe a plaster or two).

Haynes: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead
are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Weekly checks...
Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it.

Haynes: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken, it's about to be. We warned you...

Haynes: One spanner rating.
Translation: An infant could do this... so how did you manage to **** it up?

Haynes: Two spanner rating.
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low,
teensy weensy number... but you also thought the wiring diagram was a map of
the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).

Haynes: Three spanner rating.
Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days.

Haynes: Four spanner rating.
Translation: You're not seriously considering this are you?

Haynes: Five spanner rating.
Translation: OK - but don't ever carry your loved ones in it again.

Haynes: Bolt will be tight
Translation: You havent a hope in hell!

Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Haynes: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it, throw it
at the garage wall, then find some molegrips and a hammer...

Haynes: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking
at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife "Yep, as I thought,
it's going to need a new one"

Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to suffer deep abrasions.

Haynes: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.

Haynes: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you know.

Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder.
Once that sinking pit of your stomach feeling has subsided, you can start to
feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.

Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: Yeah, right. But you swear in different places.


Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...

Haynes: Using a suitable drift...
Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Unless you have a blast furnace, don't bother. Alternatively,
clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book, bar what you need to do

Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: RAC Card & Mobile Phone





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Alex LOL so much SWMBO thought I was having another funny turn and got the insurance policy out. Great. Thanks

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Alex,
I am off to tour the Haynes Car Collection next Tuesday night - I wonder if they have seen it.
Thank for the laugh - it reall is a bit close to home !
Ken

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Or, almost as bad, when you find that the engine is covered in one manual, the body/suspension/steering/etc in another, and the engine electronics in a third. (It happened to me!)

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Spot on and very funny! The only thing missing that I see these manuals refer to all over is "Assembly is the reverse of dismantling". I can only guess this translates as "You'd never have got this far anyhow, so there's no point in detailing all of the steps to put it back together" ;o)


Cheers,
Paul

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Re: Monday Humour some more thoughts....

"Assembly is the reverse of dismantling"... = We couldn't figure how to get it back together either, so you're on your own.

"The left handed widget goes to the pinion on the sprocket" - but only on the 1993 model Vin nos 24680 - 24683. The rest have a totally different assembly.

One spanner job rating = "To release the assembly slacken the securing nut. To do this, remove engine as detailed in Chapter 1, gearbox as in chapter 4, and rear axle as in Chapter 15....."

"Tighten to the specified torque" = "look for specs at the beginning of this chapter, which refers you to chapter 3, on to chapter 17, back to this chapter - Doh!

'It is recommended that these units are returned to the manufacturers as repair is not normally possible for the home mechanic' = how the hell do you get these things apart!

Bodywork: '... it is easy with a little care to acheive a good finish ....' 3 weeks forced labour with a sander, 63 tins of aerosol spray paint at £8.50 a tin, and even then it looks terrible.

Bodywork 2: "It is advisable to remove the headlining..." = Pay a professional to do it because you will NEVER get it back on properly!

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