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JamesL

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Haynes Manuals - translated
« on: December 03, 2008, 20:30:20 »
Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to suffer deep abrasions.


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 - "Jesus, 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 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.

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 motorbike/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/on it again.

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 it really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife/husband/partner "Yep, as I thought, it's going to need a new one"

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: Everyday toolkit
Translation: AA Card & Mobile Phone

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

Haynes: Torque...50Nm............
Translation: Do it up till it strips then back it off half a turn.

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

 ;)
James L
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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 21:03:04 »
I like that. Would you now like to see my similar list for computer related work?  ;D

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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 10:18:26 »
Tosh:

It's even worse when I look at a Haynes photo (usually a close-up view) and can't tell where to find that part on the car!!!

Help me out here, what are "Molegrips"? maybe 'pressure pliers' or 'vice grips'?

Richard M, on the other side of the pond.

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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2008, 10:34:55 »
 what are "Molegrips"? maybe 'pressure pliers' or 'vice grips'?

Richard M, on the other side of the pond.


"Molegrips" = vice grips
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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2008, 06:59:45 »
So I wonder where the term molegrips came from  ???  I'm picturing an underground rodent sticking his nose out of his hole and getting pliers clamped on it to yank him out of his cozy den!  Then again, what the heck is the Vice Squad doing with their locking pliers!

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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2008, 08:05:00 »
Pete,

If molegrips concern you, spare a thought for how the ball hammer got it's name.

That'll make your eyes water.

JH
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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2008, 15:07:49 »
I noticed on the last pair of Vise Grips that I bought that they were no longer marked "De Witt, Nebraska".
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26531610/
Like everything else, production was shipped off to China to shave a couple dollars off the price.
« Last Edit: December 12, 2008, 15:22:47 by al_lieffring »

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Re: Haynes Manuals - translated
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2008, 16:43:42 »
 :o  :'(