Nitrogen shock

As I'm certain you'd have tried it, what happened?

 

The original Yamaha RD350LC had a paragraph in the manual, warning you
not to drink the battery acid. This was then followed by a page of
ingredients to put together and drink, if you did.

 

It's not for nothing that they have a reputation for inscrutability.

 

BTDT

--


Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

I saw what you did there.

 

Yeah, I thought that. Instant frostbite?

That would be best for all, I reckon.

 

This kid is, believe me. I've seen him attempt to sharpen a running
chainsaw.

 

Confused? You will be.

 

Wind chill.

 

I learned about springs early in my career (which didn't help much,
tbh) but I've never fucked about with struts or inserts - not
user-serviceable, they say - and in this case, I believe 'em.

I had a compressor slip round doing a spring for Elly's Clio. So I
stood on the thing, wedged in the angle at the bottom of the garage
wall and door. Didn't half bang off the door when it went the second
time. Good job the landlord had left a tin of that vile turquoise
paint around.

When it came time to change struts on the Passat, I borrowed a proper
compressor kit, but for the V6 Vectra I GAMI for a tenner - and he
apparently had great fun, even with his Snap-ON compressors and windy
gun, with the struts in big bench vices. Man has to know his
limitations - and in the case of this kid his will be that he won't be
able to pick his nose with that finger again.

 

OrlMighty Fuckwit, in this case.

 

**** me, you're welcome to that - and that's the only way I'd ever see
it, after sweeping all the bits back into proximity.

 

Not if the velocity of the air is the same.

 

<nods>

Sound advice.

 

I've shoved a few Bilsteins into MacPherson struts, which I found
pretty straightforward.

 

I'll ignore them when I choose - but only as a semi-informed choice in
taht I have an idea of what's behind them.

I was referring to dangers from rapid release of gas: I'd never
knowingly do anything that might result in this, see. Dangers of
things getting suddenly bigger when pressure is taken off I'm well
aware of - up-and-over door mechanisms loom large in my past.

Twenty years, man and boy.

Aware of the risk, have bent screwdrivers and water pump pliers and
always, always have a dog-end between the lips? Check.

 

It didn't miss you though, did it?

 

Oooopsie!

 

So have I: I wouldn't class that as "fucking about" with inserts. I've
shoved a few LRC[1] products up a few tailpipes that were far more
dangerous.

No, by "fucking about with" I meant dismantling, hitting with
heavy/sharp implements, heating with gas torches or attempting
circumcision, that sort of stuff.

Popping the rod out of a strut, that's completely different too.


1. London Rubber Company

 

<shakes head>

Oh, my friend irony, where are you now?

<aside> Bloody accountants, too bloody literal-minded </a>