Newsletter 35 - October 2003

First loosen the top 3 nuts and bolts. So that the door could be eased up whilst pivoting on
the bottom bolt. Door promptly dropped even further.
How to set the door
Gather the items mentioned at the beginning of this piece. With the door open the chair
was placed under it. The jack was placed under the sill to prevent the springs compressing
and causing the body to move as I clambered over and in the car.
The door was about 3 inches clear of the chair. Hence the need for the piece of wood. The
car could be raised or lowered to get the door hinges in the right position to make it shut in
the desired way. I got it right on the second attempt.
It now remains for me to explain the last item in the title. Well that was from trying to hold
the bolt still on the outside of the car with a ring spanner, whilst leaning in to and under the
dash with a socket and ratchet to do the thing up again.
I set my self a full day to do the job. In the end it took about 30 minutes.
Jobs expected to be quick have been known to take me hours.
DAS
Some Murphy’s laws for you!!!
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
Logic is a systemac method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less unl he knows absolutely
everything about nothing.
Tell a woman there are 300 billion stars in the universe and she'll believe you. Tell her a
bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to sit on it to be sure.
Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or
even what book.
AEer all is said and done, a hell of a lot more is said than done.
The only perfect sight is hind-sight.
When all else fails, read the instrucons.
Anything when dropped will roll into the least accessible corner. ***
Any aempt to print Murphy's laws will jam the printer.
A memo is wrien not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
The vehicle in front of you is always travelling slower than you are.
We’ve all probably fallen foul to most of these – not that we’d own up to it!!!!!!
***Unless it’s bu/ered toast, when it will land bu/er side down.
From Steve D
Thanks DAS
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