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JayMcGee · 08-21-2006, 06:25 PM

I used to love being hands on with engines, transmisions and all the mechanicals...... hell, we thought nothing of going down to the local scrappy, taking out an engine from a low mileage crash and replacing it in our own car..... a mere mornings work, and then to the pub for a liquid lunch. But, sometime in the 80's the auto'makers went all defensive and 'black boxed' everything. I looked under the bonnet(hood to some of you) of the current wife's 2004 Hyundai. Plastic covers evwerwhere..... could'nt even see the engine block. Oh well, time to hang up the spanners...

08-21-2006, 06:25 PM	#4
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	I used to love being hands on with engines, transmisions and all the mechanicals...... hell, we thought nothing of going down to the local scrappy, taking out an engine from a low mileage crash and replacing it in our own car..... a mere mornings work, and then to the pub for a liquid lunch. But, sometime in the 80's the auto'makers went all defensive and 'black boxed' everything. I looked under the bonnet(hood to some of you) of the current wife's 2004 Hyundai. Plastic covers evwerwhere..... could'nt even see the engine block. Oh well, time to hang up the spanners... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.