Hi Hugh, ya gonna jus drop the engine? Teach Dick a thang or 2-not oncet but twict-2 belts. Maybe cut da belts also. Also use that snot from the pumphandle that is ya know "slicker than...." belts then slick on right-quick -right nice, maybe not "nice for purty-but nice for nice" (John Steinback-Granny in Grapes of Wrath-you all knowed that alreadyist). Jerry53 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh & Therese" <hugtrees@xxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 1:30 PM Subject: Re: IML: 392 belt installation > Dick B. wrote: > > > > Hugh; > > > > It is much easier if you turn off the engine first. Then you might not > even > > have to take the fan off. > > > > Dick Benjamin > > > > I reply: > > There comes a time when one must disagree with even as great a sage as you, > sir. One does not perform these tasks because they are easy, one performs > them because they are hard. As you know there is a right way to do > something and a wrong way, if not more than one wrong way. I, sir, refuse > to compromise. What would it compare to lose a finger or two, even a thumb > per chance, at the expense of doing things the true Imperial way. Rigor, > hardship, torture and exasperation, this is the way of the Imperial. Blood, > sweat and tears, translated by the men of the Royal Navy to "Rum, sodomy and > the lash," these are merely the beginner's trials on the road to Imperial > correctness. > > Next you will be encouraging the use of jacks and jack stands when changing > wheels, or to keep the vehicle stationary when fixing the brakes. To put it > bluntly, sir, your suggestion is merely the thin end of the wedge. I will > say it with pride, sir. Never, never, take anything less than the wrong end > of the stick. Compromise, you say? > Bah, humbug, to you sir, bah, humbug! > > > Hugh > (Recovering nicely from third degree burns from checking the thermostat with > a full radiator just after a 200 mile drive.) > > > > >