lol -- That why I bought a Dremel trog !!!
And apparently Burt Munroe was pretty much an affable old dodderer but quite brilliant in his own way ( bit like you and me )
Must be an Aussie/Kiwi thing , the " She'll be right " attitude , we have a saying here , if ya cant fix it with a bit of hayband or fencing wire it must be REALLY broke !!!
I remember being stuck out the back of Quorn ( outback South Australia , yeah the REAL outback lol , like ya see on the films) with a burnt out/bent valve on my old BMW boxer airhead.... up rolls a chap in a ute , turns out his property is like 200 k's in the other direction , next town is like 200 k's the other way ... "lets have a look he says"..."righto" says I
well about an hour later we have said offending valve and both agree she is " Buggered" in highly technical speak ...
He's looking at her , says "be back in an hour or so " and off he trots to the truck, gone in a puff of dust! lol
Sure enuff bout an hour 30 later he pulls up ... try this he says.. pulls out a valve out of his pocket--- same size face, just a little long in the shaft.... break out hacksaw, lop 1/2 inch or so , cut springclip groove... place in head , re-assemble... vroooooom...turns out about 30 clicks up the track theres a old sidevalve , been there since noah was a lad and he thought it might do the trick --- that valve did a further 2,000 k's before I swapped it out for the correct bit in Darwin !!!... Thats just how we do things here LOL
Oh and back on topic I am still a criminal , I still cant legally use the things I legally bought, I'm still ...... off, and I am still working on it !!!
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