[Vwdiesel] Silicone Brake Fluid (fwd)

[Bud]

Amen to that (driving an old VW).

Once had an aircraft come in on SDLM(Standard Depot Level Maintenance)
and we were adding antennas to the inlet lips.  I get a tag that the
substructure wasn't to B/P.  I had the sheet metal guys rip the rest
of the inlet apart.  It seems something must have struck and damaged
the inlet and the only material they could find was the stainless
steel coffee pot aboard ship.  Gotta love ingenuity, probably had over
5K hours with the coffee pot repair on it and some pissed off cookies.

Bud
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com> wrote:
> The plane left Geneseo years ago after the Elmira group took over part of
> the show.  They lost the plane, and the last I heard someone in LI
> had it.  But I don't follow it.  Dick moved to NC, and I am not
> sure whether he is a silent key or not.
>
> I think there are other, more famous, and more ingenious WWII stories.
>
> Several years ago I was at Ft. Knox, for work, and I was introduced to
> the Abrams tank simulator.  I had two buddies there with me, and we teamed
> on the tank.  Never done tanks, only aircraft (we were all pilots).
> So they let us loose with the rest of the class, and in the end
> we had 3 bad tanks, and no friendlies killed.  That was the tangent,
> and here is the part which is VWdiesel relevant:
>
> The instructor talked about the history of tank warfare, and by more
> detailed example showed how yankee ingenuity helped win the war.
> For example, Germany had the best machinery and the best mechanics.
> But their soldiers couldn't touch the mechanics, and were sitting
> ducks waiting for a mechanic to do a house call on the battlefield.
> In contrast, the love of cars in the US hit just before the war, and
> GI's were empowered to do whatever they could at war.  So they'd swap
> engines out of Jeeps, under oak trees, fix things, adapt things, etc.
> All of this gave the US some kind of advantage where it appeared that
> none existed.
>
> The vwdiesel group, regardless of where the readers are, use that same
> kind of understanding, and teamwork to solve their problems.  Which is
> why I'd drive a smoking old 1.5l bunny over a Prius.
>