Lucas-Home Before Dark

[cobram@channel1.com (Cobram)]

 br00206@binghamton.edu writes:                                    

 Original Subject:Re: 5spd shifter recentering question

 Le> WHAT?!?  Based on my experiences, the electrical systems in Audis are
 Le> FAR SUPERIOR to that of any Engligh beast that I've come across.  I've
 Le> owned too many TRs that were possessed by the "Prince of Darkness"...

     Agree 175%. Anyone who compares English electricicals to
     teutonic electricicles hasn't owned much english machinery or
     spent much time under the bonnet with a spanner trying to
     get the tickover high enough to keep it running.
     Having owned BSA, Norton and Triumph motorcycles and having
     worked on many a Lucas electrical system, can absolutely
     confirm the companies motto-Home Before Dark. I can still
     remember when English wired late '70s Rolls Royces were
     burning like Korean Grocery Stores in an LA riot, thanks
     to the electricals. Oh, the joys of "Positive Earth".

     I also still have a rather nice set of British Standard
     and Whitworth sockets and wrenches, that are about as
     useful as that 19/32 socket you get with all the Sears
     tool kits.  It's too logical working on these Audis, if the
     12mm doesn't fit the 13mm will, on the English cars,
     actually finding a wrench that fit was half the fun
     of working on the contraptions. I mean if a 1/4 Whitworth
     was too big, a 5/8 american might work.

     BCNU

... It is better to know useless things than to know nothing.

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