Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I never had to crank it, but it was kind of comforting to know you could do it. > > I spent most of my time raising the hood and affectionately tapping the > starter with a crescent wrench. Just a little love tap to wake it up. > > Wife didn't like that part either ... particularly at a stop light during > rush hour :) > > Daniel Many, many years ago I had an Austin Healey 3000 while in Alaska and the Lucas fuel pump went bad. So I had to drive from Alaska to Los Angeles and periodically the points would stick in the pump so I had to lift a panel behind the passenger seat and give the pump a good whack with a 3/4" box wrench. sl > > > At 08:35 14.03.2003 -0600, you wrote: >>It think I would be reassured by having the ability to hand crank my >>car if need be. >> >>I owned (it owned me?) a Westerly 30 Sailboat with a Volvo Diesel >>Auxiliary that could be hand-cranked. It was easier to hand crank the >>thing than to run the umbilical cord to the shore power to keep the >>batteries charged. >> >>Sonny >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> >>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:21 AM >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Which Leica ?, M5, M6TTL, or M7 >> >> >> > And came with the crank in the tool kit! >> > >> > John Collier >> > >> > On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 12:53 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> > >> > > By the way ... it still had the fitting for the crank :) >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, see >>http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html