Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]R. Clayton, It wasn't built in Wetzlar or Solms, I'm immune ;-) I once spent six months coordinating a major servicing of a rather large and expensive American built and maintained piece of technology (a few million dollars worth). We found some rather vital bits with bolts not done up and some repairs to circuits performed with bandaids. They should have used the vicegrips and Gerber tool. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of R. Clayton McKee Sent: Thursday, 5 April 2007 15:28 To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Question about my poor broken lens. Quoth the Hoppy : > Philip, you have just made me quite ill. Never post any message again > that includes the words Summicron, vise, vicegrips and a file. Yes, I > do understand your circumstance ;-) So I'm guessing you wouldn't want to hear about running the 1976 Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Prix in a an Allard J2-X with a firewall- mounted fuel pump bracket fabbed on the spot from a cardboard box and two rolls of corvette tape, using a handful of nylon cable ties for hose clamps?? (We finished under our own power, which was more than the factory-maintained Ferraris or birdcage did...) (Which was not quite so insane as replacing the head gasket on Ed Shelton's MGB in his driveway at two in the morning in a pouring North Texas Thunderboomer. It wasn't until the next morning that we found out that a funnel cloud had gone apparently RIGHT overhead and touched down about two miles away. Oops. We won the rally, though.) If you can't fix the gear with a Gerbertool, a tin can lid, and a chunk of wire, you're not ready to go into the field. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information