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darin
12-09-2010, 11:04 AM
Got this via email :)


What the Haynes Manual really means:

Haynes: Rotate counterclockwise.
Translation: Clamp with vise grips then beat repeatedly with hammer counterclockwise.

Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: Clamp with vise grips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Clamp with vise grips then beat repeatedly with a hammer.

Haynes: As described in Chapter 7...
Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start. Now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.

Haynes: Pry...
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into...

Haynes: Undo...
Translation: Go buy the giant economy size of WD40

Haynes: Retain small spring...
Translation: PINGGGG - "Jesus, where the hell did that go?"

Haynes: Lightly...
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then clamp with vise grips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Check Weekly...
Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it.

Haynes: Routine maintenance...
Translation: If it isn't broken, it's about to be. Be warned.

Haynes: One Wrench Rating (difficulty guide).
Translation: An infant could do this... so how did you manage to fuck it up?

Haynes: Two Wrench Rating (difficulty guide).
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, teensy weensy number... but you also thought the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).

Haynes: Three Wrench Rating (difficulty guide).
Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days.

Haynes: Four Wrench Rating (difficulty guide).
Translation: You're not seriously considering this are you?

Haynes: Five Wrench Rating (difficulty guide).
Translation: OK - but don't ever carry your loved ones in it again.

Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this...
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....

Haynes: Compress...
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it, throw it at the garage wall, then find some vise grips and a hammer...

Haynes: Inspect...
Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare in a loud knowing voice to your wife "Yep, as I thought, it's going to need a new one"

Haynes: Carefully...
Translation: You are about to suffer deep abrasions.

Haynes: Retaining nut...
Translation: Yes, that's it, that big spherical blob of rust.

Haynes: Get an assistant...
Translation: Prepare to humiliate yourself in front of someone you know.

Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder. Once that sinking pit of your stomach feeling has subsided, you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.

Haynes: Refitting is the reverse sequence to removal.
Translation: Yeah, right. But you swear in different places.

Haynes: Pry away plastic locating pegs...
Translation: Snap off...

Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: AAA Card & Mobile Phone

Haynes: Apply moderate heat...
Translation: Unless you have a blast furnace, don't bother. Alternatively, clamp with vise grips then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book, except for what you need to do

NightTrain
12-09-2010, 02:30 PM
"You are about to suffer deep abrasions." :laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

The best is when suffering that deep abrasion and having a chunk of grease imbedded under your skin. Or what's left of your skin in that area.

SassyLady
12-09-2010, 03:18 PM
Never realized it was so hard to take off Haynes Underwear? :laugh::laugh:

NightTrain
12-09-2010, 03:46 PM
Never realized it was so hard to take off Haynes Underwear? :laugh::laugh:

I once lost buttons in a violent manner off my 501 Levi's while being undressed by a revved-up chickie! I had to slow her down after hearing 2 buttons hit the wall before something very painful happened... it can be dangerous indeed!

SassyLady
12-09-2010, 03:48 PM
I once lost buttons in a violent manner off my 501 Levi's while being undressed by a revved-up chickie! I had to slow her down after hearing 2 buttons hit the wall before something very painful happened... it can be dangerous indeed!

No doubt!!! :laugh::laugh:

:dance:

Mr. P
12-09-2010, 08:02 PM
Got this via email :)
That's funny ! And OH so true!!!!:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Haynes is full of traps. You learn fast to research before you take their word for anything. I remember replacing a heater core on a Nissan truck. Simple, they said, just remove the old one and replace. They failed to mention that in order to remove the core you had to remove the entire dash first! Bastards!

NightTrain
12-09-2010, 08:25 PM
That's funny ! And OH so true!!!!:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Haynes is full of traps. You learn fast to research before you take their word for anything. I remember replacing a heater core on a Nissan truck. Simple, they said, just remove the old one and replace. They failed to mention that in order to remove the core you had to remove the entire dash first! Bastards!

LOL

Yep, I remember something similar when I was a kid, taking off the heads to my Pontiac. They neglected to mention that I first needed to take off the intake manifold... it caused quite a bit of consternation until I called up a mechanic buddy of mine.

SassyLady
12-09-2010, 08:28 PM
This is too funny....one of the things I have always done when working with companies who write systems/procedures/manuals, is to give it to someone who has never done the system and let that person walk through the steps as explained. You'd be amazed at how many "assumptions" are made by the people doing the writing.

Little-Acorn
12-10-2010, 10:40 AM
Haynes: Turning the engine will be easier with the spark plugs removed.
Translation: However, starting the engine afterwards will be much harder. Once that sinking pit of your stomach feeling has subsided, you can start to feel deeply ashamed as you gingerly refit the spark plugs.

Addendum: (My own personal favorite) Once you've run your battery flat, put the rotor back into the distributor.

I knew a VW mechanic (air-cooled) who used to forget to put the clutch plate into the clutch.

Bad news is, you have to pull the motor to put the plate back in.

Good news is, that's easier on a VW than on a Chebby.