"A little story of what happen
"A little story of what happened to me today.
I need to change the prop on my outdrive, my boat is on a mooring, only 5 minutes drive from my house,but a good 10-15 minute row away from the slipway in my rubber dinghy.
I thought I would be clever and phone the main VP dealer here in England to find out the socket size I would need to take off my prop.
I phoned the dealer and politely asked to speak to the technical department, I was put on hold for a few minutes, when the tech guy answered I asked him the size of the socket I would need to remove the prop nut, he said sorry sir I do not know,but I know a man who does, please hold. So I did for about 5 minutes, the guy comes back on the phone and says what drive do you have? ,so I told him the required info,he puts on hold for a few more minutes, he then comes back and says you need a 30mm socket, so I thank him and hang up.
I now get my rubber dinghy from the back garden pump it up,put it on my roof rack, drive to the slip, take the dinghy off the roof and put it in the water,go back to the car get the 30mm socket and wrench, row all the way to the boat, remove the split pin and retaining tab, get the socket and put it on the nut. ITS TOO F'#<ING BIG.
I find a spanner in the boat, a 26mm one,its a vey tight fit, so the nut is not even metric!!!.
anyway I thought I will give it a go, No I will not, because I then drop the spanner in 30ft of water.
The moral here is " do not ask a mooron for help ask somebody who knows"
Hope this little story made you smile.
dave"
"A little story of what happened to me today.
I need to change the prop on my outdrive, my boat is on a mooring, only 5 minutes drive from my house,but a good 10-15 minute row away from the slipway in my rubber dinghy.
I thought I would be clever and phone the main VP dealer here in England to find out the socket size I would need to take off my prop.
I phoned the dealer and politely asked to speak to the technical department, I was put on hold for a few minutes, when the tech guy answered I asked him the size of the socket I would need to remove the prop nut, he said sorry sir I do not know,but I know a man who does, please hold. So I did for about 5 minutes, the guy comes back on the phone and says what drive do you have? ,so I told him the required info,he puts on hold for a few more minutes, he then comes back and says you need a 30mm socket, so I thank him and hang up.
I now get my rubber dinghy from the back garden pump it up,put it on my roof rack, drive to the slip, take the dinghy off the roof and put it in the water,go back to the car get the 30mm socket and wrench, row all the way to the boat, remove the split pin and retaining tab, get the socket and put it on the nut. ITS TOO F'#<ING BIG.
I find a spanner in the boat, a 26mm one,its a vey tight fit, so the nut is not even metric!!!.
anyway I thought I will give it a go, No I will not, because I then drop the spanner in 30ft of water.
The moral here is " do not ask a mooron for help ask somebody who knows"
Hope this little story made you smile.
dave"