{"id":45310,"date":"2021-02-27T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=45310"},"modified":"2021-02-26T08:52:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T13:52:24","slug":"qotd-what-the-instructions-in-haynes-manuals-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/02\/27\/qotd-what-the-instructions-in-haynes-manuals-really-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: What the instructions in Haynes manuals <em>really<\/em> mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><strong>Haynes: Should remove easily.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: Will be corroded into place &#8230; Clamp with adjustable spanner then beat repeatedly with a hammer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: This is a snug fit.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: You will skin your knuckles! &#8230; Clamp with adjustable spanner then beat repeatedly with hammer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: This is a tight fit.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: Not a hope in hell matey! &#8230; Clamp with adjustable spanner then beat repeatedly with hammer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: As described in Chapter 7 &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: That&#8217;ll teach you not to read through before you start, now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: Pry &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: Hammer a screwdriver into &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: Undo &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: Go buy a tin of WD40 (industrial size).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: Ease &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: Apply superhuman strength to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: Retain tiny spring &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: &#8220;Crikey what was that, it nearly had my eye out&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb &#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Translation<\/em>: OK &mdash; that&#8217;s the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part and remaining glass shards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mez.co.uk\/haynes.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Do it by the book &mdash; the real meaning of Haynes instructions<\/em><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haynes: Should remove easily. Translation: Will be corroded into place &#8230; Clamp with adjustable spanner then beat repeatedly with a hammer. Haynes: This is a snug fit. Translation: You will skin your knuckles! &#8230; Clamp with adjustable spanner then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: This is a tight fit. 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