From: Josiah Jenkins on
Whilst perusing Usenet on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:27:17 +0100, I read
these words from "trailx" <trailx(a)yahoo.cm> :
>
>You do know that 15 foot flames are bad for the catalytic converter,
>s? -:)

A 'cat' on a Rover P4 ???

-- jjj
From: trailx on

"Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:12m573pdnhqcs5dqpj8msad0iqa512v1ql(a)4ax.com...
> Whilst perusing Usenet on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:27:17 +0100, I read
> these words from "trailx" <trailx(a)yahoo.cm> :
>>
>>You do know that 15 foot flames are bad for the catalytic converter,
>>s? -:)
>
> A 'cat' on a Rover P4 ???



Welll.....it was meant as a joke....but.......


From: SimonJ on
>
> How does a rotor fail when its only an arm across some plastic.

The contact can break away

The end of the arm can be burnt away through arcing.

You can get tracking to earth down the plastic.

The plastic key can fail allowing it to spin on the shaft.


I'm sure there are many more reasons for one to fail.


From: Alex on
On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 12:20:40 +0100, "SimonJ" <me(a)mine.net> wrote:

>>
>> How does a rotor fail when its only an arm across some plastic.
>
>The contact can break away
>
>The end of the arm can be burnt away through arcing.
>
>You can get tracking to earth down the plastic.
>
>The plastic key can fail allowing it to spin on the shaft.
>
>I'm sure there are many more reasons for one to fail.
>

You can drop the battery onto it and smash it....

Alex
From: Guy King on
The message <c752931jem7ffrcrs33np30161s5b1p5re(a)4ax.com>
from Alex <nospam.alex(a)cbmsys.co.uk> contains these words:

> You can drop the battery onto it and smash it....

There speaks a bitter man!

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