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The Kitty Litter Award My wife thinks I've got a screw loose to begin with for having an interest in "Vintage British Automobiles." Recently, I was able to reinforce her opinion of my loose screws and prove that it is not an affliction of mine alone. I did this not by just disassembling my MGB-GT to get to a problem in the transmission. Nor did I do this by enlisting help from another British car aficionado, Tim Jones. I did this by disassembling my car with his help in, get this, his garage! During our adventure into the bowels of one of MG's fine examples of mid-60's engineering, it became necessary to empty the coolant. Now as anyone knows, the longer a bolt, nut or other movable part sits in one spot the more it is determined to sit there. In this case the handle on the radiator tap was long since gone and what was left refused to move. Well, with a drain pan in place under the lower radiator hose, I proceeded to remove said hose as slowly and gently as possible. I am always amazed at how fast a warm fluid can flow regardless of how you try to control it. In this case it came out in grand fashion, hitting everything but the desired target. Tim immediately reached for the kitty litter while I tried, in vain, to direct the flow from the hose to the drain pan, it was mostly out by this time anyway. Now we have about a gallon of sticky green fluid mixed with about a half of a bag of kitty litter laying under the car. Even after scooping up as much as we could there was still enough there to make later removal of parts uncomfortable as we ended up laying in the cold, sticky, gritty green goo. Why he allowed this travesty to take place on his turf to begin with is beyond me. I'm just glad for the help, support and experience he was willing to provide. And the award? I feel it is a fitting award for anyone that steps up to help another in their quest for a functioning British auto. After all it's like a 13mm wrench, you can never have enough! |
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