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HAYNES MANUAL – THE REAL MEANINGS

For those of us that have ever used a Haynes Manual (or Clymer or Chilton equivalents) in attempting home maintenance of a car or motorbike. For those who havn’t used a Haynes Manual, these are the books aimed at those who want to fix their own vehicles and which keep qualified mechanics in paid employment putting things right afterwards. They are chock full of photos, diagrams and step-by-step instructions which are obvious if you are a fully qualified motor mechanic, but which are frighteningly sparse on detail for the average Joe in the street who wants to change a set of spark plugs on a 1981 VW Polo ….

Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise.
Translation: Clamp with molegrips (adjustable wrench) then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. You do know which way is anticlockwise, don’t you?

Haynes: Should remove easily.
Translation: Will be corroded into place … clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with a hammer.

Haynes: Remove small retaining clip.
Translation: Take off 15 years of stubborn crud, it’s there somewhere.

Haynes: This is a snug fit.
Translation: You will skin your knuckles! … Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: This is a tight fit.
Translation: Not a hope in hell matey! … Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: As described in Chapter 7…
Translation: That’ll teach you not to read through before you start, now you are looking at scarey photos of the inside of a gearbox.

Haynes: Locate …
Translation: This photo of a hex nut is the only clue we’re giving you.

Haynes: Pry…
Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into…

Haynes: Undo…
Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (catering size).

Haynes: Ease …
Translation: Apply superhuman strength to …

Haynes: Retain tiny spring…
Translation: “Jeez what was that, it nearly had my eye out”!

Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb…
Translation: OK – that’s the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part and remaining glass shards.

Haynes: Lightly…
Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then re-check the manual because what you are doing now cannot be considered “lightly”.

Haynes: Weekly checks…
Translation: If it isn’t broken don’t fix it!

Haynes: Routine maintenance…
Translation: If it isn’t broken… it’s about to be!

Haynes: One spanner rating (simple).
Translation: Your Mum could do this… so how did you manage to botch it up?

Haynes: Two spanner rating.
Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, tiny, ikkle number… but you also thought that the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you).

Haynes: Three spanner rating (intermediate).
Translation: Make sure you won’t need your car for a couple of days and that your AA cover includes Home Start.
Translation: But Novas are easy to maintain right… right? So you think three Nova spanners has got to be like a ‘regular car’ two spanner job.

Haynes: Four spanner rating.
Translation: You are seriously considering this aren’t you, you pleb!

Haynes: Five spanner rating (expert).
Translation: OK – but don’t expect us to ride it afterwards!!!
Translation #2: Don’t ever carry your loved ones in it again and don’t mention it to your insurance company.

Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this…
Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Haynes: Compress…
Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on, swear at, throw at the garage wall, then search for it in the dark corner of the garage whilst muttering “bugger” repeatedly under your breath.

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 cut yourself!

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 feeling in the pit of your stomach 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: But you swear in different places.

Haynes: Locate securing bolt.
Translation: Remember that worrying noise when you drove along the A38 last summer? That’s where you’ll find the securing bolt.

Haynes: Prise away plastic locating pegs…
Translation: Snap off…

Haynes: Remove drum retaining pin.
Translation: Break every screwdriver in your box.

Haynes: Using a suitable drift or pin-punch…
Translation: The biggest nail in your tool box isn’t a suitable drift!

Haynes: Everyday toolkit
Translation: Ensure you have an RAC Card & Mobile Phone

Haynes: Apply moderate heat…
Translation: Placing your mouth near it and huffing isn’t moderate heat.
Translation #2: Heat up until glowing red, if it still doesn’t come undone use a hacksaw.
Translation #3: Unless you have a blast furnace, don’t bother. Clamp with adjustable wrench then beat repeatedly with hammer.

Haynes: Index
Translation: List of all the things in the book bar the thing you want to do!

Haynes: Remove oil filter using an oil filter chain wrench or length of bicycle chain.
Translation: Stick a screwdriver through it and beat handle repeatedly with a hammer.

Haynes: Replace old gasket with a new one.
Translation: I know I’ve got a tube of Krazy Glue around here somewhere.

Haynes: Grease well before refitting.
Translation: Spend an hour searching for your tub of grease before chancing upon a bottle of washing-up liquid (dish soap). Wipe some congealed washing up liquid from the dispenser nozzle and use that since it’s got a similar texture and will probably get you to Halfords to buy some Castrol grease.

Haynes: See illustration for details
Translation: None of the illustrations notes will match the pictured exploded, numbered parts. The unit illustrated is from a previous or variant model. The actual location of the unit is never given.

Haynes: Drain off all fluids before removing cap.
Translation: Visit bathroom, spit on ground, remove baseball cap in order to scratch head in perplexity.

Haynes: Top up fluids.
Translation: Drink 2 cans of beer and call out a mobile mechanic to undo the damage.

For Added Haynes Fun, go to the first section “Safety First” and read the bit about Hydrofluoric Acid. Would you really trust the advice of a book that uses this form of understatement?

The best one I encountered was how to change a brake sensor in a Ford Fiesta Popular Plus. The photo showing the location of the unit failed to mention the crucial detail of whether the item was located in the engine compartment or inside the car ….. and the helpful photo of what the thing looked like didn’t give the reader any clues!

THE CONDENSED HAYNES MANUAL
All makes and models post-2000
For a modern car chock full of electronics, all that’s in the Haynes Manual (aka “The Haynes Bumper Book of Jokes”) is:

Routine Service: Take it to a main dealer and hand over a large amount of cash.

Advanced Service: Open the bonnet. Decide all that stuff is far too scary. Proceed with routine service (see above).

HAYNES GUIDE TO TOOLS OF THE TRADE

HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer is nowadays used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC’S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing seats, motorcycle jackets, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning steel Pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age, but it also works great for drilling mounting holes just above the brake line that goes to the rear wheel.

SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

MOLE-GRIPS/ADJUSTABLE WRENCH: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETELENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your garage on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside a brake-drum you’re trying to get the bearing race out of.

TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

WHITWORTH SOCKETS: Once used for working on older cars and motorcycles, they are now used mainly for impersonating that 9/16 or 1/2 socket you’ve been searching for for the last 15 minutes.

DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted part you were drying.

WIRE WHEEL: Cleans rust off old bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprint whorls and hard-earned guitar callouses in about the time it takes you to say, “F….”

BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering car to the ground after you have installed your new front disk brake setup, trapping the jack handle firmly under the front wing (fender).

EIGHT-FOOT LONG DOUGLAS FIR 2X4: Used for levering a car upward off a hydraulic jack.

TWEEZERS: A tool for removing wood splinters.

PHONE: Tool for calling your neighbour to see if he has another hydraulic floor jack.

SNAP-ON GASKET SCRAPER: Theoretically useful as a sandwich tool for spreading mayonnaise; used mainly for getting dog-doo off your boot.

BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool that snaps off in bolt holes and is ten times harder than any known drill bit.

TIMING LIGHT: A stroboscopic instrument for illuminating grease buildup.

TWO-TON HYDRAULIC ENGINE HOIST: A handy tool for testing the tensile strength of ground straps and brake lines you may have forgotten to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 16-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A large motor mount prying tool that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end without the handle.

BATTERY ELECTROLYTE TESTER: A handy tool for transferring sulfuric acid from a car battery to the inside of your toolbox after determining that your battery is dead as a doornail, just as you thought.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.

INSPECTION LIGHT: The mechanic’s own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, “the sunshine vitamin,” which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate as 105-mm howitzer shells during the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.

AIR COMPRESSOR: A machine that takes energy produced in a fossil-fuel burning power plant 200 miles away and transforms it into compressed air that travels by hose to a pneumatic impact wrench that grips rusty bolts last tightened 30 years ago by someone in Dagenham, and rounds them off.

PRY (CROW) BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to cut hoses 1/2 inch too short.

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling ‘DAMMIT’ at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.

Email from a reader:

The latest Haynes book is a how-to guide to caring for babies. Both need plenty of loving care and regular checks, have a habit of playing up at the worst possible moments, and produce toxic emissions. The similarities between cars and babies are clear. Knowing the “accuracy” of Haynes manuals there are likely to be a few screwed-up kids in a few years time. An example is when I had to replace the switch cluster for the indicators, lights etc on the Escort.

According to the Haynes manual:

1 Disconnect battery leads and leave for half an hour
2 Remove top and bottom steering column cowling
3 Remove the two retaining bolts for the air bag behind the steering wheel (pig of a job)
4 Short out the airbag capacitor and disconnect the connector
5 Withdraw the airbag assembly (may require some firm handling – i.e. it’s like wrestling with a pig)
6 Undo the steering wheel retaining nut and withdraw the steering wheel
7 Disconnect the lighting yoke connectors
8 Remove the switch yoke retaining screw
9 Withdraw the lighting yoke.

Reassembly is the reverse of the above steps.

After pissing about with the above. I realised that all that is actually required is to remove the top cowling, take off the connectors, undo the top screw and pull it out. I worry for new fathers.

CONCISE GUISE TO THE HAYNES MAN MANUAL
Haynes, which has produced detailed guides on how to maintain almost every kind of car, launched a new manual : Man, 120,000BC to Present Day, all models, shapes, sizes and colours. It includes chapters such as Roadside Repairs (first aid), the Engine (heart and lungs

No, it wasn’t a joke. It’s a way to get men to look after their bodies as well as they look after their cars. It can be bought in Halfords and other car spares shops alongside the Haynes car manuals. No doubt women will buy copies for their menfolk as “novelty” presents – but it’s a novelty present with a serious message.

It’s the result of a collaboration between Haynes and Men’s Health Forum and sponsored by drug group Lilly ICOS. Dr Ian Banks said “We’ve struggled for years to create health information that men can really relate to and I think we’ve cracked it – when I was approached with the idea it just seemed so obvious I couldn’t understand why it hadn’t been thought of before.”

Based on the “Real Meanings” above, we can expect to see:

Haynes Man Manual: Moderate exercise will keep your cardiovascular system ticking over.
Translation: The daily walk to the pub may help your heart and lungs, but may increase wear and tear on your liver.

Haynes Man Manual: Eat at least one portion from each of the major food groups daily.
Translation: Beer is not one of the major food groups.

Haynes Man Manual: Drink plenty of fluids to keep kidneys flushed. 8 medium glasses of water-based drink are recommended.
Translation: 8 bottles of Bud Ice is not a substitute for water, despite tasting the same.

Haynes Man Manual: Increase fibre content of diet over a period of weeks to allow your digestive system to adjust.
Translation: Sudden switch over from low fibre fuel to high fibre fuel will cause emission problems.

Haynes Man Manual: Remove gland, tie off blood vessels, clean and refit, reattaching blood vessels using micro-sutures.
Translation: A drunken bet involving a hobby knife, croc clips and a high pain threshold are no substitute for a trained anaesthetist and qualified surgeon you nut!

Haynes Man Manual: Rating: Five scalpels (expert)
Translation: Having every episode of “Casualty” or “ER” on DVD does not make you an expert.

Haynes Man Manual: Open synovial sheath, bleed synovial fluid, carefully dis-articulate joint, scrape cartilage overgrowth from ball section, vacuuming up debris to prevent friction damage to articulating surfaces. Re-seat all parts, with special attention to the patella, and re-articulate joint. Close synovial sheath and top up synovial fluid level.
Translation: Don’t even think about it unless you are qualified to perform keyhole surgery on knee joints ….

[Gary BloxsomeMember]

There are 2 Bulls standing on top of a hill looking down at all the female cows. 1 old bull and 1 young bull
The youg bull says, lets run down the hill and F$%K one of them !
The old bull says, let just walk down and F$%K the lot of them.

[WayneMember]

OWL 02 wrote:

There are 2 Bulls standing on top of a hill looking down at all the female cows. 1 old bull and 1 young bull
The youg bull says, lets run down the hill and F$%K one of them !
The old bull says, let just walk down and F$%K the lot of them.

ARE YOU FOR REAL OWL02???????????

That joke was the Genesis of the whole “OLD BULL” website.

1st it was Ono racing – too soft we thought

then we worked out that, Old age & experience BEATS youth & enthusiasm every time

So, the above joke became the OBT reality thanks to Chris & TB.

[simon burkeMember]

They always ask at the doctor’s office why you are there, and you have to answer in front of others what’s wrong and sometimes it is embarrassing.

There’s nothing worse than a Doctor’s Receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients.

I know most of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it.

A 85-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk.

The Receptionist said, ‘Yes sir, what are you seeing the Doctor for today?’

‘There’s something wrong with my dick’, he replied.

The receptionist became irritated and said, ‘You shouldn’t come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that. ‘

‘Why not, you asked me what was wrong and I told you,’ he said.

The Receptionist replied; ‘Now you’ve caused some embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the Doctor In private..’ The man replied, ‘You shouldn’t ask people questions in a roomful of strangers, if the answer could embarrass anyone.

The man walked out, Waited several minutes, and then re-entered. The Receptionist smiled smugly and asked, ‘Yes??’ ‘There’s something wrong with my ear,’ he stated. The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. ‘And what is wrong with your ear, Sir?’ ‘I can’t piss out of it,’ he replied. The waiting room erupted in laughter.

Mess with seniors and you’re going to lose!

[Dwayne OMember]

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cracker Jack Bollocks,,
Reminds me of my dear old departed Grandfather ,, he used lines like that frequently

[simon burkeMember]

Paddy had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition.

It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been
able to walk on water on their 18th birthday. On that special day, they’d
each walked across the lake to the pub on the far side for their first legal
drink.
So when Paddy’s 18th birthday came around, he and his pal Mick took a boat
out to the middle of the lake. Paddy stepped out of the boat and nearly
drowned! Mick just barely managed to pull him to safety.

Furious and confused, Paddy went to see his grandmother.

‘Grandma’ he said “Tis me 18th birthday, so why can’t I walk ‘cross the
lake like me father, his father, and his father before him?”

Granny looked deeply into Paddy’s troubled brown eyes and said “Because yer
father, yer grandfather and yer great-grandfather were all born in December
when the lake is frozen. You were born in August, ya f’in idiot!”

[AndrewMember]

:laugh: :laugh:

Nice one Bol

[SteveMember]

Talking to granddad the other day,He said its gunna be a hot summer.
I said “Tell me somthing i dont know grandad.
He said ” Your nanas ass can take my whole fist.

[DarrenMember]

You are never getting my mobile phone number OR my home address!

So VERY wrong! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[drewMember]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzTFYrqaflc

[Gary BloxsomeMember]

What causes arthritis?
A drunk man who smelled like beer sat down on a subway next to a priest.
The man’s tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket.
He opened his newspaper and began reading.
After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, “Say Father, what causes arthritis?”
The priest replies, “My Son, it’s caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, contempt for your fellow man, Sleeping around with prostitutes and lack of a bath.”
The drunk muttered in response, “Well, I’ll be damned, ” Then returned to his paper.
The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologised. “I’m very sorry. I didn’t mean to come on so strong. How long have you had arthritis?”
The drunk answered, “I don’t have it, Father.
I was just reading here that the Pope does.”

MORAL: Make sure you understand the question before offering the answer.

[Gary BloxsomeMember]

Mohammad’s first day at school

Mohammad entered his classroom on the first day of school.

“What’s your name?” asked the teacher.
“Mohammad,” he replied.
“You’re in New Zealand now,” replied the teacher, “So from now on you
will be known as Kevin.”
Mohammad returned home after school.
“How was your day, Mohammad?” his mother asked.
“My name is not Mohammad. I’m in New Zealand and now my name is Kevin.”
“Are you ashamed of your name? Are you trying to dishonor your
parents, your heritage, your religion? Shame on you!”
And his mother beat him. Then she called his father, who beat him again.
The next day Mohammad returned to school. The teacher saw all of his
bruises. “What happened to you, Kevin?” she asked.
“Well miss, shortly after becoming a Kiwi, I was attacked by two
f#%king Arabs.”

[Gary BloxsomeMember]

So anyway, I’m behind this prick who can’t f$%king drive. Weaving all over the place and hasn’t got a f$%king clue.
I’m roaring, “You f$%king Paki bastard, learn to drive!! And while you’re at it, why don’t you F$%k off back to your own country, you smelly prick.. You know what the cheeky bastard did? He stopped and said, “Get out of my taxi!”

[simon burkeMember]

Silence in Court

The judge says to a double-homicide defendant, “You’re charged
with beating your wife to death with a hammer.”

A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out, “You b**tard!”

The judge says, “You’re also charged with beating your mother-in-law to
death with a hammer.”

The voice in the back of the courtroom yells out, “You rotten b**tard!”

The judge stops and says to Paddy in the back of the courtroom.
Sir, I can understand your anger and frustration at these crimes, but no more
outbursts from you, or I’ll charge you with contempt. Is that understood?”

Paddy stands up and says, “I’m sorry, Your Honour, but for fifteen years
I’ve lived next door to that asshole, and every time I asked to borrow a
hammer, he said he didn’t have one. “

[Mick DMember]

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