FO!. .:-)
Then have a good laugh. . ........lm
jerry wrote:I thoroughly enjoyed this thread and the way it came along. Harsh words, very entertaining and what are friends for anyway. Jerry
hoodooman wrote:wow, i would have never thought that what i perceived as someone being very impolite to me on an internet forum would cause such a stir... took a long time to read all the responses and sift through to find some good answers. i'd like to thank those of you who did supply knowledge to help straighten me out and find the answer i sought. i appreciate the time you guys took to help someone asking for help.
scared me off? lick my wounds? i don't quite get why you fellas would think sillyness like that. after all, we're all faceless noones in this cyber world. my wife (of 26 years, btw) and I don't have a steady internet connection out here in the sticks where we recently moved. so most of my time is spent in the garage or the den, not on the computer. when our connection is up, however, the wife is usually using it.
i completely understand the idea of gear mesh. i should have explained better. i wanted to remove just the rest of the actual screen, not the whole component. the copper screen i have is all busted and i found parts of it wrapped around my oil pump. you see, there is virtually nothing left of the screen as it is. it's been running that way for probably 15 years now (since i've owned it). the bike has 43,000 miles on it. i have no idea where to find one in good shape, and i'm not much of a 'bayer.
i also am not foreign to internet forums. and you can usually tell right away who the ones are that spend 10 hours a day on the forum, respond to every question, and gaffe at questions via their often snide responses. i don't stand for that in person, and i also will not stand for it on a forum. you all know what we were told about making assumptions as kids - it makes an "ass out of u and me."
and yes, maybe god should have put screens in the veins! and yes, tonsils can play a part. but i have 90 year old aunts/uncles that have no tonsils and will outlive us all. and i have a 68 dream engine that will probably outlive us all too, and with a busted screen to boot! and this particular scenario is completely different from leaving parts of a carburetor out. that is ridiculous. but as a kid, we've all done ignorant things. so who is anyone to judge?