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speedy
 Post subject: Lucas jokes
PostPosted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:50 pm 
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http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html

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:lol: :lol: hilarious stuff

http://www.mez.co.uk/haynes.html also quality

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The best quote I have ever found in one of those instruction manuals was "use special tool 2G104214 or alternatively use a hammer" :lol:

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One of our apprentices was working on a MkII escort... He gave it an engine wash... Lucas got angry... It took him about 2 days to sort out the electrical problems :lol: :lol: :lol:

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grrr, always sh!ts me when people bag lucas electrics - I wish I could build an electrical system that lasts 40+ years of neglect and being screwed around with by ham fisted knobs

Tombo wrote:
One of our apprentices was working on a MkII escort... He gave it an engine wash... Lucas got angry... It took him about 2 days to sort out the electrical problems :lol: :lol: :lol:


not Lucas' fault! (unless your apprentice was named Lucas)

Holden issued a service bulletin for VT commodores, telling mechanics not to wash their engines - the water sits in the wiring tray on the drivers side of the engine bay, and capillaries up the wires and into the computer -

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simon k wrote:
grrr, always sh!ts me when people bag lucas electrics - I wish I could build an electrical system that lasts 40+ years of neglect and being screwed around with by ham fisted knobs


When I got my first '74 van, it was only 11 years old.
It had a string of electrical problems, fortunately none of which resulted in a fire (although I was tempted to burn it to the ground).

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It had a string of electrical problems, fortunately none of which resulted in a fire (although I was tempted to burn it to the ground).


Lucky it wasn't a Mk1 Cortina. No fuse box and prone to catching fire.

I think Lucas gets a pretty bad rap. After all, despite rumours to the contrary, they did not invent the darkness - although they did invent the sudden, unexpected darkness. :lol: I couldn't resist.

Watto. :shock:
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Hey don't knock lucas. The chinese have copied their electrical system technology, but unfortuneately the have adapted it to 415volt 3 phase and fitted it to all the ships they make. :shock: :shock:
At least 12 volt dc won't fry you :D

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SYDNEY CBD's power is carried by Lucas components :lol: :lol: :lol:

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david rosenthal wrote:
Hey don't knock lucas. The chinese have copied their electrical system technology, but unfortuneately the have adapted it to 415volt 3 phase and fitted it to all the ships they make. :shock: :shock:
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Well that's better than the electricity supply they have in Chengdu.
I sent a 415V, 3 phase welder up there & it just wouldn't work right. Checked the supply and it was about 330VAC. Supposed to be 380V on a good day.
We changed the taps to 380V and it worked, just. :wink:

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My Nunno used to sit the apprentices down in a chair while he went to get them the 'long weight" they had been sent to get from the tool shop. Always liked that one

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Theres nothing at all wrong with lucas stuff, life would be boring if everything worked.
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I like Lucas - albeit failure prone - its easily fixable. Unlike the Bosch stuff I have played with. If it failed great masses of component went in the bin
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blokeinamoke wrote:
I like Lucas - albeit failure prone - its easily fixable. Unlike the Bosch stuff I have played with. If it failed great masses of component went in the bin


Don't you now worship at the altar of nippon denso? :)

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