Bloody Haynes manuals

Evening all,

Some kind soul broke the aerial off of my 940 wagon. According to the Haynes
it's a simple matter of removing the trim panel, undoing the retaining nut
and dropping it into the car - yeah right!

Having stood in the pi**ing rain and followed the manual, would the sodding
thing budge?..........

Anybody got any tips?

Ta in advance,

Skin

 

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

Apologies if you've seen it before - but you might be interested in what the
Haynes Manual *really* means - as found at
http://www.shartwell.freeserve.co.uk/humor-site/real-haynes.htm

 

hehe, I've actually found the Haynes manuals to be a good reference. Note I say
reference.

I have also noticed errors in the Haynes manuals, but hey, you could go and spend a LOT
more money on the original factory manual.

Is there not a bottom support for your antenna?

 

LOL! Gawd, I needed a good laugh, and that's it!

Tanks, Bonnet, I gotta go get a bigger hammer now!

Ron/Champ 6

1963 8E5 Champ (Champ 6)
1962 Lark Daytona Convertible (Boomerang)
1992 VW Passat (Taxi)
1995 VW Passat (Vanilla..yuk)

 

ROFLMAO - so true. I followed the Haynes way to change the bulb behind my
heater controls using the "new" book for 740's (the light blue one made out
of bog paper) It had me removing virtually the whole centre console before I
twigged all I had to do was pull the 3 rotating switches off and pull the
plate off. Bulb right underneath plate. Bastards !!!!! By the time I
discovered that, I had the whole centre console in the passenger seat.

Stuart.

 

Is this a power antenna? Often there's lots of corrosion at the mount
which makes any work back there a real pain.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

My favourite is, "Refitting is in the reverse order of removal, except
you curse in different places."

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)

 

I seem to recall there was a plastic clip of some sort and a screw
into the frame, that secured the cable and the tube for the gear strip
thingy. If you don't unclip that/those, then you're pushing down
against them and they won't want to go. Once they're freed, it should
come out with [relative] ease...

 

A scorn frenchman no doubt. You should try to piss off your gay lovers more.


LOL, good to know.

Yeah, get a life and a real car.

 

A young couple were making passionate love in the guy's van (you know, shag
carpets, big double mattress in the back....all that) when suddenly the
girl, being a bit on the kinky side, yells out, "Oh big boy, whip me, whip
me!"
The guy, not wanting to pass up this unique opportunity, obviously did not
have any whips on hand, but in a flash of inspiration, he opens the window,
snaps the aerial off his van and proceeds to whip the girl until they both
collapse in sadomasochistic ecstasy.

About a week later, the girl notices that the marks left by the whipping
session are starting to fester a bit so she goes to the doctor. The doctor
takes one look at the wounds and asks, "Did you get these marks having sex?"
The girl is a little embarrassed but admits that, yes, she did.

Nodding his head knowingly the doctor exclaims, "I thought so, because in
all my years of doctoring...

You've got the worst case of van aerial disease that I've ever seen.



KMA, Remi.

 

That's because Haynes are referring to the aerial fitted to a sedan. The
electric aerial fitted to a wagon has to have the motor bracket undone first, so
that the whole aerial can be wriggled out much easier.

Cheers, Peter.

:
: : : > > I seem to recall there was a plastic clip of some sort and a screw
: > > into the frame, that secured the cable and the tube for the gear strip
: > > thingy. If you don't unclip that/those, then you're pushing down
: > > against them and they won't want to go. Once they're freed, it should
: > > come out with [relative] ease...
: > >
: > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:04:29 -0000, "Lynyrd Skinhead"
: > >
: > > >Evening all,
: > > >
: > > >Some kind soul broke the aerial off of my 940 wagon. According to the
: Haynes
: > > >it's a simple matter of removing the trim panel, undoing the retaining
: nut
: > > >and dropping it into the car - yeah right!
: >
: > A scorn frenchman no doubt. You should try to piss off your gay lovers
: more.
: >
: >
: > > >
: > > >Having stood in the pi**ing rain and followed the manual, would the
: sodding
: > > >thing budge?..........
: >
: > LOL, good to know.
: >
: > > >
: > > >Anybody got any tips?
: >
: > Yeah, get a life and a real car.
: >
: > > >
: > > >Ta in advance,
: > > >
: > > >Skinny boi
:
: A young couple were making passionate love in the guy's van (you know, shag
: carpets, big double mattress in the back....all that) when suddenly the
: girl, being a bit on the kinky side, yells out, "Oh big boy, whip me, whip
: me!"
: The guy, not wanting to pass up this unique opportunity, obviously did not
: have any whips on hand, but in a flash of inspiration, he opens the window,
: snaps the aerial off his van and proceeds to whip the girl until they both
: collapse in sadomasochistic ecstasy.
:
: About a week later, the girl notices that the marks left by the whipping
: session are starting to fester a bit so she goes to the doctor. The doctor
: takes one look at the wounds and asks, "Did you get these marks having sex?"
: The girl is a little embarrassed but admits that, yes, she did.
:
: Nodding his head knowingly the doctor exclaims, "I thought so, because in
: all my years of doctoring...
:
: You've got the worst case of van aerial disease that I've ever seen.
:
:
:
: KMA, Remi.
:
: