All these helpful tips and he hasn't even said thanks. GEEEEEZZZZ

"a" <a@a.ca> wrote in message news:Pgt_h.1926$au6.1898@edtnps90...
> Tegger wrote:
>> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
>> news:Aqydneq6KrGOs6fbnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@sedona.net:
>>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
>>> news:elmop-BECF91.11350303052007@nntp1.usenetserver.com...
>>>> In article <Xns9925495755860tegger@207.14.116.130>,
>>>> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "T. Nguyen" <3tvrn@***.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:Ggd_h.266999$JN6.5270@newsfe17.phx:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Please tell me how to reset this indicator light back to 100% as i
>>>>>> 've just changed the oil and filter a while ago. Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The car was free. You paid $25,000 for the Owner's Manual.
>>>> What's scary is that he changed the oil for the first time *without*
>>>> consulting any kind of manual whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Oil is oil. I prefer Mazola, myself. Torque on the drain plug is 330
>>> ft-lbs, isn't it? <8^P
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Who needs a manual? It's easy to wing it. This is what I do, and I'm not
>> exaggerating in the least.
>>
>> Every time I change the oil, I go out and hunt down a bear. I use a
>> carbine chambered for 7.62x39 Soviet, which has similar ballistics to
>> .30-30 and is easier to find in Darfur, where I live (and as you know,
>> there is lots of war-type stuff happening in Darfur).
>>
>> I drag the bear home and skin and gut it. Then I boil the carcass down to
>> make the base oil. The kids get the head to use as a soccer ball until
>> the maggots get too bad.
>>
>> Now, oil needs some additives. It needs zinc, so I plop in a dollop of
>> diaper cream, which contains zinc. It needs detergent, so in goes a
>> squirt of Ivory dishwashing liquid. I've heard it needs some other stuff
>> too, but I'm sure this will be fine.
>>
>> Using my wife's Kitchenaid mixer, I whiz the stuff up so it's smooth and
>> silky. I then add it to the crankcase until the engine is full to the
>> brim.
>>
>> Been driving like this for almost one million miles and the car runs like
>> the day it was built.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Oh now come on, that's blatant BS. Everybody knows that there are no
> bears in Darfur...
>
> a
>
> ;0)

 

All these helpful tips and he hasn't even said thanks. GEEEEEZZZZ

"a" <a@a.ca> wrote in message news:Pgt_h.1926$au6.1898@edtnps90...
> Tegger wrote:
>> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
>> news:Aqydneq6KrGOs6fbnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@sedona.net:
>>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
>>> news:elmop-BECF91.11350303052007@nntp1.usenetserver.com...
>>>> In article <Xns9925495755860tegger@207.14.116.130>,
>>>> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "T. Nguyen" <3tvrn@***.net> wrote in
>>>>> news:Ggd_h.266999$JN6.5270@newsfe17.phx:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Please tell me how to reset this indicator light back to 100% as i
>>>>>> 've just changed the oil and filter a while ago. Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The car was free. You paid $25,000 for the Owner's Manual.
>>>> What's scary is that he changed the oil for the first time *without*
>>>> consulting any kind of manual whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Oil is oil. I prefer Mazola, myself. Torque on the drain plug is 330
>>> ft-lbs, isn't it? <8^P
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Who needs a manual? It's easy to wing it. This is what I do, and I'm not
>> exaggerating in the least.
>>
>> Every time I change the oil, I go out and hunt down a bear. I use a
>> carbine chambered for 7.62x39 Soviet, which has similar ballistics to
>> .30-30 and is easier to find in Darfur, where I live (and as you know,
>> there is lots of war-type stuff happening in Darfur).
>>
>> I drag the bear home and skin and gut it. Then I boil the carcass down to
>> make the base oil. The kids get the head to use as a soccer ball until
>> the maggots get too bad.
>>
>> Now, oil needs some additives. It needs zinc, so I plop in a dollop of
>> diaper cream, which contains zinc. It needs detergent, so in goes a
>> squirt of Ivory dishwashing liquid. I've heard it needs some other stuff
>> too, but I'm sure this will be fine.
>>
>> Using my wife's Kitchenaid mixer, I whiz the stuff up so it's smooth and
>> silky. I then add it to the crankcase until the engine is full to the
>> brim.
>>
>> Been driving like this for almost one million miles and the car runs like
>> the day it was built.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Oh now come on, that's blatant BS. Everybody knows that there are no
> bears in Darfur...
>
> a
>
> ;0)

 

"Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
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> All these helpful tips and he hasn't even said thanks. GEEEEEZZZZ
>

Maybe he's out looking for his manual.
--
Bearman

Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.

 

"Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
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> All these helpful tips and he hasn't even said thanks. GEEEEEZZZZ
>

Maybe he's out looking for his manual.
--
Bearman

Occasionally proud but always happy to be an American.

 

"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in
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>
> "Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
> news:9RM_h.2567$RX.1655@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net ...
>> All these helpful tips and he hasn't even said thanks. GEEEEEZZZZ
>>
>
> Maybe he's out looking for his manual.



He should try looking under the sofa cushions. I lose stuff there all the
time.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

"bearman" <noyb@home.com> wrote in
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>
> "Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
> news:9RM_h.2567$RX.1655@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net ...
>> All these helpful tips and he hasn't even said thanks. GEEEEEZZZZ
>>
>
> Maybe he's out looking for his manual.



He should try looking under the sofa cushions. I lose stuff there all the
time.

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/