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On 30 May 2003 at 22:49, Russ wolfe wrote: > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 22:36, Jim Adney wrote: > > Another advantage of the ratchet is that if you forget to take it off it just > > ratchets. I've done it. It makes a lot of noise, and causes some minor > > embarrasment, but it doesn't hurt anything, other than, possibly, the ratchet. > > > NO, it can throw the ratchet. On a T-1, I have seen them go right > THROUGH the deck lid. On a car with only 300 miles on it. Luckily it was > the deck lid, and not someones head. Were they using the ratchet to turn the engine backwards? I know lots of people who like to adjust the valves in the reverse order (4-3-2-1) so this would require using the ratchet backwards and then the ratchet wouldn't ratchet if the engine started up. That is probably the main reason that I always adjust "forward." Or maybe on a type 1, since there is nothing to stop the handle, the whole thing can just spin instead of ratcheting. This won't happen with a type 3 or 4. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org