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sunny Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline rock this town Posts: 293 d/fw texas Gender:	note to self 05/18/05 at 15:49:36 note to self: having a clean workbench is important so that small parts that might be vital to performance do not get forgotten. Edited by Susan: Subject header from "selk" to "self"
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Oklahoma_Mike Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline With two on the ground love can be found Posts: 426 Tulsa Oklahoma Area Gender:	Re: note to selk Reply #1 - 05/18/05 at 16:48:22 sooo true I have fallen prey to that one many times 8)
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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: note to selk Reply #2 - 05/18/05 at 16:57:20 I do it, too, man! I'm also very accomplished at forgetting to hook up the distributor hot wire after yanking & replacing the dizzy on my old cars. I figger it out about the time I have to put the batt charger on.
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: note to selk Reply #3 - 05/18/05 at 17:01:02 A clean floor (yeah right) helps with finding the parts that jump off the work bench although a little clutter keeps the part from going far. The flat cardboard box that a case of beer comes in works great for carb parts during a rebuild.
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: note to selk Reply #4 - 05/18/05 at 17:31:01 Also: Don't work on your bike in the grass, unless you've got a metal detector.
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Re: note to selk
Reply #5 - 05/18/05 at 23:48:40

sunny wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:

note to self:

having a clean workbench is important so that small parts that might be vital to performance do not get forgotten.

When I overhauled my carb, I put all of the small parts in small glass jars, plastic yogurt cups, etc. and labeled them if I felt I had to. Learned that years ago out of necessity! In my job [pipe organ technician], we do the same thing because there are many more screws, springs, and other small parts to track than in a carburetor.

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sunny Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline rock this town Posts: 293 d/fw texas Gender:	Re: note to selk Reply #6 - 05/19/05 at 07:15:19 guys, there was linkage. the part i forgot was NOT small.
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Diane Full Member 2004 No Login Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 102 Houston, TX Gender:	Re: note to self Reply #7 - 05/19/05 at 07:42:29 When I looked at picture #1 of the work bench I thought it was the back rest that you forgot.
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Re: note to self
Reply #8 - 05/19/05 at 07:46:09

Clean work bench is a good idea, regardless of what you are working on...I "misplaced", okay, buried, a set of 77 HD Shovel HEADS and ROCKER BOXES on the counter at work earlier this week. For those who don't know, they are NOT small parts. Lost a late-model Chief wheel last week, found it Tuesday... Sad thing is, the shop is supposed to get cleaned every day. Found 40 new mufflers squirreled away in the corner as well. In front of one of the fire doors...

Savage boards members need to do a run to the shop... too much stuff. Tongue

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Re: note to self
Reply #9 - 05/20/05 at 01:24:37

In my schooldays some years back I used to help-out a friend of my father's with overhauling/ repairing car engines.
When cleaning the workbench after we finished a V8 block I found a brandnew pistonpen lockring.
So opend up the engine again to discover that ALL the rings were in place. Turned out there had been 17 rings in the bag. Embarrassed

That's one of the reasons for my clean workbench.

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gazab44 Senior Member 2004 No Login Offline TO OLD TO DIE YOUNG.... Posts: 416 uk Gender:	Re: note to self Reply #10 - 05/20/05 at 01:29:31 Diane wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: When I looked at picture #1 of the work bench I thought it was the back rest that you forgot. LOL to diane
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: note to self Reply #11 - 05/20/05 at 06:05:14 Kropatchek wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05: Turned out there had been 17 rings in the bag. LOL, don't ya hate it when you have unexpected leftover parts?
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: note to self Reply #12 - 05/20/05 at 06:20:43 My work bench is a concrete floor. That way, if I drop something, it is right where it should be
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