ik ben opzoek naar de rest van dit verhaal dat ooit via de mailinglist verstuurd is.

[MOWOG is the name of the gorilla that they kept at the factory and was used for tightening flywheel bolts, hub nuts, etc

though some think its a type of Troll who jumps up and down on the valves to open them! Hence the name on the head casting, specially designed to hold a Mowog! He is made of very heavy metal so that his weight will open the valves against the resistance of the valve springs. When your engine is cold, the springs take more effort to open, so the ticking noise you hear is him banging his head on the cover. Unfortunately they bounce a bit too high if you over-rev the engine, which is what the tappity tappity sound is.]

het verhaal ging verder over vuurvliegjes die in de knipperlichten zitten, een draak die de temperatuur meet en kabouters die met steentjes kijken hoeveel benzine er nog in de tank zit.

(misschien dat onze oranje harige vriend wat weet? in zijn taal: oookeek ook eeeek ooooook eeek ook.)

[size=50:ib9hl3ol]bij voorbaat sorry ben in een heel flauwe bui (gebrek aan drukte op het werk enzo)[/size:ib9hl3ol]

ik zal eens in mijn archief duiken ... kan even duren ..

(zie ook:
http://www.ime.org.uk/ime/m/mowog.html )

groetjes,
Theo van den Bogaard

google 1e resultaat:
http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/twi ... 14.11.html

die had ik ook al gevonden.. maar is niet het hele verhaal volgens mij...
is alleen het deel over Mowog de gorilla / troll. niet over de fuel gauge gnomes enz.

Zow, das effies geleden.
Ken het wel, maar waar dat ooit geeindigd is....geen idee.

Nee, precies.. ik heb het zelfde...
Een collega van mij begon er over en we kunnen het nergens op het wereldwijde internet vinden zeg maar..

Klopt,

Ik was bij Tinux langsgelopen en kon me het verhaal (toen op de international Mini list herinneren (ca 1997... oef, ik wordt nu wel heel oud..).

Johnmar
(die zijn mini-zut uit de mottenballen gaat halen, na 7 jaar niets gedaan te hebben. Binnenkort 2 weken vrij om een start te maken aan de restauratie waarvoor ik verhuisd ben (lees: ruimte))..

Hey Johnmar...

Ik zei toch dat ik het ging posten ;-)

bak en braad ze van het weekend

ik neem aan dat er hier wel een linkje of de text geplaatst wordt als het boven-water is...

ik ken het verhaal zeker, heb hem ook ooit gelezen, en ik heb mijn back-up-cd-roms doorgespit en alle mini-memorabilia doorgespit, maar ikzelf heb hem niet...

best grappig dat veel mensen het kennen, maar niemand heeft hem blijkbaar opgeslagen op de eigen harde schijf...

(nog niet alle cd's doorgespit, maar) wie wat bewaart heeft wat...
(ik weet alleen niet of dit het 'originele' verhaal is .. ik vond ook nog een verwijzing van Steve Dix naar wat ouders op de Autox list, misschien dat de beheerder daarvan nog een archief heeft ? )

groetjes,
Theo van den Bogaard

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On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 11:37:11PM +0200, N.A.D. wrote:
> ROTFLMAO
>
> ik ben geneigd het te gaan geloven ook. Jammer dat er geen minicentres zijn
> die gorilla`s van 300 kg verkopen om die rotmoeren weer los te maken
> (ziets als special tool GOR-IL 18-A, :Bolt remover, furry type)

Die hadden ze wel, maar deze gorilla's zijn gepromoveerd naar
baliemedewerker en staan nu waak achter de counter.. Dus die
vliegwielbouten, dat staat niet meer in het CAO..


En over het stukje op de nieuwsgroup over de werking van een mini motor
stuur ik het nog een keer naar de list (omdat we veel nieuwe leden hebben
die de werking van de richtingaanwijzers, brandstof en temperatuurmeter nog
niet kennen)..

Komtie:
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How the A series REALLY Works:


Out there in internet world there is Mailing list of frankly demented mini
nuts who are dedicated to finding the REAL inside story on how there engines
work, they want to know what HAYNES doesn't tell you about the inner working
of the mystical A series. Heres what has been discovered so far...........


The Ignition System.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Spark plugs are dragons. The leads are long thin snakes which are
holding the dragons tails. The rotor on the distributor hits them. It
squeezes the tips of their tails, which causes them to bite down on the
dragons tails. The dragons then spurt flame involuntarily (a sort of
knee-jerk reaction) igniting the mixture.
The coil is there primarily to electrocute unsuspecting YTS trainees, and to
cost a lot of money.


What Does MOWOG stand for?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contrary to popular believe MOWOG is NOT the name of the gorilla that
tightens the bolt on the flywheel pully.
BUT a Mowog is a type of Troll who jumps up and down on the valves to open
them! Hence the name on the casting - Specially designed to hold a Mowog! He
is made of very heavy metal so that his weight will open the valves against
the resistance of the valve springs. He used to be made of lead, but recent
innovations mean that they can use a lighter troll (hence unleaded only).
Unfortunately they bounce a bit too high if you overrev the engine, which is
what the tappity tappity sound is - he's banging his head against the rocker
cover.
In the twincams you have two little trolls, because they have to open two
valves at a time. I believe that KAD breed their own lightweight ones from
original aircraft grade trolls.
The 8-port heads use the standard Mowog Troll, they just move him to a
slightly different position.


The Water Gauge.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Apparently my water guage works by little magic dragons which dip their
tales into the coolant at the engine head. Their tales glow to a speciific
colour depending on the temperature of the water. The little magic dragons
then run up a small ladder which leads to the instrument binnacle. Inside
the temperature guage, the dragons pass their tales in front of an elf who
compares the colour of the dragons tales to a large chart on the inside of
the guage. If the colour of the dragons tale is more red than the previous
dragons then the elf adds more rocks to the scales which ultimately display
the engine coolant temperature. And thats how my temperature guage works.
This system was changed slightly on post'65 models. The dragons tails were
notorious for getting burnt if ever the engine overheated. The dragons were
then very inaccurate as there tail was always a pink colour afterwards.
Replacement dragons were apparently very difficult to get hold of and Smiths
had to search for alterntives.
They tried to simplify the system by getting the elf to go and put his
finger in the water, but he was having none of it and went straight to the
union to fight it. Not in his job description apparently.
Several different demons were tried but none had the performance of a good
dragon.
In the end they put a piece of wire from the engine to the gauge. his
conducted the heat to the little elf inside. He touched the wire and
compared the heat to a reference heat provided by what is incorrectly termed
the voltage regulator. He was happy to do this as it meant he didn't have to
run up and down ladders all day.


Fuel Gauges.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dragons are not involved here due to the risk of explosion from their fiery
breath.
The fuel gauge works on a slightly different principal. A small demon stands
on top of the tank and chucks small rocks into the vent pipe. He counts the
time untill a splash is heard, and shouts the time down a little pipe to
another elf in the fuel gauge. Have you ever run out of fuel? Just before
the engine cut you probably felt the car juddering an put it down to
misfires. Its not. Its the rocks hitting to bottom of the tank. And you
always wondered were all the shit in the float chamber came from........


The Indicators.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Indicators work by employing a fireflys when you turn on an indicator the
fireflys on the correct side of the car flash there tails.
This system worked but wasn't very reliable the later clubmans had a
improvment in the shape a demon, depending on the signalling requirements a
small (but v.fast) demon runs round belting them on the head with his little
club. I think that feature came in with the slab-front minis. (Hence
"Club-man")
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Johnmar Mulder

JA! dat is hem!
Thanx my furry red haired friend. and ook eeek oook

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