"'Laws' relating to rebuilding cars !!

[mk1]

Another one that I have experienced first hand on a number of occasions is;

The performance & reliability of any engine built is inversely proportional to the amount of time, expense & care gone into the assembly of said engine.

[Polarsilver]

I also wondered what the DVLA were up to now .. After last weeks DVLA experience when my Driving Licence Renewal application was returned because some idiot Doctor did not tick one box on the D4 Form that i paid her to fill out.
However back to this subject .. current Pickup Rebuilt has been a real sod of a job as "this Pickup" has decided to "Fight me" on almost every aspect during the rebuild.. a right b......d thing but we are getting there.. I think Saloons have a much better attitude than a commercial

[trevorhp]

Items will only become useful once discarded (or confirmed lost).
Timescales between item being skipped and being useful will be inversely proportional to length of time they were been stored for.

(did anyone else open this thread with impending dread as to what the DVLA/DVLC have dreamt up now?!)

I thought it might generate a few extra views if the title was open to interpretation

[robanzac]

We have had Murphy's law:
If anything can go wrong it will go wrong

The corollary to this is Sod's Law:
The going wrong always occurs at a time that causes maximum inconvenience.

[robanzac]

Probably applicable to car modifiers more so than restorers:

“Improvement” means deterioration
and
More means worse

Both of which I have been guilty (e.g unwise cams, louder exhausts, fat wheels ...)

[hanlminiman]

Never work on a gravel driveway without a sheet under the working area or ready access to a magnet!

[robanzac]

General law applicable to probably everything (though you may disagree)

For every opinion there is an equal and opposite opinion

[Joel Welsh 4769VU]

No matter how well you organize, categorize, pack, label and store all your parts for your project or restoration
....

There always will be one important bolt, that holds a highly neccessary part that the car won't work without- MISSING!

[jakethepeg]

We have had Murphy's law:
If anything can go wrong it will go wrong

The corollary to this is Sod's Law:
The going wrong always occurs at a time that causes maximum inconvenience.
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There is also Coles Law....chopped up cabbage

[Peter Laidler]

And don't forget the THREE FACTOR that states the the job will take
THREE times as long
THREE times the expected cost,
THREE times the aggro and grief and
THREE times as difficult

I conveniently - or IN-conveniently - forgot those ground rules every time

[MiNiKiN]

One applicable to every project:
"The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to catch up"

[gs.davies]

One applicable to every project:
"The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to catch up"

As a project manager by profession, this is absolute gold!

[Pandora]

It is an unavoidable truth that any two or more parts co-dependant of ease, speed or accuracy of location will be simultaneously detached.

Al

[Bitsilly]

Not a saying, but I am positive I have 'Ding' gnomes living in my garage (as discovered by Gary Larson).

And I also know that photocopiers can tell when I'm in a hurry!

Finally, when you finish an engine rebuild, there will always be a leftover piece which is an identical twin of a critical part that you don't recall fitting!

[gs.davies]

Not a saying, but I am positive I have 'Ding' gnomes living in my garage (as discovered by Gary Larson).

And I also know that photocopiers can tell when I'm in a hurry!

Finally, when you finish an engine rebuild, there will always be a leftover piece which is an identical twin of a critical part that you don't recall fitting!

Like this bit you mean?

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[richardACS]

Most enjoyable thread!

[Peter1071]

When pulling off a stubborn wheel hub or brake drum, it's worth considering what is behind you first. What you don't want to do is fly backwards and sit on the plastic tap of a large and full rainwater butt, snapping said tap off and enjoying the ice cold enema of a lifetime. Whilst recovering you can start drying off all of the precious restored car parts and hand tools which were littering the garage floor.

What law does this fall under? Murphy's Law, Sod's Law, Look before you leap, what goes up must come down?

[wantafaster1]

One applicable to every project:
"The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to catch up"

As a project manager by profession, this is absolute gold!

A lack of planning on your part, does not constitute an emergency on my part

[MiNiKiN]

One applicable to every project:
"The sooner you get behind schedule, the more time you have to catch up"

As a project manager by profession, this is absolute gold!

If you like them, I have a few more up my sleeve being an ex-PM (I had a lucky escape, so now back on decent work). Many really hit the nail on the head. So only half- if you experience any or all of them yourself.

• You can con a sucker into committing to an unreasonable deadline, but you can't bully him into meeting it

• The more ridiculous the deadline, the more it costs to meet it

• The more desperate the situation, the more optimistic the situatee

• Frozen specifications and the abominable snowman are alike - they both are myths, and they both melt when sufficient heat is applied

• The conditions attached to a promise are forgotten, and the promise is remembered

• No major project is ever installed on time, within budget, and with the same staff that started it

• Projects progress quickly until they become 95% complete; then they remain at 95% complete forever

• A badly planned project will take three times longer than expected - a well planned project only twice as long as expected.

• When all's said and done a lot more is said than done.

• If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

• The more you plan the luckier you get.

• If it wasn't for the 'last minute' nothing would get finished.

• Meetings are where minutes are kept and hours are lost.

If you want to make Murphy laugh: have a definite plan.

• If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what's going on