Monday, January 3, 2011

The Case of the Defective Manifold

He bought an Edelbrock intake manifold for his mid '70s Pontiac 400. I got the call.

"Hey, I bought an intake for a Pontiac 400 yesterday and it's defective. I'd like to return it and exchange for a good one."
"What seems to be the problem?" I asked.

"Well, I got it all bolted up and all, but the water outlet is in the back instead of the front. They must have cast it wrong."
I held my hand over the phone's mouthpiece so he wouldn't hear my laughter.
"Hhhhhhmmmmm," I answered, "maybe try turning it 180 degrees and bolt it on again."
There was a moment of silence which was suddenly broken with "aw, shit! I must be a dumb ass!"

"Thanks for calling," I said, "and have a wonderful rest of the day!"

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