

| Subject: | Re: tiico installation video |
| From: | phil stanhope |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:20:22 -0800 |
"Don't bother hunting for it & certainly don't pay some guy $10 to dupe it for you!" $10? Ha, I paid $15 for that thing. And it ended up not being worth a damn to me. People are SUPPOSED to pass it on after watching it, but most folks are opportunists. I through the damn thing away by accident along with some old dirty movies. Dont Bogart that video man!! Phil --- "G. Jetson" <dkcomet@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > >John Rodger wrote: > > > While I am not in the market for a Tiico > conversion > in the near > future I > > would like to offer professional duplication of > the > video for list > members > > at cost. > > Hi All, > The infamous Tiico installation video is > tremendously > overrated. It's more of a "what not to do" than a > "to > do". After chasing every lead for about 3 months, I > finally got a list member to send me a copy. > > I watched it before my engine arrived & found that > all > it was good for was knowing what the engine would > look > like in the crate. I learned that buying a tall > floor > jack & renting an engine hoist would be better than > rope & 2x4's as used in the video. While it let me > see > a few things that might be problems during the > install, it really just alerted me to the fact that, > while the written directions suck, if you follow > them > in order it won't be too difficult. > > Bottom line is- I appreciate John (?) for making the > video, but it would have been more useful if it had > been edited down to eliminate the 60% of unrelated > monologues. I realize it's all there is out there, > but > it really is pretty useless. Don't bother hunting > for > it & certainly don't pay some guy $10 to dupe it for > you! > > I would suggest to Peter B. or one of the > professional > shops who have done a few of the Tiico conversions > to > make a basic step-by-step video that expands on the > poorly written instructions that come with the kit. > Isn't there a guy in Santa Cruz or someplace that is > rumored to be quite skilled after 3 or 4 > conversions? > Anyway, one of you shops or pro mechanics could > produce & sell a video that people could buy for $20 > or so. I know I would have bought one & it would > have > been money well spent. Peter really should be the > one > to produce it & then give it away with the kit. HA! > ;o) > > Good luck out there, > > > ===== > David Kelly > 1990 Syncro Vanagolf 15" > 1963 Comet Convertible > 1976 CB550 Super Sport > Seattle > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� > http://movies.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/
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