When I went to Aircraft Mechanic school - Instructors made it very, very
clear that "motors" were electrical, and "engines" were mechanical
propulsion devices - otherwise known as "Powerplants". When I went to
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Inspection School, during
the electrical and generator portion - the same distinction was made.

John

On 4/11/2013 8:33 AM, Tom Buese wrote:
> Sounds kinda like using "motor" when the entire assembly is actually an
> "engine" & there are motors in the engine assembly?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-but who's splitting hairs among friends
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> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Okay, I was going to begin a Jeff-like rant on the use of the word "rims"
>> when actually speaking of wheels.  The rim, as you know, is the outer
>> portion of a wheel on which the tire is mounted.  The hub portion of the
>> wheel bolts to the vehicle.  Hub + rim = wheel.
>> Anyway, both the OP and the next P use the word "wheel" in the body of
>> their posts so it's becoming a moot rant but I stand by my dislike of the
>> use of rims when speaking of wheels.  Back in my bike shop days when
>> someone would ask for a 27" ree-im that is what we'd hand him.  When he'd
>> ask about the spokes and other stuff it's supposed to have we'd say, "Oh,
>> you want a WHEEL!  Why didn't you say so?"
>> Years of retail will do that to you, and old habits die hard.
>> Stephen
>>
>> --- On Wed, 4/10/13, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
>>
>> From: mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
>> Subject: more free rims, near San Diego
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 3:08 PM
>>
>> I also have a couple sets of steel wheels to give away. All have bad
>> tires. Stock Vanagon wheels.  Must take at least 2.
>>
>> Mark
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> Tom Buese
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