Motors start engines. From my neck of the woods: Ignition timing can be fast (advanced) or slow (retarded). Additionally You can have too much timing (advanced) or not enough timing (retarded). Fuel mixtures can be fat (rich) or lean. The air (atmosphere) your engine runs in can be good (cool and dry) or bad ( hot and humid). Really good air is "mine shaft air" that's cool and dry and has a low density altitude. Brake drums and rotors that are warped or out of round are "lumpy" A differential is a rear. Drop out type rears are " third members". No one I know says "tranny" unless they're describing a chick with a dick. Slush boxes are automatic transmissions. A couple of years ago my wife asked me why I always go to buy "fuel" and not gas like everyone else? Never had really though about it, although I always go to the gas station to buy fuel. I buy gas when I go to the welding supply store. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
"Motor" may have come from over the pond. When Mike drives up the shop to show Ed China what he bought for him to fix he calls it a motor which means the entire vehicle. He says look at the nice motor I bought and the " bonnet" isn't open. Just a thought......
Foolthrottle, That's it, except you could lean out injectors with a dial a jet, carbs - not so much. I guess computers take care of all that now.
I can about see air leakin' through them, maypops... Uneducated person that says when he retires, he want to drop and channel X OT vehicle.. Pipe for driveshaft tubing pisses me off. Wobbly pole--driveshaft. As a mechanic/parts/service guy, you hear it ALL.
Before electronic ignition they ran them lean on the bottom of the hill so that they would still pull at the top where the air is thin. Pikes Peak reminds me of something. Sometimes I say "Mountain Motor" when I am talking about a big block anything. I got a friend from Denver that says a Mountain motor is a blown big block Chevy (or Chebby mang if you are a Nor West Mexican). I guess back around the '80s or so the big deal up in the Rockies was to throw a Huffer (roots blower) on a big block Chevrolet to overcome the altitude. LOL I gots me a Bruik Deuce an a Quater, wit a 4 barrel carburetors and dual exaus mufflas. I needs me a taillights bowl. Onion skins, tires that are runnin imagination and a whole lot of luck.
I have always anything to do with steam being an engine. You may be onto something. I don't know if I have mentioned it but I seldom herd the word "Dizzy" in relation to a distributer until I came on the HAMB. I have heard the English use the term a lot in my time. I have been known to use the term when I am too lazy to type distributer. I also use the term mag for magneto, but I may also be talking about a wheel. LOL
There is one that turns up on here and other forums from time to time. "LOOK WHAT I DRUG HOME" sadly drug is not a word that can be used in this context, the word to used is"DRAGGED" and not "DRUG". The other word that I use and have been criticised for using is "AIN'T", I was starting to think maybe it was not a word, funnily enough it is. From what I determined it is a word that was possibly developed in defiance to proper English during colonisation of the USA.
Hehe.I remember seeing the word"ain`t"in the Websters dictionary back in the `50`s. Good luck.Have fun.Be safe. Leo
I heard a guy from Blue Eye, MO say "crunk" when referring to his motor starting up. He said, "It crunk right up!"
Ever been to Blue Eye? Well, Blue Eye, MO, has a population of about 150. It is adjacent to Blue Eye, AR, population of about 30. I'd be generous in saying that the area is rural. The people are as good as gully dirt. So "crunk" is the past tense of crank. Simple!
Well, this guy is well educated, is a multi-millionaire, made BIG bucks up in Springfield and retired to Blue Eye. He has a huge house and property that overlooks the river below. That's why it surprised me when he said "crunk". We all laugh about it!
I'm guessing he is embracing the dialect of his surroundings. If that ain't a fact then God's a possum.
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