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[Johnny English]

Hi all,
as you see I'm not native speaker so sometimes I have smaller problems in connection with it.  Actually I Can't decide what differ is between rocker gasket and cam cover gasket. Similar samples (one thing with two or more name) are welcomed!          Laszlo

[aaronjb]

They're the same thing..

Once upon a time, when cars had their camshafts in the engine block and opened the valves with pushrods and rockers, we called them rocker covers.
Now the cams are in the heads operating the valves directly, they're more properly called 'cam covers'.. only most of us are still stuck in 1983, so call them 'rocker cover gaskets'

[Andy B]

They're the same thing..

Once upon a time, when cars had their camshafts in the engine block and opened the valves with pushrods and rockers, we called them rocker covers.
Now the cams are in the heads operating the valves directly, they're more properly called 'cam covers'.. only most of us are still stuck in 1983, so call them 'rocker cover gaskets'

And just to add more confusion, if you lived on the other side of The Pond, rockers are what we call sills 

[aaronjb]

And just to add more confusion, if you lived on the other side of The Pond, rockers are what we call sills 

Yeah but they have funny names for everything, I mean, who ever put an engine under their 'hood'?

(Also they do call rockers rockers, IYSWIM, as I have a "Performance Quotient Shaft Mount Rocker Arm System" from the US on the Ford engine )

Ssshh, don't confuse poor Laszlo 

[Johnny English]

Uhhh, guys , twas nearly too much suddenly...but thx a lot   I guess i must give up what learnt at a language school for 15 years. Sometimes I'm sure I'd understand Shakespeare better than you... but don't give up and ask yet if I need OK? 

[Johnny English]

OK the next question of mine is : Miggy or Mig. If I know well it is your car but where does it come from? MIG is a russian supersonic fighter constructed by MIkoyan and Gurevich plane designers. Is there any relation between your and russian MIG?

[blackviper90210]

Lol. MiG planes have nothing to do with our cars 

Omega is shortened to just "mig" or "miggy" 

[Johnny English]

Aaaa! Really!  Sometimes I forget that you don't tell phonetically anything... We everything... Thx a lot 

[mantahatch]

Someone on the forum said it like this, OMEGA-OMIGA= O MIG A - MIG - MIGGY

Terrible language English eh, I really wish I could speak another language, just to dumb I guess.

[blackviper90210]

Ditto, I wish I'd spent more time learning German. As brits, we're probably THE laziest country ever as we expect everyone to speak "English" 

[Varche]

Ditto, I wish I'd spent more time learning German. As brits, we're probably THE laziest country ever as we expect everyone to speak "English" 

speak for yourself. I spent time learning German and French only to find the Germans all speak impecable English and in any case not many folk in the world actaully speak German or a form of it. Now I live in Spain and wish I had been able to learn Spanish. After English and Chinese , I believe Spanish is the most widely spoken language. Mind you a lot of the word derivations are similar!

[Johnny English]

Someone on the forum said it like this, OMEGA-OMIGA= O MIG A - MIG - MIGGY

Terrible language English eh, I really wish I could speak another language, just to dumb I guess.

Not terrible, don't worry! But fact it's changing fast . 
Question : SWMBO , what is abbreviated here? Some "wise" wife related I know but exactly what?

[aaronjb]

She Who Must Be Obeyed (so you're right in assuming 'wife', even if you're a little wrong with the translation )

[Johnny English]

 

[Johnny English]

Heya fellas,
what does this mean : X reg or W reg ? Reg means registered I guess but the characters?