Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Recently Defined Additional Corollaries to Murphy’s Law

I have always been a believer in the astute findings of Mr. Murphy.  Over the years his research has uncovered and defined many corollaries to his original Law pertaining to the behavior of inanimate objects, i.e.:  "If something can go wrong, it will".  This is one of his latest corollaries: 

The Multiple Laws Of Access Panel Operations

1.       Upon ascertaining that the solution to a system problem is located behind an access panel, it will be determined that the access panel is located in the most inaccessible location of the system.
2.       Upon obtaining the correct conventional hex socket for removal of the access panel and squeezing into the area where the access panel is located, it will be determined that the 18 hex-head mounting bolts specified on the drawing, have been replaced with hex cap bolts requiring an Allen head socket.
3.       Upon squeezing back out of the hole, locating the correct Allen head socket and squeezing back into the hole, it will be determined that if you are right-handed that the panel will favor removal by a left-handed person.  If you are left-handed, the opposite will be found to be true.
4.       Upon extracting yourself and squeezing back into the hole from the opposite side and removing the 18 mounting bolts securing the panel, it will be determined that the wrong access panel has been removed.
5.       Upon replacing the incorrectly removed access panel and re-torquing its 18 mounting bolts, it will be determined that the gasket has been omitted.
6.       Upon re-removal of the incorrectly removed access panel, replacing the previously omitted gasket complete with a fresh new coat of Permatex, replacing the incorrectly removed access panel and replacing 17 of its 18 mounting bolts it will be determined that no other mounting bolts can be found.

Note: there may still be additional laws pertaining to Access Panel operations, but to date no other researchers have been willing to delve any further into this matter.

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