British and American Technical Terms

Drop Head Coupe ou Convertible?

Na hora da manutenção ou fazemos o serviço de "orelhada", ou olhamos no manual, ou no owners workshop manual, ou no restoration guide, e por ai vai. O duro é quando encontramos termos diferentes de que conhecemos, mas que querem dizer a mesma coisa, ou seja: Paraffin é a mesma coisa que Kerosene? Seized é Frozen? E Sump não pode ser Oil Pan - ou é? Pronto a confusão está armada!

Quando estamos lendo um artigo ou um livro, dependendo da forma gramatical que é escrito, temos algumas dificuldades para entender os termos técnicos - o que nos salva são na verdade, as fotos e os desenhos - ou não?

Há discussões sobre o mesmo tema, quando falamos com colecionadores de carros ingleses e de carros norte-americanos. Estes últimos batem o pé que antena é antenna, enquanto nós (ingleses), falamos aerial - e por ai vai. Para sanar essas dúvidas e evitar conflitos, passo aos leitores deste blog, uma tabela fácil de consultar, mostrando as diferenças de termos técnicos, entre o que o pessoal do Continente fala e de como nós, do Reino Unido, falamos (apenas para responder a dúvida do tema do artigo, eu acho que é Roadster, quando fala-se em carro para duas pessoas e não para 2+2, ou estou errado?!).

American to British:

British to American:

1st gear Bottom gear Antenna Aerial Axleshaft Halfshaft Back-up Reverse Barrel Choke Barrel Venturi Car-top carrier Roof rack Coast Freewheel Connecting rod Trackrod (steering) Convertible Drop-head coupe Cotter pin Split pin Countershaft Layshaft (gearbox) Dome lamp Interior light Driveshaft Propeller shaft Energiser Battery Fender Wing Fender Mudguard Firewall Bulkhead Flashlight Torch Float bowl Float chamber Freeway Motorway Frozen Seized Gas pedal Accelerator Gas tank Petrol tank Gasoline Petrol Generator (AC) Alternator Generator (DC) Dynamo 'Gone South' 'Gone West' 'Gone West' 'Gone South' Ground Earth (electrical) Hard-top Fast-back (coupe) Hard-top Coupe (Fast-back) Header Exhaust Manifold (exhaust) Heat riser Hot spot High Top gear Hood Bonnet Kerosene Paraffin Lash Clearance Lash Free-play Latch Catch Latches Locks License plate Number plate Liftgate Tailgate Lock (valve spring) Split cotter Lug nut Wheel nut Muffler Silencer Oil pan Sump Panel wagon Van Parking brake Handbrake Parking lights Side lights Pinging Pinking Piston pin or Wrist pin Gudgeon pin (small end or little end) Pitman arm Drop-arm Primary shoe Leading shoe (brakes) Prussian blue Engineer's blue Quarter window Quarterlight Recap Retread Recap Remould Ring gear Crown wheel Rocker panel Sill Rotor Disc (brake) Secondary shoe Trailing shoe (brakes) Sedan Saloon Sheet metal Bodywork Shift Gearchange Side marker lights Side indicator lights Snap-ring Circlip Soft top Hood Stabiliser or Sway Anti-roll bar Station wagon Estate car Tang lock Tab washer Throw-out bearing Thrust bearing Tie-rod Trackrod (steering) Tire Tyre Torch Acetylene cutting torch Transmission Gearbox trouble-shooting Fault finding trouble-shooting Faulting trouble-shooting Diagnosis Trunk Boot Turn signal Indicator Turnpike Motorway Valve cover Rocker cover Valve lifter Cam follower Valve lifter Tappet Vise Vice Whole drive line Transmission Windshield Windscreen Wrench Spanner Wrist pin Gudgeon pin

Accelerator Gas pedal Acetylene Cutting torch Torch Aerial Antenna Alternator Generator (AC) Anti-roll bar Stabiliser or Sway bar Big-end bearing Rod bearing Battery Energiser Bodywork Sheet metal Bonnet (engine cover) Hood Boot (luggage compartment) Trunk Bottom gear 1st gear Bulkhead Firewall Bush Bushing Cam follower or Tappet Valve lifter or Tappet Carburettor Carburator Catch Latch Choke/venturi Barrel Circlip Snap-ring Clearance Lash Coupe (Fast-back) Hard-top Crown wheel Ring gear (of differential) Damper Shock Absorber, Shock Diagnosis trouble-shooting Disc (brake) Rotor/Disk Distance piece Spacer Drop-arm Pitman arm Drop-head coupe Convertible Dynamo Generator (DC) Earth (electrical) Ground Engineer's blue Prussian blue Estate car Station wagon Fast-back (coupe) Hard-top Fault finding / Diagnosis troubles-shooting Faulting trouble-shooting Float chamber Float bowl Free-play Lash Freewheel Coast Gearbox Transmission Gearchange Shift Grub screw Setscrew, Allen screw Gudgeon pin Piston pin Gudgeon pin Wrist pin or Piston pin Halfshaft Axleshaft Handbrake Parking brake Hood Soft top Hot spot Heat riser Indicator Turn signal Interior light Dome lamp Layshaft (gearbox) Countershaft Leading shoe (of brake) Primary shoe Locks Latches Methylated spirit Denatured Alcohol Manifold (exhaust) Header Motorway Freeway or Turnpike Motorway Turnpike Mudguard Fender Number plate License plate Paraffin Kerosene Petrol Gasoline (gas) Petrol tank Gas tank Pinking Pinging Prise (force apart) Pry Propeller shaft Driveshaft Quarterlight Quarter window Remould Recap Retread Recap Reverse Back-up Rocker cover Valve cover Roof rack Car-top carrier Saloon Sedan Seized Frozen Side indicator light Side marker lights Side lights Parking lights Silencer Muffler Sill panel (beneath doors) Rocker panel Spanner Wrench Split cotter (for valve spring cap) Lock (for valve spring retainer) Split pin Cotter pin Steering arm Spindle arm Sump Oil pan Swarf Metal chips or debris Tab washer Tang or lock Tailgate Liftgate Tappet Valve lifter Thrust bearing Throw-out bearing Top gear High Torch Flashlight Trackrod (or steering) Tie-rod (or connecting rod) Trackrod (steering) Connecting rod Trailing shoe (of brake) Secondary shoe Transmission Whole drive line Tyre Tire Van Panel wagon / van Venturi or Choke Barrel Vice Vise Wheel nut Lug nut Windscreen Windshield Wing / mudguard Fender

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