Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>>> I wouldn't cut them down either. Large trees are why we have shade
 RW>>> tree mechanics. Remove the shade trees and you'd have to work in
 RW>>> the barn or a garage, out of the weather.

 RN>> It looks as though I'm going to have to research two things on the
 RN>> M-B.  1) how to change the spark plugs and

 RW>> Shouldn't be too much of a chore.

 RN> It looks different than the Lincoln.

One is inline, the other is a V...

 RN>> 2) how to charge the A/C. I've wanted to learn to do the latter for
 RN>> a long time, but something always gets in the way of that.

 RW>> That's easy these days. Buy a can of freon and a re-charging
 RW>> system. There are only two ports in the AC system. One of them is
 RW>> the low pressure side and the other one is the high pressure side
 RW>> of the system. The re-charger has the proper sized port connector,
 RW>> so you can't mess with the wrong one (high pressure).  The
 RW>> recharger comes with procedure instructions, so you should be
 RW>> successful the first time.

 RN> Seems simple enough.

While you're at it, you might want to get a black light and find your
freon leak...

 RN>> I've changed the spark plugs on the Lincoln, so the M-B should be
 RN>> easier (if my knees hold up).

 RW>> My high school buddy who became a paraplegic from a motorcycle
 RW>> accident had leg braces that allowed him to lean against the car
 RW>> and work on the engine. He also had a service station, pumped gas
 RW>> and serviced his and his customer's cars. Of course he was in his
 RW>> late teens, early 20s and that made it easier for him. Old guys
 RW>> like us have to slow down and do things a little differently, but
 RW>> we can still get the job done. I find that getting up and down when
 RW>> working under the car is a bit of a chore these days...even more
 RW>> than it was 7-8 years ago when I wasn't feeling my age as much as I
 RW>> do today.

 RN> Isn't THAT the truth!  (-:

If I don't stay active on a daily basis, an old hip injury from karate'
class when I was 35, gives me joint pain ... that got to be so bad that I
couldn't get comfortable, no matter what I tried. Heat pads helped, but I
couldn't get into a waterbed with that. I finally began taking about
Glucosamine Chondroitin on a daily basis. Today I can finally get some
sleep without the pain getting to me.


         R\%/itt


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