17 May 12 06:19, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>>> I could do it today, but I have to replace the commode's fill
 RN>>> valve.  (-:

 RW>>> That should leave you with 23 more hours to get it done by the end
 RW>>> of the day. 8^)

 RN>> With the shape my knees are in, that was my thinking, too.  However,
 RN>> with a little ingenuity and a lot of luck, I was able to do the job
 RN>> in 15 minutes.

 RW>> Including mop the floor after? That's faster than I can do it on a
 RW>> pair of knees that work just fine.

 RN> Unnecessary.  I placed a large beach towl around the feed hole and
 RN> what I couldn't catch in a large cup, the towel absorbed it.  This
 RN> was after I got as much water out of the tank as I could.  The rest
 RN> was apple pie.

It is unwise to eat while working on the throne...

 RW>> California stopped the sale of R12 in the state years ago...those
 RW>> in the know around San Diego merely went down to Tijuana and bought
 RW>> it. R134 is going to go the same route in the near future and it
 RW>> will be made available too. The newer, replacement coolant will not
 RW>> be backwards compatible either.

 RN> And at one time you could buy it OTC here and then as they were about
 RN> to make the transition, it was no longer an OTC product and only
 RN> licensed A/C mechs could buy it.  Under a buck a can if I remember
 RN> right.

Yeup. That was true everywhere and I believe it was prematurely withdrawn
from the market in California.

 RN>>> Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?

 RW>>> Mostly too old to bother with an update. New has more bells and
 RW>>> whistles.

 RN>> And more things to go wrong, no doubt.

 RW>> And more complicated to operate...I had a hard time getting the
 RW>> most recent one working the way it should and they lost the manuals
 RW>> for those older machines.

 RN> Not available online?

I don't think Harry was interested in chasing after wild geese...he was
more interested in moving what he could use at home or sell if it was good
enough to bring a good price. i.e. he had a 4L60E GM rebuilt and sealed
trans with a new torque converter advertised locally for sale at $800.

When he didn't sell it, I offered him $500 for it and it's now mine. I
plan to offer it for sale on a few automotive sites that I frequent for
$1300 and I probably won't have any trouble finding a buyer.


                R\%/itt


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