On Thu May-17-2012 10:45, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

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

 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.

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

Also unnecessary.  I once complained to my doctor, when I came down with a
cold that wouldn't go away, that I either washed my hands too many times or
one less than I should have.  Poor guy never knows what I'm gonna say next.
 So, I ate the pie after the job was finished and had washed my hands.  (-:

 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.

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 withdrawn from the market in California.

Just like Allstate?  (-:[

 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 Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?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?

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

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

Wow!


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+