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 That was true everywhere and I believe it was prematurely withdrawn   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 Non-repairable or just too old and outdated?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.   
      
      
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