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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    * Origin: Texas Lone-Star - Texan, American, USAian  (1:387/22)