On Sat Mar-16-2013 16:24, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 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.   
      
    RW> One is inline, the other is a V...   
      
   Not what I meant.  Accessing the spark plugs is what I was referring to.   
      
    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.   
      
    RW> While you're at it, you might want to get a black light and find   
    RW> your freon leak...   
      
   I don't believe there is one.  The MB is the car we put the Red Angel in.    
   However, I'll check it to be sure.   
       
    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!  (-:   
      
    RW> If I don't stay active on a daily basis, an old hip injury from   
    RW> karate' class when I was 35, gives me joint pain ... that got to be   
    RW> so bad that I couldn't get comfortable, no matter what I tried.   
    RW> Heat pads helped, but I couldn't get into a waterbed with that. I   
    RW> finally began taking about Glucosamine Chondroitin on a daily   
    RW> basis. Today I can finally get some sleep without the pain getting   
    RW> to me.   
      
   I never took any martial arts classes.  I figured the training I had in   
   football would be enough, but as the body gets older, it more and more refuses   
   to do what the mind tells it to do.  (-:   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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