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   Message 1,606 of 2,177   
   Roy Witt to Roger Nelson   
   Ow!   
   21 Mar 13 12:06:41   
   
   Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>>> It looks different than the Lincoln.   
    RW>>> One is inline, the other is a V...   
      
    RN>> Not what I meant.  Accessing the spark plugs is what I was referring   
    RN>> to.   
      
    RW>> Shouldn't be too hard to do...   
      
    RN> That sounds familiar.  (-:   
      
   It isn't a Blue Flame 6cyl Chevy, it's a 94 MB with all kinds of covers   
   over everything. i.e. Corvettes have coil covers, but if you remove the   
   covers, the engine doesn't look any different than what is in a Z28. The   
   covers are there to 'beautify' the engine for the novice engine looker.   
      
    RW>>> While you're at it, you might want to get a black light and find   
    RW>>> your freon leak...   
      
    RN>> I don't believe there is one.  The MB is the car we put the Red   
    RN>> Angel in. However, I'll check it to be sure.   
      
    RW>> So, you're just now getting around to re-charging the system, why?   
      
    RN> It hasn't been charged or checked since last April.   
      
   Does the AC work?   
      
    RW>> In today's cars, if there is no freon in the system, the compressor   
    RW>> is locked out ot the system by the CPU and won't engage the clutch   
    RW>> at all. This affects the cooling fans and when they come on, the   
    RW>> engine runs hotter and that also affects emissions...   
      
    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.   
      
    RN>> I never took any martial arts classes.  I figured the training I had   
    RN>> in football would be enough, but as the body gets older, it more and   
    RN>> more refuses to do what the mind tells it to do.  (-:   
      
    RW>> I never played on any high school or college football teams. Sand   
    RW>> lot, yeah, but didn't have time for a 'season' of football. Too   
    RW>> busy with cars and the girls. While everybody was at the game, I   
    RW>> was in the back seat of my 1940 Ford with Suzie Smith...   
      
    RN> I liked the front seat of my '57 Bel Air.  Way more room.   
      
   I was a high school student in that year. Not having the income to buy a   
   new Chevy, I opted for a $50 V8 Ford. I suppose that had I followed my   
   father's advice, I would have bought a fat body (41-48) Chevy (big back   
   seats), but then, those weren't up to my expectations of a real car at   
   the time...   
      
      
            R\%/itt   
      
      
   --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012   
    * Origin: Texas Lone-Star - Texan, American, USAian  (1:387/22)   

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