06 Apr 12 18:25, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> This morning I stopped by the shop the M-B is in and recommended   
    RN>> that they check the fuses in the box in the engine compartment.   
    RN>> They said they would and lo and behold, that's what the problem was.   
      
    RW>> LOL! Well duh, we found the problem!   
      
    RN> Yeah, and I didn't get a discount for helping them!  (-:   
      
   You never do...the customer is expected to know the little things about   
   their ride and tell the tech about it so he can make a diagnoses.   
      
   8^)   
      
    RN> They said some fuses were missing, but unless someone who doesn't   
    RN> like me still has a key to that car, I don't see how they could open   
    RN> the hood to get at the fuse box.   
      
   SIL?   
      
    RN> I'm not saying it's impossible -- just a lot of trouble to go to and   
    RN> you have to be nimble for that.  All I did was check the 15a fuses (I   
    RN> forget why, now) and shove them back into place.  I even noticed a   
    RN> 15a was missing, so I took a spare from the Mark VIII and used it.   
    RN> It didn't change a thing.   
      
   Pull it back out and keep it for a spare...there's nothing there to   
   protect from an overload anyway.   
      
    RN>> Darn thing might have set another two months if I hadn't intervened.   
    RN>> Now the A/C needs recharging because it sat so long.   
      
    RW>> If it leaked out while in the shop, then it was going to leak out   
    RW>> anyway. It's better for the AC system and the environment to get   
    RW>> the leak fixed rather than continuously re-charge it.   
      
    RN> My SIL has a friend who does that, so I asked him to call the guy.   
    RN> If there is a leak in the system, he'll find it and fix it.   
      
   A black light works as detector. Knowing what to look for and what else to   
   change along with the leaky part is what they get paid for.  I never knew   
   how intricate the innards of an AC system were until I watched Harry check   
   and R&R a non working AC system into a working system.   
      
      
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