26 Feb 11 09:30, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    >> I still do, but I'm finding it more and more difficult as I get older.   
    >> I was warned of this by a now deseased former member of this echo.   
      
    MH> One of my biggest problems is finding the time or weather conditions.   
    MH> Some stuff I just can't do in our garage since some repairs make too   
    MH> much of a mess (ie. water pump replacement).  Of course it was 15   
    MH> degrees F outside when I started the project.  After I completed the   
    MH> messy part of removal, I drove the car into the garage to finish it.   
    MH> We also had about 20-30mph winds that day, too.  Not fun to be doing   
    MH> auto repair.  At least I have a portable heater in the garage, so all   
    MH> was good once in there.   
      
   Conditions like those is why I moved to sunny southern California. It   
   seemed like I was always on foot on New Years Eve because of car trouble   
   when living in snow country. Never had that problem after moving to Cali.   
      
    MH> I also seem to always need just one more tool that I don't have for   
    MH> the repair.  I bought this hose clamp removal tool that was a   
    MH> lifesaver on that project. Some of those clamps were IMPOSSIBLE to   
    MH> get to without it.   
      
   I always enjoy the chance to get on the tool trucks when they come around.   
   They have some of the most innovative tools that you just can't do   
   without.   
      
                   R\%/itt   
      
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