9,000 lb hoist, about $2,600 plus installation charges [if you shop hard]. Pretty young assistant.... Priceless, because once the divorce lawyers get done, you can't afford the lift, or the car to use on it... [so I've heard]
"I used to be rich, but I spent most of it on Fast cars, Old whiskey, and Young women, the rest I just wasted." On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 12:40 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The hoist and the pretty young assistant suggestion sound good. I can > manage the hoist, but pretty young assistants are scarce. > Gerry > > Randy Bennell wrote: > > Good for you Gerry. I am not so old as you but I am having a harder > > time motivating myself to do things than I used to. > > It sounds to me like you need a garage with a hoist so that you can walk > > around under the car and not have to get up and down to crawl under it. > > Either that, or you need a pretty young assistant who can fetch wrenches > > etc. > > > > > > >> On Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:59:47 +0000 Rick Knoble via Mercedes > > >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Gerry says: > > >>> > > >>>> The statisticians said I should have gone to my reward 12 years ago. > > >>> Well, if a broken hip, and laying on the shop floor for three days > > >>> didn't lead you to your demise, I'd say the statisticians would call > > >>> you an "outlier". > > >> I seem to have missed something! > > >> > > >> Gerry, when did that happen? What happened? > > > G: I fell behind the shop and broke a hip; crawled around and into the > front of the shop, and then passed out or something a few feet from the > phone. SIL and daughter found me 24 hours later. That was five to seven > years ago. A couple of years ago I fell in a restaurant rest room and > cracked the pelvis. Had very good rehab, and now the pelvis is good as new. > > > Since getting up and down and working under the Mercedes is getting > pretty difficult, I may have to get somebody to replace the rubber bits and > center driveline bearing on the '83 240D, but still hope to do it myself > eventually. > > > > > >> How old are you now? > > > G: 90 > > >> > > >> Craig > > >> > > >> _______________________________________ > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > >> > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > >> > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > -- > arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
