I have two sizes of that funnel great idea... doesn't work that well.
The fuel in the generator tank will absorb water if it's ethanol "enhanced
fuel" which it all is today, unless you search for untreated fuel and
pay a premium for it Think, "Scotch and water"... does the scotch
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 21:10:19 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes
wrote:
> Put a can under the carb bowl, remove the bolt at center of float bowl,
> drop bowl, with contents into can.. Inspect for water Bet that is
> your problem..
>
> Ethanol gas is hydroscopic.. it draws moisture and absorbs it ..
I have been shipped out of the land of temptation. SWMBA came down for the
holidays and blew a gasket upon seeing just how out of hand my OCD had become.
Hoarded Benz parts are stacked throughout the house and it was hard for her to
navigate. My meds have been changed and I was escorted to a
Check the carb float bowl for water. Your post says engine speed increased
or sound changed before shutdown...
Water in fuel migrates into the float bowl... and accumulates in the
bottom, as water level increases, less and less fuel can pass through the
main jet in the center of the carb just
How true! (How sad! Most published "research" now except in hard
sciences, use the same "logic.")
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes wrote on 1/12/19 9:45 PM:
I heard that speaking English is the real cause:
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than
Americans.
2. The
Holy guacamole Batman!
My wife might have possibly been a gyn onc had her mentor not cashed it in
at age 46 while jogging from sudden cardiac death. It was devastating. He
was highly published and accomplished, even at that age. This was at
Hopkins. She did clinic with him in the afternoon and
I heard that speaking English is the real cause:
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than
Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than
DC diesel dropped back under $3.00 to $2.75 today at the Rockville GULF
station.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:18 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes <
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> Around here diesel is is about $2.49 to $2.59 while 87 is about $1.88.
>
> On 1/12/2019 9:05 PM, Curley McLain via
Around here diesel is is about $2.49 to $2.59 while 87 is about $1.88.
On 1/12/2019 9:05 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
9 days ago, 87 Benzin was 1.85. Last Sunday, one station had $1.679
while the place across the street was 1.859. Monday-Friday, pretty
much everyone went to 1.759.
Here it went from 1.81 to 2.15 more than a week ago.
Then it slid down some before going from 2.02 to 2.25 Thursday.
Now it's 2.19.
I was going to fill up a car when it hit 1.799 (2.399 for premium) and now that
car's reading 1/8 tank and I don't want to pay $2.80 to fill it.
Mitch.
> On
9 days ago, 87 Benzin was 1.85. Last Sunday, one station had $1.679
while the place across the street was 1.859. Monday-Friday, pretty
much everyone went to 1.759.
Today, I got shell for 1.669 while most places were back to 1.759.
Crazy stuff with the benzin prices. Some trying to raise
GMan sez "A motor has an uncanny habit of most frequently stopping at or near
the
same spot in rotation." Because of compression. The compressed gasses at TDC
will push the piston on power stroke down. 4 cyl engines are easy to figger out.
You have 2 pistons up at TDC, and 2 down. The
How about leaving the engine is the position where the starter will not
engage, pull the starter, and take a look at the teeth on the ring gear? If
mangled enough to keep the starter from engageing, but REALLY bad, just
file them to a nice profile (matching nearby teeth) and try that? Also look
at
The old way to manage the 'oil alert' shutoff was to short out the ignition
like an ignition switch does.
Some generators have a solenoid on the carb operated by the oil level switch,
usually through a control box.
If the engine note changed before shutdown, the shutdown wasn't purely
It is likely the previous starter failed because the starter bendex was
failing to fully engage, or was not holding the bendex gear in full contact
with the ring gear, thus grinding off the leading edge of a section of
flywheel teeth.
A motor has an uncanny habit of most frequently stopping at or
Hi Gang,
Had a power outage recently (Jan 1) and used our Troybilt Portable
Generator (with a Briggs & Stratton engine) so we didn't lose the stuff
in out freezer. So a few hours into the outage, we were going to bed
and could hear the generator cranking away. An hour or 2 later, I
And to CHANGE YOUR FUSES
--FT
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> That sounded quite scary!! Glad you made it out alive. Time for a Diesel
> Purge and new filters.
> Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 12, 2019, at
I guess that depends on how much solvent comes out of the glue and how much
that relaxes the vacuum.
We'll find out!
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Max
Charleston SC
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 6:10 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > On January 12, 2019 at 5:37 PM Jim Cathey via
> On January 12, 2019 at 5:37 PM Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> IMHO, Shoe Goo cures by evaporating solvent, which should work under vacuum.
> But, that's a guess.
But won't the evaporating solvent create pressure in the bag and destroy the
vacuum effect?
Mitch.
I’m going to do some googling. He said they used it day before yesterday to
bake something then went to use it today and it was dead. It’s like it’s not
getting any power. I did flip breaker off and back on and it didn’t do
anything. I will check for internal fuses etc.
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>
IMHO, Shoe Goo cures by evaporating solvent, which should work under vacuum.
But, that's a guess.
-- Jim
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I've got a pair of shoes that the rubber soles started coming off. I
decided to clamp them using vacuum, we've got a food vacuum packer and bags
that I can cut to size, so I glued them up and now they are nicely clamped
in vacuum bags.
Will the glue set up, or did I just waste some glue and some
Wow close call but glad you were able to get immediate care!
While we're on the subject would someone please post common heart attack
symptoms or pre-symptoms (if there are any)?
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 5:07 PM Dimitri via Mercedes
wrote:
> Damn, you cut it close! When do you get discharged
Damn, you cut it close! When do you get discharged from the hospital?
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 3:32 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Nope, I was fine on the plane, started feeling poorly in the airport walking
> to the car. Felt worse the farther I drove. By the
Light ivory - nice color. A pale egg yolk off white. My first 280SE 3.5
was painted by the PO in this color before I restored it and repainted it
in moss green.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:43 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
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> Sandy Eggo is a ways from everybody I
Curt Raymond wrote:
> > I'd spent the week in DC for a class. In the airport coming home I started
> > to not feel good. Nearly home I realized I needed the ER. 9 years ago it
> > was just angina, this time it's a heart attack. People got very excited.I'm
> > in Worcester now with 3 new
It's labrador Blue (rare!) and I am green with envy. What a lovely car -
one of the nicer 123 wagons around. Wouldn't be surprised if bids exceeded
$20k.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1983-mercedes-benz-300td-turbo-8/?utm_source=dailymail_medium=email_campaign=2019-01-12
CHANGE YOUR FUSES!
--FT
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 2:39 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> thermostatic fuse may be blown.
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Or - thank God it ISN'T.
On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 6:38 PM Max Dillon via Mercedes <
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> If only that were true Randy, if only that were true...
> --
> Max Dillon
> Charleston SC
>
> On January 11, 2019 2:56:02 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
>
I replaced one of those in Angie's Golf, the heater fan only worked on high.
I'm not sure how many years it's been, 2 or 3. The resistor pack was $60, the
fuse was $0.60 for 6!
Curt
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 2:40 PM, Max Dillon via
Mercedes wrote: Another
I forgot my running shorts when I went to DC, I was going to do an Italian tune
up. Glad I didn't...
Curt
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 2:10 PM, Kevin Kraly via
Mercedes wrote: That sounded quite scary!! Glad you
made it out alive. Time for a Diesel Purge and
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 14:39:24 -0500 Max Dillon via Mercedes
wrote:
> Another thought: thermostatic fuse may be blown. If the oven got too
> hot, that fuse may have melted to prevent a fire. Did the renter use
> the oven to try to heat the house?
>
> Google parts list for you oven, see if a
Nope, I was fine on the plane, started feeling poorly in the airport walking to
the car. Felt worse the farther I drove. By the time I got to our hospital I
knew I needed to stop in.ER doc took one look at me and called the bus to ship
me to UMass in Worcester. They pumped me full of nitro and
Well I went ahead and ordered a replacement at Lowe’s which will be here in a
week. I’m going to install it myself and when I get it pulled out I’m will
check it out further and see if it’s something simple. If so, I will return the
oven to Lowe’s.
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at
Another thought: thermostatic fuse may be blown. If the oven got too hot, that
fuse may have melted to prevent a fire. Did the renter use the oven to try to
heat the house?
Google parts list for you oven, see if a thermostatic fuse or other fuse is
listed, other than the main fuse, find a
Like Randy said, could be an internal fuse. Also try moving the breaker to
off, then back on.
I'd start by removing the oven facing / trim to see if the repair instructions
are hidden in there, found those instructions on my wall oven-microwave combo
when the microwave died. Also found them
And Change ALL your FUSES!
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:10 PM Kevin Kraly via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> That sounded quite scary!! Glad you made it out alive. Time for a Diesel
> Purge and new filters.
> Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 12, 2019, at
That sounded quite scary!! Glad you made it out alive. Time for a Diesel
Purge and new filters.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> His medical history would make the premiums pretty steep, I’m sure. Don’t
>
Sorry to hear that, and glad that you survived the ordeal! So, were you in
an airplane when you realized that you needed the ER NOW?
I hope they can tell you something that will enable you to prevent future
events . . .
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 8:20 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
Look for a fuse
RB
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Original message From: "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes"
Date: 2019-01-12 12:39 PM (GMT-06:00) To:
mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: "Kaleb C. Striplin" Subject:
[MBZ] OT oven
Electric wall oven in rental house seems to when died.
Electric wall oven in rental house seems to when died. It’s 03 Frigidaire with
the electronic controls. No power at all on the panel. Breaker is not tripped.
Seems to me like the circuit board likely died and not worth messing with.
Anybody else got any pointers before I go order a new one?
His medical history would make the premiums pretty steep, I’m sure. Don’t
think the inscos don’t dig all that stuff up, even if you don’t disclose it.
My now deceased sort of father in law (wife’s natural father, she was pretty
much raised by her stepdad, a far, far better person) took out all
It’s not worth doing it yourself. BBA Reman does a complete cluster rebuild
for about $110 plus shipping. I had the one in my 2002 W210 done as the display
was dropping pixels. Turned it around in a day or two and replaced all sorts of
stuff in it such as all the lamps, too.
-D
> On Jan 12,
On Sat, 12 Jan 2019 06:52:27 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> I'd spent the week in DC for a class. In the airport coming home I
> started to not feel good. Nearly home I realized I needed the ER. 9
> years ago it was just angina, this time it's a heart attack. People got
> very
> On January 12, 2019 at 11:49 AM Frederick Moir via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings to Angie. (You can start breathing again!).
> Fred and Joanne.
>
How much would Angie have to pay for a $10MM life insurance policy on a guy
Curt's age?
Mitch.
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on mine yesterday. I've ordered replacement cables, but installation looks
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You dodged a big howitzer shell there. Strong work. Good fast recovery and many
more miles of happy motoring...
On a personal note, yesterday I was hurting a lot but went to Costco and did
that errand, lots of walking leaning on the cart, was still hurting, then had
to go into town for a
Curt.
Please keep on keeping on.
All of us send our very best wishes for your continued health and
well-being.
Goddess Bless.
Greetings to Angie. (You can start breathing again!).
Fred and Joanne.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:31 AM Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Good
> At least on an old tractor, when the starter sticks, you can rock it back and
> forth with the big tars to free the starter and then try again.
Or use the hand crank.
-- Jim
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Take off the flywheel and replace, turn or flip the ring gear.
Reassemble. See prior post.
Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote on 1/7/19 9:38 PM:
So...this dude told me “I replaced the starter I didn’t have enough money to
replace the flywheel. Catches on one spot on the flywheel. The car starts
The ring gears are fairly cheap. If you are REALLY cheap, you take the
old one off and flip it over so new teeth surface is in contact with the
starter drive. This is a common repair on a farmall. If I split a
tractor, I will flip the ring gear or put a new one one. You can drove
the old
Good info! Thanks Peter!
Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote on 1/12/19 9:54 AM:
Turns out that heart disease and cholesterol are "associated", but the linkage
is quite weak, and people with genetically very low serum cholesterol are as likely to
have heart disease as the rest of us.
Wow! Glad you got good timely help. Hope your recovery is speedy.
I hope you can attend all your cardiac rehab sessions without travel
interfering too much.
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Thanks Peter, that's a good idea.
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:58 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Check with your local phone repair guys, usually some around. They will
> have a solder station, which is what is required. A bit
Check with your local phone repair guys, usually some around. They will have a
solder station, which is what is required. A bit of solder paste on the board
and a whiff of hot air and you will be fixed.
Normally cannot be done with a hand iron, and it's risky to use the oven
although I've
I'd say you need to separate engine from transmission and replace the ring
gear on the flywheel. Have an Indie you can ask for a quote? I'll bet
that will be at least a few hundred dollars for the labor. A good indie
might even have a used part in stock, both the shops that I like keep a
supply
Turns out that heart disease and cholesterol are "associated", but the linkage
is quite weak, and people with genetically very low serum cholesterol are as
likely to have heart disease as the rest of us.
Coronary artery disease is appearently an inflammetory disease, totally
unrelated to serum
Thursday eve I replaced the screen on SWMBette's Moto E phone, but it did
not turn out well. The new screen is beautiful and indistinguishable from
the original screen, to my eye. Was about $50 from some outfit in Hong
Kong, and I'll give them a good rating for the quality of the screen and
fast
So...this dude told me “I replaced the starter I didn’t have enough money to
replace the flywheel. Catches on one spot on the flywheel. The car starts good.”
What can I glean from this statement? What is happening here? It has 253K
miles on it he said.
What would i be looking at having to do
Sandy Eggo is a ways from everybody I know, even Karl and LarryEsq.
Looks fairly nice to me, what's Toad think?
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/6792338901.html
> On January 12, 2019 at 9:37 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> Oh my..
> On January 12, 2019 at 9:19 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> They brought in the before and after sheet this morning, I apparently had 3
> big blockages. It amazes me, I was running 5k 2 months ago when it was still
> warm.
What would you have done if the heart attack
Not fun, but it's good that you got treatment before permanent damage set in.
Friend of mine who weighs as much as two of you had a heart attack and 3 stents
when he was in his mid 40s. Spent a couple days in the hospital, they wanted
$52k in 1998 dollars, or around $1000 an hour all told.
I didn't have a lot of choice, it hurt pretty bad.
Curt
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 9:52 AM, tyee165 wrote: Wow!
Good thing you decided to head for a hospital.
RB
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Original message From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Wow! Good thing you decided to head for a hospital.
RB
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Original message From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Date: 2019-01-12 12:52 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes
Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond
Subject: [MBZ] Well ain't that a thing
I'd spent the
Nice looking car, excellent price if everything is in working order.
-D
> On Jan 12, 2019, at 9:37 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Oh my..
>
> Bob R
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: nore...@craigslist.org
>> Date: January 12, 2019 at 7:36:51
Looks like front right fender paint is wrong color? Hood damage too? A PPI
would be well advised.
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Max
Charleston SC
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 9:38 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
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> Oh my..
>
> Bob R
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Begin forwarded
Oh my..
Bob R
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: nore...@craigslist.org
> Date: January 12, 2019 at 7:36:51 AM MST
> To: azbob...@gmail.com
> Subject: 1965 Mercedes-Benz
>
> azbob...@gmail.com forwarded you this from craigslist:
>
> 1965 Mercedes-Benz
>
>
Sounds like a guy I used to work with at Kohler. He was very lean, ate well,
athletic, played a lot of tennis, ran, etc., etc., but was on statins all of
his life because his arteries would clog up big time no matter what. Must have
been genetic.
Glad it got caught in time.
-D
> On Jan
They brought in the before and after sheet this morning, I apparently had 3 big
blockages. It amazes me, I was running 5k 2 months ago when it was still warm.
Curt
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 9:05 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via
Mercedes wrote: Wow glad you are OK.
Wow glad you are OK. Last year I thought I might be fixing to have one, tests
showed I may have blockage, they did a cath and said I had no blockage at all.
I still find it hard to believe I had NO blockage.
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 12:52 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>
Hey Curt,
You take care- Glad you are OK. Let us know if we can help you and Angie
with anything. We get home from PA tomorrow.
Dwight E. Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:53 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I'd spent the week in DC for a class. In
I didn't feel a thing when I had my cardiac catherization a few years ago. I
was asleep for the whole thing, got a big shot of morphine and nitroglycerine
just before Doc did his thing. Brachial artery, too.
It can be VERY painful, my Dad said it was worse than a compound fracture of
his
Sorry to hear that, but at least stents exist and you aren't dead or seriously
disabled!
Get well soon.
Peter
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Wow, I’m glad you’re ok! No more pizza for you!
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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 1:52 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I'd spent the week in DC for a class. In the airport coming home I started to
> not feel good. Nearly home I realized I needed the ER. 9 years ago it was
Glad your still with us!
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Max
Charleston SC
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 1:53 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I'd spent the week in DC for a class. In the airport coming home I started
> to not feel good. Nearly home I realized I needed the ER. 9 years ago
That's a Grand National model, the factory hot rod. Rare, fast. Car &
Driver called it "Sideways at Any Speed" because pushing on the go pedal to
firmly would cause the rear tires to loose traction in a bunch of smoke.
I'm surprised it didn't go for a higher price.
-
Max
Charleston
Nearly everything in a house is not that voltage or frequency sensitive. For
that matter, even in commercial installations it’s not an issue. The only time
I ever came up against a problem with the quality of the generator output was
with some really sensitive Johnson Controls HVAC stuff,
I’m not going to fight this stuff, I’ll just keep it waxed as well as I can
and let it go until it gets to the point of making me crazy, at which time I’ll
pull the hardtop off and have it painted. At least I can do that and it’s not
the whole car….
-D
> On Jan 11, 2019, at 11:44 PM,
Glad you’re OK - don’t want to be having a cardiac infarction on a plane….
What’s with all you young whippersnappers and your poor health? I’m approaching
60 and other than being a little stiff and sore from overdoing it occasionally,
I feel great.
-D
> On Jan 12, 2019, at 1:52 AM, Curt
Has Clay ended up in AK?
Here’s a car for him:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-benz-cars-sale/395585-tacoma-wa-1976-300d-w115-%241500.html
-D
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I was already in the club, 9 years ago they went in through the crotch, tonight
the wrist. The crotch hurt way less. I felt it go in to my elbow ..
Curt
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