My thoughts, too, re. the gasoline in the basement.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: "Randy Bennell via Mercedes"
To: "Meade Dillon" ; "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Everybody laugh at the id
Hey, a true idiot would have fired it up and driven it up the stairs.
That's what those carbide cleats are for - traction!
However, hauling something like that into a basement might have resulted
in a Darwin Award when the furnace or hot water tank kicked in and
ignited the fumes from the fuel
Reminds me of the time I thought one of our snowmobiles had a seized
engine.
We had a set of stairs leading from the side yard down into the heated
basement, just big enough to get the snowmobile down the single flight.
Garage was not heated, I thought I needed to rebuild or replace the engine,
so
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does silly things like that.
Most of my recent jobs have gone well, but I foolishly didn't replace
the tensioner on the TE last time I put a belt on it, so I'll now have
to put one in in the cold -- damned thing failed shortly after I put a
new belt
ns of leaks on the top end
it'll get a gasket set, it doesn't take that long...
-Curt
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Everybody laugh at the idiot
Your photo page says you can make a Christ
Your photo page says you can make a Christmas card out of that pic!
Could you heat it up some with a torch to get it soft enough to pull out
or would that goober up everything anyway?
--R
On 1/11/15 3:52 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
As I said in my last message I finally yanked the e
As I said in my last message I finally yanked the engine that was stuck out of
my snowmobile. When I was pulling it the carb was dripping gas (after I'd
disconnected it) and I figured maybe it had a leaky seal and I was just dealing
with a crank full of gas. Then I got it in the garage and actua