Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-02 Thread Curt Raymond
I think I still have an old stereo at my parents house. With that in the garage there will be no worries... Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:06:01 -0600 From: Craig McCluskey diese...@cnsp.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-02 Thread Mitch Haley
Wilton Strickland wrote: Yeah, that's it, 'cept the blade and the handle don't look long enough. Photo looks squished. That's because it's a 3 knife, and you're claiming yours were 5

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 04:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: So heres a hint: You have to (or I did anyway) dismount the wiper motor when you install or remove the assembly on a 190D. DO NOT have the car on so you can listen to the radio while you do this. When you loosen

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread harry watkins
Oh come on Curt, how could you know that? Harry So heres a hint: You have to (or I did anyway) dismount the wiper motor when you install or remove the assembly on a 190D. DO NOT have the car on so you can listen to the radio while you do this. When you loosen the nut that holds the motor

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Rich Thomas
On the SD the first instruction for this job says Disconnect the wiring harness It might be different for the 190D. --R Curt Raymond wrote: So heres a hint: You have to (or I did anyway) dismount the wiper motor when you install or remove the assembly on a 190D. DO NOT have the car on so

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Luther
ROFL. Thanks for some morning amusement. I'm sorry you had to endure such pain to provide this. Luther Curt Raymond wrote: So heres a hint: You have to (or I did anyway) dismount the wiper motor when you install or remove the assembly on a 190D. DO NOT have the car on so you can listen to

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Curt Raymond
that. Again at my wife's insistance, she doesn't believe that I've done that myself before. -Curt Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:33:03 -0400 From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Rich Thomas
before. -Curt Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:33:03 -0400 From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 49d36d0f.3030...@constructivity.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
My condolences; hope you stop hurting soon and have quick recovery. BTW, in 1972, at the Navy Exchange (BX/PX) on GUAM, a Pachinko machine (heavy, Japanese, vertical pin ball machine that makes lotsa flashing lights and ringing bells) slipped out the bottom of its box onto both of my big toes.

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe My condolences; hope you stop hurting soon and have quick recovery. BTW, in 1972, at the Navy Exchange (BX/PX) on GUAM, a Pachinko machine (heavy, Japanese, vertical pin ball

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Frederick W Moir
Curt. old son. There was no evil intent on my part in giving you a potential thumb-ectomy machine. I thought that you were smarter than that! Just be thankful that the mechanism didn't shear off you opposable thumb! Each throb reminds you that it's still there. Sorry for the pain and suffering,

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
Oh, I never claimed Purple Heart for war wounds, either. :))) Wilton - Original Message - From: Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe BTW

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wonko the Sane
You mean the tool for cutting away parachute lines? I was issued one in Pensacola Unfortunately, someone got the contract specs wrong in manufacturing, so the switchblade was on the knife half rather than the hook half of the tool. It came with a note saying that we were being issued something

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wonko the Sane
http://theswitchblade.com/Merchant2/graphics/0001/CamillusOrangeParatrooper600.JPG On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com wrote: You mean the tool for cutting away parachute lines? I was issued one in Pensacola Unfortunately, someone got the contract specs wrong

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Curt Raymond
something for my money. On the way out the staff stuffed my pockets with free samples of ibuprofen which seems to cut the pain better than asprin.. -Curt Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:33:21 -0400 From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 49d39751.5050...@constructivity.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; Format=flowed You could REMOVE THE FUSE! and CHANGE THE FUSE! while you're

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Curt Raymond
... The worst part is the knowledge that at some point soon I've got to play the same game so I can get to the heater fan. -Curt Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:32:57 -0400 From: Frederick W Moir fred.s...@verizon.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
? The inspector said, while backing out of the bus, Oh, ya'll have a nice flight. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe You

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
Yeah, that's it, 'cept the blade and the handle don't look long enough. Photo looks squished. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
got something for my money. On the way out the staff stuffed my pockets with free samples of ibuprofen which seems to cut the pain better than asprin.. -Curt Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:33:21 -0400 From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wonko the Sane
I don't think our flight suits had that pocket (I started flying in 1976). But come to think of it, I think it did. And I could never figure out what was supposed to go in there. But since USCG aviation is all helo (quite untrue, but the common conception) I guess we had no need to be issued

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
for at least 35 years. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe I don't think our flight suits had that pocket (I

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wonko the Sane
I turned 8 years old on 12/24/60. :- On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: I started flying in '60 To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- next part

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
- From: Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe I started flying in '60; everey flight suit I've seen had the little knife pocket on the left, inner thigh

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wilton Strickland
I was 26. Wilton - Original Message - From: Wonko the Sane don.b...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe I turned 8 years old on 12/24/60. :- On Wed, Apr 1

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wonko the Sane
Neither of us is 26 now -- and our bodies remind us of that fact every day. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: I was 26. Wilton -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Curt Raymond
, laughs easy. Better than the hyper-religious woman I had before... -Curt Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:40:31 -0500 From: Wilton Strickland wilt...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: 002501c9b32b$a1653560$0301a

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Wonko the Sane
When you give yourself a vasectomy, send up pics. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I had to use the vice grips because it hurt so bad I couldn't make myself pull the stick with pliers. I hooked the vice grips to the wall, hooked the other end to the

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:07:43 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: The worst part is the knowledge that at some point soon I've got to play the same game so I can get to the heater fan. Disconnect the battery. Then it will NOT squash your appendages. Craig

Re: [MBZ] Wiper replacement catastrophe

2009-04-01 Thread Fmiser
Wilton Strickland wrote: BTW, 'just tried to pop the switchblade out with the button on the knife here in my desk. It's stuck!!! 'Won't pop out! Cheap, gov.contract stuff! I've had it only 49 years What can be wrong with it!! 'I'll write for a refund! :