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Thanks for the help guys.
When I suggested the air conditioning, I was
thinking of the "compressor" which is connected to the engine serpentine drive
belt by an electricalallly controlled clutch. If for some reason, the compressor
was stalled, it could heat up the drive pulley, etc. By turning "off"
the air conditioning system, the cllutch would be disengaged and the '94 Ford'
could be driven without a problem. (Based on my limited knowledge of my 95
Ranger. ha.) The correct answer should be interesting.
Don.
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:57
AM
Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
The air conditioning heat exchanger in the engine
bay should be hot if it is running normally. The side of the A/C system that
is cold is located within the dashboard, where the ventilation air runs over
it.
At 11:43 PM 5/27/2003, Jo & John MacLean wrote:
I think Don has the correct
answer. He reached in and touched the heat exchanger for the air conditioner
which should have been cold. Because it was malfunctioning it was hot,so by
turning off the switch control in the panel it isolated the air conditioning
system and allowed the car to be driven.
John
At 08:30 PM 05/27/2003, Scott MacLean wrote:
This week's
puzzler:
It was an early fall evening, when my wife drove our
'94 Explorer. About three blocks from home, it started making a great
screeching, screaming noise, with smoke coming out from under the hood. My
wife turned off the car, and, of course, called me for help.
I was
home in my jammies, but I got in my car and drove over there. Being the
guy, I was obliged to open the hood, and I tried to look for something
wrong...even though it was dark. It was, after all, a dark and stormy
night.
On a hunch, I reached in and touched something that should
have been cool. Instead of touching something cool, though, I got a
second-degree burn on my finger. Wounded and whimpering, I walked home,
while my wife continued her trip in my car, leaving the Explorer smoking
and smoldering by the roadside.
After putting ice on my finger, the
pain subsided enough so that I could think straight. I walked back to the
Explorer. I adjusted something on the dashboard, started the engine, and
drove home with no problems.
So, what did I do?
Last
week's puzzler:
Jimmy was born at the exact midpoint of the
century, and died before the new century began. He was a teenager when
Johnson was sworn in as President of the United States, right after the
assassination.
He was born in the same house he died in... though
he died in a different state than the one in which he was born. The house
was not moved, and, in fact, was in the exact same location for the entire
century.
Where was he born, and where did he die?
Last
week's puzzler answer:
We know you want us to believe that this
took place around 1950. And nothing works out if you do that. But it works
out if it was 1850. There were two Johnsons sworn in after assassinations.
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in, naturally, when Kennedy was assassinated in
1963 -- but when Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson was sworn in.
And that's the period of time that we're interested in.
He was born
in the midpoint of the century, born in 1850 and died before 1900, and the
reason he was born in the same house that he died in, and it was in two
different states, is that Virginia became two states. Virginia became
Virginia and West Virginia, and his house, even though it was never moved,
wound up in West Virginia.
So he was born in Virginia and died in
West Virginia.
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