1969 Ariens....best investment I made in 1985!
On Feb 9, 2013, at 7:54 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: > Jon, thanks for that! If you can't get to it don't worry about it! I spent > the whole day here shoveling. No fun! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Jon Agne <jonag...@gwi.net> wrote: > >> Dimitri, >> >> Quite the storm up here! It has finally stopped snowing, and my plow guy >> just cleared the drive. At 5am you could not see across the street. The >> average depth was just over the top of my trusty 1969 Ariens Snow-Throw so >> it was slow going getting walks clear as well as Skip's driveway. I was >> unable to get down Maine St. to your drive as the plow had thrown all of the >> snow onto the walk area. When the town clears the walk, I get over to your >> drive....maybe tomorrow. >> >> It's been two good days for TV and chili. >> >> Jon >> >> >> On Feb 9, 2013, at 2:47 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >>> What's a Wankel Panther? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> No bad, no bad. Looks like we've ended up with just on two and a half feet >>>> of snow, drifts up around 4 feet here and there like where my 190D is >>>> parked beside the garage. Its quit completely now but it'll be a day >>>> before we're completely cleaned up. >>>> >>>> My snowblower is a champ it chewed and spat this stuff with no problems. >>>> We were lucky, it was in the teens all night so the snow is soft and >>>> powdery and throws easily. The worst was making that first pass, the snow >>>> is deeper than my snowblower is tall and it would tend to build up around >>>> the box that houses the carb, that box is open on the bottom (thank you >>>> Ariens for no proper airbox) and the carb would occasionally get a slug of >>>> snow which told me it was time to back up and take another run. >>>> >>>> I proved that my '78 240D (victim of the pre-Christmas massive overheat) >>>> will successfully start at 16F but I wouldn't want to try it a whole lot >>>> colder. The 15w50 plus Lucas oil additive in the crankcase probably aren't >>>> helping that but it does seem to keep the engine from making scary noises. >>>> >>>> Haven't tried firing up a snowmobile what with most of 'em buried. I've >>>> got my Wankel Panther in the garage needing a gas line, I may give it a >>>> shot, riding is going to be dicey what with the snow so soft. Supposed to >>>> warm up just above freezing on Monday, I may wait for the snow to harden >>>> up some then. >>>> >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 12:21:48 -0600 >>>> From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> >>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] BLIZZARD!!!! AHHH!! >>>> Message-ID: <a06240808cd3c441690ad@[192.168.1.51]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >>>> >>>> How are things going out Boston way? >>>> Anyone know about conditions in the Buffalo, NY area? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to 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 >>> For new and used parts go to 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 >> For new and used parts go to 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 > For new and used parts go to 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 For new and used parts go to 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
