Engineers are born not made On Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 8:43 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, my son self-taught on how to transplant a 6 liter > engine + megasquirt into his Mazda Miata. I can barely change the oil and > only attempt "light" repairs/maintenance. > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 10:47 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > The computer on those cars does what it can to help when they are > > overheated. As far as non-mechanically inclined children go, they drive > > Toyota's. I got tired of semi classic, but rusty benzes getting > destroyed. > > > > > > Rick > > > > From: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Sent: October 13, 2020 7:55 PM > > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com > > Cc: astr...@indiana.edu > > Subject: [MBZ] Mechnical interest/aptitude is not inherited > > > > Oldest boy was driving the Focus home tonight. Temperature got hot. He > > continued to drive. Temperature got hotter. He stopped and put what > > water he had in the reservoir (maybe a quart). He noted steam escaping > > from the left hand side of the engine. He got back in and drove home. > > > > I go out to try to refill the coolant, and now it's just pouring out > > around the flange of the thermostat housing. > > > > I swear I eyeballed the reservoir tank when I replaced the alternator a > > few weeks ago and it was fine. > > > > Hoping it's just a failed gasket. The zetec engine supposedly has some > > protection that will shut down cylinders to pump air through the engine > > if it's getting too hot. Hopefully that still works. > > > > I was rebuilding engines at age 16. This kid hardly understands how an > > engine works and doesn't seem interested to learn. Which is fine, not > > everyone is into that stuff, but it's a little weird how different he > > and I are. > > > > Allan > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > > > 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 > > 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 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
