Finally found one, they call it o ring which it isn't cam shaft seal which
it also isn't...
The cross section I think was probably rectangular at some point, I'm 99.9%
certain it wasn't an o ring, the hole it fits is NOT round.
Anyway the new one should be here next week while I'm on vacation.
That rear seat must have been a bit smaller but then the rear window was
smaller too.
Manfred
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:19:53 -0500
From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New? Bug? Mine was a 1951
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:42 PM, MG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With all that room? Try a 68 VW
Bill R. wrote: From experience with my grandkids though, as soon as someone
picks up an unusual name you will suddenly hear dozens of kids with the same
name. I think the jury might still be out on Atticus, though.
Perhaps little Atticus Snook (or Gregory Atticus Snook) will be the first to
Randy wrote: With the very greatest respect, could a child named Atticus Snook
make it through school alive?
I wondered that too. Let's hope he doesn't have a lisp. That would be a really
tough name. I would guess this future kid will not end up being named Atticus
(at least as a first
yeah, this guy's another victim of the BioD craze. tried to sell this
locally on one of the BioD-oriented lists; didn't even get any action
there, and was a bit of a dick when questioned about it.
cheers!
e
John Robbins wrote:
Yes, but the real question would be, did she make them run around dressed as a
ham?
Dan (closet To Kill a Mockingbird fan who owns the DVD)
Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill R. wrote: From experience with my grandkids though, as soon as someone
picks up an unusual name you
Nuts...Dan beat me to the TKAM reference. Got to be on your toes 'round
here.
Bob R
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There is a funny article in The Onion today by Atticus Finch. Pure Satire, but
funny.
http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_would_say_to_kill_a
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have another boy I'll consider it
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I knew a girl in Law School who named her children Scout and Jem.
I used to date a woman who named her _cats_ Scout and Jem.
Dan (closet To Kill a Mockingbird fan who owns the DVD)
Piffle. I'm a fan who owns the Laserdisc, and I don't care
who knows it! :-)
I read the book too, it's a
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Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Subject: help please: vacuum leak on 240D, 1983
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I guess I have a really bad leak now as the engine won't shut off.
Previously I had to wait a minute for the
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Somebody near me listed a '96 Passat TDI on Craigslist for $3900,
gone in a flash, probably induced a bidding war and sold it for $5500.
A 25 year old Quantum should probably go for 2-3x intrinsic (scrap metal)
value.
I think this is a recipe for disaster - he's talking about the compressor?
Yikes.
Dan
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From: Reid B. Paxton
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Subject: help please: vacuum leak on 240D, 1983
To:
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:44 AM, LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think this is a recipe for disaster - he's talking about the compressor?
I didn't interpret it that way. He's talking about the vacuum
pump---he's just got its function backwards. Pumping the system up
and listening for leaks
Actually, was not me who wrote that, but I do sort of share the sentiment.
Randy
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Randy wrote: With the
Did you tell him what he needs to do or are you waiting for someone else
to tell him?
--R
Gary Hurst wrote:
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From: Reid B. Paxton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Subject: help please: vacuum leak on 240D, 1983
To: [EMAIL
This morning I got into my car in the garage and went to put the key in the
ignition switch. No key! Just the
plastic piece left. Got to love those silly soft plastic key tops. Started to
make a wooden blank replacement a
while back but never finished. I guess now I will be making 2 - assuming I
I'm sort of there too. Sometimes I have to open the hood and hold the lever
down to stop my car.
Therefore, I too would like to have the wisdom of those who have done this
before.
Randy
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Two of the rods that work to move all the throttle stuff [like my technical
terms?] had been swapped at some point in the past. Manfred fiddled with
trying to get the snag out of the linkage movement while having the stop
lever be in the correct position, and finally discovered that to get that
Yeah, a little weird, but then she was planning to be alawyer..;=)
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Subject: [MBZ] What's in a name was Re: What's a GLK?
Bill R.
You either have to make sure that all your vac lines are hooked up and
not leaking, or that your vac-operated items are working (door locks the
prime suspect), and that your vac pump is pumping vac. Easiest to check
the vac pump with a MityVac, see if it is pulling enough, then you have
to
...and not broken off in the ignition.
BillR
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Subject: [MBZ] Keys!
This morning I got into my car in the garage and went to put
Not meaning to hijack someone else's question -- but on this topic I
have been dealing with intermittent total vacuum loss.
I replaced a lot of the rubber hoses under the hood, and that largely
resolved the problem. Still, every once in a while (not more than once
every few weeks), I will lose
No, that couldn't be as the whole metal part was gone - just had plastic left
over.
Looked in the house at lunch to no avail.
However, found it in the trunk lock so now back to square one. Time to make
some wooden key heads to replace the
plastic.
Randy
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Has anyone installed a vacuum gauage in a diesel MB? I started to wonder if
that might be a means of keeping an eye
on what the system was doing.
Randy
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Randy, my wooden (walnut) key top works great, feels good, looks good, but I
really don't use it much - just lying in the drawer as a spare now. I
noticed the walnut top gets dinged fast in my pocket with other keys and
stuff, but I enjoyed making it and knowing that I can.
Wilton
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I'm using Giganews, I think I'm getting hammered price wise, about $250/year.
Any Suggestions?
Pete
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Glad you found it and didn't have to dig it out of a lock. You could get
really industrious and make a bunch to give to all of us for Christmas...
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Still perfect for someone like me. I leave a single key in the ignition
almost all the time. Not always a good idea, I know, as one of these days I
might go out to a blank parking spot. I even forget to lock it many nights
and have never had it even gone through. Yet.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
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I'm using Giganews, I think I'm getting hammered price wise, about
$250/year.
What newsgroups are you hosting? I don't have any suggestions, but that
doesn't seem like a service that should cost all that much.
John
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I plan to do essentially what you did. I'm not really concerned about the wood
getting dinged. I just don't want to
mess with the plastic stuff anymore.
I looked at whether I could rivet some brass onto the key but there is not a
whole lot of the metal key as you well
know so the
I went off to the lake for the weekend a while back and left the keys in the
door lock with the car parked on the
front street. No harm. Still there when I got back. (Not the Mercedes - it was
an old Mercury that we had then)
I am convinced that most people couldn't start my car even with the
Wilton Strickland wrote:
noticed the walnut top gets dinged fast in my pocket with other keys
Nothing like a good piece of Hickory. Or maybe Ironwood or Ash.
I was going to make some out of Cherry or Walnut, but I'm having second
thoughts now that you brought up dent resistance.
Hense the reason for my question. Ethanol (for fuel) is denatured immediately
by law...
On Sun, 11 May 2008 20:08:08 -0500, Wonko the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My understanding is that ethanol is what was previously referred to as
moonshine.
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Luther
Bill R. wrote: Yeah, a little weird, but then she was planning to be a lawyer
It didn't work out for her. She didn't pass the bar and then gave up trying.
It is surprising how many people go through the pain of law school only to not
take the bar or not practice at all.
Donald H. Snook
Donald Snook wrote:
It didn't work out for her. She didn't pass the bar and then gave up trying.
It is surprising how many people go through the pain of law school only to
not take the bar or not practice at all.
I know a guy who got fired for not passing the CPA exam. They hired him
with a
It took two weeks to get an appointment to get an estimate on car
repairs.
Musta used up a 5-gallon bucket of Bondo. Dent Wizard does those jobs now.
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Yea, I thought about Hickory, Ash and Ironwood, too, but I had Walnut
readily available. Oh, how 'bout boxwood and dogwood? I have a bit of
those too. Oh, and I have some cherry here -- somewhere. How 'bout
rosewood - an old rose bush down near the ground or just underground?
Wilton
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Just got a call from the MN specialist who wants me to come over so he can
show me where the frame is cracked. That I was not expecting nor am I
pleased to hear that one. Any thoughts as to what if anything can be done?
He wanted me to see it before we talked about it.
BillR
Jacksonville FL
It does seem a bit odd to do all of that and then stop. When I was in grad
school that happened once in awhile, but very rare.
BillR
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Hahaha, regretting that trade like the SDL you sold to me? :)
Luther
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damn you
OK Don wrote:
IIRC, I got about 45 MPG on both the R69S and the R100, but that was
awhile ago. I'm very happy with 30- 33 in the 602
Not sure, I took the insurance money and sold the car to someone who thought
it cute that way.
BillR
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Make that the MB specialist ...
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Just got a call from the MN specialist
I'm not hosting, yet. I'm looking into hosting a moderated Masonic Group.
Pete
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I'm using Giganews, I think I'm getting hammered price wise, about
$250/year.
What
Easy enough to tap off one of the lines and go to a gauge mounted
somewhere. I had one I used while diagnosing what turned out to be the
bad brake booster, you could see the vac drop when pressing the brake
pedal (break pettle).
--R
R A Bennell wrote:
Has anyone installed a vacuum gauage in
Sometimes if you know you're keeping it for life, it's easier to spend money
on them. All part of sorting an old car out.
Ed
300E
2008/5/14 Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Just got a call from the MN specialist who wants me to come over so he can
show me where the frame is cracked. That I was not
I was reading the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association today and it has
reports of recent decisions by the Kansas Court of Appeals. There was a case
about a guy who bought a 1995 Mercedes (it just says it was a 320) for $17,000
in January 2005. It had over 135,000 miles. The new owners
Those aren't dings Wilton, that's patina. ;-)
Ed
300E
2008/5/14 Wilton Strickland [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Randy, my wooden (walnut) key top works great, feels good, looks good, but
I
really don't use it much - just lying in the drawer as a spare now. I
noticed the walnut top gets dinged fast in
Frames on most things can be repaired. I know a fellow who bought a new Chevy
truck and cut 2 feet out of the frame
because he wanted a shortbox 3/4 ton diesel and GM does not make such a thing.
The low rider people cut parts out of the frame and box them to make them
stronger.
Just make sure
Bill R [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Just got a call from the MN specialist who wants me to come over so he can
show me where the frame is cracked. That I was not expecting nor am I
pleased to hear that one. Any thoughts as to what if anything can be done?
He wanted me to see it before we talked
What about braze? Make a new head out of metal and braze them together?
I haven't had that problem with my 190D but when I get my 240D back I'll need
to come up with some way to fix the head.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:48:06 -0500
From: R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ]
So you are ok with a buyer being a dumbass and not checking EVERYTHING out on a
used car regardless of the price paid? No more caveat emptor? If this is
the case, Kaleb, I need you to pay for my transmission in the SDL.
Luther
On Wed, 14 May 2008 16:02:14 -0500, Donald Snook [EMAIL
Still a frame of sorts even if not the old style full frame.
Randy
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Bill R
Donald Snook wrote:
I was reading the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association today and it
has reports of recent decisions by the Kansas Court of Appeals.
There was a case about a guy who bought a 1995 Mercedes (it just says
it was a 320) for $17,000 in January 2005. It had over 135,000
miles.
I'm not sure how a non technical buyer would check an A/C in January.
Not sure how I would either ;-)
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Regards,
Peter T. Arnold
2007 HHR, 2.4L/Auto, LT2, 20Kmi, No problems!
1987 300SDL 286 KMI Now lives with Dave Walton, Cleveland Ohio
1995 F-250 PowerChoke 199Kmi
1954 Metropolitan
I am confused about all this talk about the keys. Why not just order a new
steel key from Rusty or the Dealer. The last one I ordered from the dealer
worked great. It is the aftermarket cheap keys that failed.
Donald H. Snook
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The keys came from the dealer. Unfortunately, they are not like the original
keys in that the plastic top part is
soft and it tears after a bit of use so tha the metal part is no longer
attached to the plastic part. I assume this
may be intended as a safety issue a sthe metal part that does not
Pay $100 for a COMPLETE inspection by a qualified and TRUSTED mechanic. Case
closed.
Luther
On Wed, 14 May 2008 16:30:43 -0500, Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure how a non technical buyer would check an A/C in January.
Not sure how I would either ;-)
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Regards,
I should think that a working air conditioner would be necessary in Kansas and
that one would expect a Mercedes to
have a working air conditioner unless told that it did not work. There are
means of testing to see if it worked at
the time of sale. Unfortunate for the buyers who assumed all was
Then sue your poor trusted mechanic who only got $100 if he turns out to be
wrong?
Randy
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How does the frame crack on a unibody car?
Would it be easier to fix on a unibody car?
We had a frame crack repaired on the GMC farm truck not all that long ago. They
boxed that section of the frame, maybe 1 foot around the crack.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:31:00 -0400
From: Bill R [EMAIL
And who wouldn't like to have the best of the SL
models there is?
Nice job on this car, if it's a restoration.
Dan
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Don - that is a pretty car. Why not go for that and impress the clients?
It would sure impress me/.
BillR
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Subject: [MBZ] WOW! I
Are we talking about the subframe that the engine is mounted in and the front
suspension attaches to? Did I hear
somewhere that there are sometimes cracks that occur where the steering box
mounts to the frame, or am I thinking
of another vehicle? I know it happens to others - not sure if it
Very Nice. I wonder how good it really is? And how much it may sell for? Wonder
what the reserve price is?
Randy
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Guess I'll learn a lot more tomorrow. Thanks for what I take to be
encouragement about the frame crack. We do have some good welders around
these parts.
BillR
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Friend of mine has a 66 230SL 4spd that is almost like new (he babies it
a LOT), he drives it daily in the summer. White with black interior.
Not particularly fast, but great style.
--R
R A Bennell wrote:
Very Nice. I wonder how good it really is? And how much it may sell for?
Wonder what
Luther wrote:
So you are ok with a buyer being a dumbass and not checking EVERYTHING out on
a used car regardless of the price paid? No more caveat emptor? If this is
the case, Kaleb, I need you to pay for my transmission in the SDL.
No. Actually, I agreed with the dissenting Judge who
John R. wrote: So how much would all of those attorney fees cost? Surely more
than the $4k in question!
Definitely! That is one reason these cases get litigated and appealed is
because of the award of fees.
Donald H. Snook
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Yes, this is the Mercedes model for which I lust in my heart. A pagoda. I
wouldn't care if it were 230sl, 250sl, or 280sl.
You should go for it-enough of this Buick business.
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
1978 240D 4 speed. 218K miles.
1979 240D- auto -250K + miles. (SOLD).
1990 300D 2.5t 160K
Yeah, that's what I was about to say, too, Ed - patina.
Wilton
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Those aren't dings Wilton, that's patina. ;-)
Ed
300E
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That is a beauty!
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Driving to Greenville, NC, this morning, for an IVIG treatment, I literally
saw with my own eyes the answer to the age-old question, Does a bear go in
the woods? I now know without any doubt whatsoever that, yes, a bear does,
indeed, go in the woods. On a 2-lane country road, suddenly, there
By any chance did you just have an oil filter change? There is a
vacuum line (yellow?)that is pretty easy to disconnect in that area.
John
On 5/14/08, Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You either have to make sure that all your vac lines are hooked up and
not leaking, or that your
Also saw this morning a $200 90's Cadillac on $2000 chrome wheels about 30
inches in diameter. What a ridiculous sight!
Wilton
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I've thought about casting an aluminum head around the brass key -
with Al melting around 660C and Brass around 900C, I'd have to watch
the wax burn-out temp closely. The MB star seems a likely shape ---
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Norman, OK
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and
Second best - it's an auto.
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:47 PM, LWB250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And who wouldn't like to have the best of the SL
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OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.
-Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain
Check the plastic part in the main line where the brake booster check
valve is and all the other lines connect. These crack with age, and
leak intermittantly.
Buy a new line, they are something like $45 (at least the one for my
300D was). Fast and easy, and eliminates lots of problems.
You only have a brass key if you have a non-MB replacement. I
strongly recommend you stick with the MB steel ones -- brass keys
tend to shed crud into the tumbler, and make it stick prematurely.
Peter
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On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You only have a brass key if you have a non-MB replacement. I
strongly recommend you stick with the MB steel ones -- brass keys
tend to shed crud
lawsuit over a Mercedes
After reading through that document, my eyes are spininng like pinwheels. In
opposite directions,yet.
Also, I wouldn't go to any Doctor who is known as Boo.
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And who wouldn't like to have the best of the SL
models there is?
That's a pretty subjective opinion. I've seen a few
of the pre-107's, and decided that the 107 was more
to my taste than any of the other SL's. But I expect
that others would have differing opinions.
Nice job on this car, if
I looked at whether I could rivet some brass onto the key but there is
not a whole lot of the metal key
I brazed a steel washer onto the end of a brass aftermarket
key for the 450SL. It was the 'spare' key, and with the washer
was still very flat. One has to be careful, brazing brass
onto
every few weeks), I will lose vacuum. Usually first noticed while
driving as a loss of brake boost...Can the vacuum shut-off in the
key switch leak intermittently?
Yes, but there's no way that even a full-open leak in that small
piping can cause the brakes to fail, there is supposed to be
I guess I have a really bad leak now as the engine won't shut off.
Previously I had to wait a minute for the compressor to do its thing.
Anything out there for me to self diagnois, fix this problem?
Visual inspection of vacuum distribution under the hood.
Failing that, get some golf tees (or
Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Check the plastic part in the main line where the brake booster
check valve is and all the other lines connect. These crack with
age, and leak intermittantly.
Buy a new line, they are something like $45 (at least the one for my
300D was). Fast and
Isn't it a dual system like my 300SD, with half the pump going directly
to the booster, and the other half feeds the rest of the system,
or if necessary, the booster?
Like Jim said, that narrows it down to the booster and the few
components upstream of it, like the pump, check valves, and
Only if it has failed!
You should also verify that the brake booster is good -- they can
fail in such a way that they only leak badly when the brake is
applied -- this will cause the shutoff to not work when you are
stepping on the brake, but fine if you are not.
Peter
On May 14, 2008, at
Oh man what a bummer, that is not anything I would want to hear either.
I guess that might be that groaning I was hearing when stopping,
starting or turning a corner. I hope it will be possible to repair the
cracks without to great a cost.
Manfred
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:31:00 -0400
From:
Yes, I got it, but won't have time until maybe Friday afternoon to
check it out any further. Thanks Much! (bowing in the direction of
Catheyville))
At 09:58 PM 5/13/2008, you wrote:
with a wire it works? I guess if you jump it from the power in to the
power out to fuel pump and it works,
Down boy! Careful, this is a 99k odometer. Get a real history or
look at it up close an personal. A real 99k 280SL taken care of
will have a nice patina and not need restored Might be ok, but
might not. Look at back issues of the Star for similar pagoda
SLs. That is a reasonable price
Donald,
Forgot to add, the Pagodas are beautiful cars and fun to drive. If
you buy it, I'll give ya $500 for it next year when you are tired of
it! If you want to see a true low mile Pagoda, I have a friend in
the Davenport, IA area who I could probably persuade to show you
his. NO, you
Same on a unibody, only you can't box the top, just bottom and 2
sides. recoat with rustproofing.
At 04:44 PM 5/14/2008, you wrote:
How does the frame crack on a unibody car?
Would it be easier to fix on a unibody car?
We had a frame crack repaired on the GMC farm truck not all that
long ago.
A groaning sound under those conditions would be consistent with a
substantial frame crack. If you want a really good weld, find the
local guy who is building a tubing frame homebuilt airplane, or a
good A+P mechanic with emphasis on the A! When you weld on
airframes, you don't want
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