The large overhang is why it'll be a 6.5' (actually now I'm thinking 6')
footprint with 8' roofing. Now that I'm thinking about it I'm also thinking I
might go 12' wide. My original footprint was 8x8 which is 64ft2 which tightly
packed to 4' would give me 2 cords. 12x6' is 72ft2 which loosely
.
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About 10 years ago we had a garage built at camp. I don't remember the
actual dimensions but its a car and a half wide and deep. Its now pretty
much full with the Super M, 2 lawn tractors a swamp buggy
Assuming you notice the rise in temp and have someplace safe to stop...
-Curt
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My minor is English expository writing which is basically novel writing. The
idea Randy mentions below is something we learned right off, get it on paper,
then worry about structure. So you do 1 or 2 classes about getting your ideas
out. Then you do 1 or 2 classes with the grammar nazis getting
I figure we haven't had it for the last 10 years so theres no real
rush.Originally I was just going to use poles for the posts with castle
blocks (those concrete things cast to hold a 4x4) at the bottom. Now I'm
thinking I might find some slightly smaller trees )6 instead of 8) for the
top
Isn't the aux water pump only for heat at idle where the regular water pump
doesn't move sufficient volume?
Sounds like some testing needs to be done.
I'm also curious why my text comes back tiny in your replies but nobody elses...
-Curt
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Nope but I've watched some of the tiny house stuff on YouTube. I'm interested
but it requires a certain lifestyle.
I could move to camp and live in 504sqft, our first apartment was only like
650, but life at camp is very different from life at home.
-Curt
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Really? I thought the 280 I6 was the bees knees in a 107 different engine?
-Curt
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It’s a little funky, but I was
Just remembered that last year I read what I remember to be called 12x12
although Amazon and Google both say I'm crazy. It starts out as king of a cool
book about a guy living off the grid in a very small cabin. It very rapidly
gets very whiny which was too bad. There is some good small house
Boy I'd like to see that picture...
-Curt
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I should considering I
Its worth pointing out that not all of NY is NYC. In fact 99% of NY is not
NYC...
-Curt
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Thats pretty cool...
-Curt
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Russ wrote:
Had the pleasure of meeting [Sikorsky] about 5 years
I was thinking that very thing when Dan was talking about $30k houses in
Florida. Its hard to find bare land here in MA for $30k...
Last I checked we were under water on our house a mere $50,000 according to
Zillow. On the way home from the closing in 2006 were were listening to a story
on the
I have a gallon of 15w50 not marked for any particular use if you want it. We
could meet in Worcester for breakfast or lunch. I've never had trouble getting
it.
Curt
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Getting it warm first?
I've always had trouble with the sucker, never as easy as I thought it should
be. Still easier than the alternative...
Curt
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124 and 201 cars the sucker is the way to go, the cars are low and the sounds
pans are in the way. On a 123 I drain from the bottom, its faster...
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Again reminding me that hell is Florida.
There are towns in costal Maine where bringing in more electric lines to meet
demand is prohibitively expensive. That demand occurs mostly on hot summer days
so they're installing solar which will pick up the excess load without the need
for more
Gawd think of the gas a 502 is going to use. A big diesel would make so much
more sense.
I always refer back to the Victorian RV:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/bus1-shtml/
-Curt
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And have solar panels out to pick up demand during the day when it is highest.
Install a mix of electricity that best meets the needs and timing that you
have...
-Curt
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the benefit of a metal roof.
--R
On 12/29/14 9:03 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Next year (which gets closer every day) we need a new roof on our house. I
finally got SWMBO to sign off on a red tin roof. Then we need a new furnace,
then solar hot water, then photovoltaic
Solar hot water generally has a 3-5 year payback here, after that you're
getting a good portion of your hot water for free. I suspect its even better
down south, here we have to use a 2 part system since pure water would freeze...
Last I knew PV was around a 30 year payback but that was with
I put autogrip snows on the Jetta this year and its made a HUGE difference. I
got a decent deal on another set of wheels which makes switching them out
really easy.
I'm a big fan of the 2 sets of wheels. In Craig's case I'd put some all-seasons
on the 16s and snows on the 15s. 16s aren't really
Refrigerators today are wy more efficient than even 20 years ago using much
less energy. Conservation doesn't always mean giving up what we want...
-Curt
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Common is one of those words...
Anyway I bet refrigeration wasn't real common until the late '40s, after the
war.
-Curt
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The west is much better pickings for Coleman lamps and lanterns mostly due to
the later arrival of rural electrification.
Curt
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T'aint real coffee if'n you ain't gotta strain it through yer teeth...
:)
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Coffee Bodum Vacuum
Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'll cut out all the angst and explanation. Today I managed to:
1. Fix many leaks in a snowmobile exhaust, some of my best welding.
2. Lock up a snowmobile engine - different machine than the exhaust I was
working on but one of my favorites
3. Kill my compressor - Twas only a Harbor Freight
Interesting. I gave Dimitri the replacement slave cylinder I'd bought. I always
kind of thought that putting the slave to match the master might fix the
problem.Your car had more severe issues than mine, on mine it was just that
engagement was very high, I had no problem bleeding the clutch or
There are kerosene Coleman lanterns too. Lately I'm into Tilly though. Weird
little lanterns.
I've got an Aladdin that Fred gave me, nice and quiet and frugal on fuel. At
camp we've got a hot blast lantern and a dead flame wick lamp. I want to get a
cold blast lantern as I've read that they put
Which reminds me, Jon, how did the paint job come out?Does the 250 get to live
in the garage for the winter?
-Curt
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Subject: [MBZ] Jon Agne You
I dunno what's wrong with the engine yet. Until I pull the clutch I can't pull
the engine...
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They're pretty uncommon here... The thing I don't like is that they use a bunch
of rubber bits that have to be renewed occasionally. Coleman used metal on
metal usually with flare fittings or tapered threads that don't often fail.
Coleman also used a simpler pump that almost never fails.
Curt
I don't really drink bourbon but for something similar I like a nice taste of
Mount Gay Extra Old rum. We went to the distillery in Barbados some years ago
and had the chance to sample some with the master distiller who taught us to to
drink rum from a brandy snifter...
Which reminds me, we'll
There are two basic types of wick lanterns, flat and circular, that refers to
the shape of the wick. Flat wicks are flat (duh) and range in width from 1/4
to 2 wide or larger for some speciality lamps. Aladdin lamps use a circular
wick with a draft tube that comes up the center of the wick.
In
Go for it Jon, I'll give you $500 for your 300D. :)
Curt
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It was refreshing. Its the sort of thing that makes Mainers mighty...
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] New Years Dip
Wow, something else to put on my bucket list.
The month before I graduated from high school we went and swam in the ocean
every morning before school. This was Falmouth, Maine and the water was around
36F each morning. At first we'd just jump in the water and climb back out but
as the group grew (everybody wanted to get in on it) we'd swim
The eagle is in the air...
-Curt
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36 isn't freezing...
Hypothermia gets you but if you're moving and know you can jump into dry
clothes and a warm car when you get out its not as quick as if you fell in and
had to tread water. Still, we didn't linger...
-Curt
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I'm already in the classroom although the class is slow to arrive. Its been a
slow class, we ran to 7:30 last night which is the latest I've ever gone...
Jetta radiator seems to be holding up, I guess my new brackets hold it in place
well enough. I still plan to check them this weekend.
Got
I'm quite interested in this too, our house is only 900SF and I estimate we'll
need a new furnace in the next 4-5 years. I like the idea of the efficiency of
geothermal.
I was looking at the receipts today and it looks like we burn about 630 gallons
of oil a year which came down a couple years
I was under the impression that geothermal was intended for places where it was
cold in winter where an air source heat pump was fine in places where it didn't
get too cold. I'm also disappointed to find out that the supplemental heat has
to come on at 10F with geothermal. I was under the
In my area we call 2wd trucks ditch queens. Unless you've got good snow tires
and a buncha weight in the back and really know what you're doing you'll end up
in the ditch...
-Curt
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Dad is retiring this June and claims he's going to move to camp for a month so
I'm kind of looking for a 1 ton rusty pickup for him to fart around in. He's
got a Jeep Liberty thats been a surprisingly good truck but it won't pull start
the Super M and it can't haul all that much.
I've found
No doubt you CAN fix up a '60s truck but I bet the money isn't right. You'd
still ought to have a newer engine. The 5.7l v8 in my Dodge makes 20mpg at
65mph with 265hp which made it walk away with a 240D on a Uhaul car carrier. I
got 15mpg with that 240D from here to Dimitri's.The suspension on
on modeling predictions. Wouldn't it be embasrrassing if the
storm weakens, zooms out to sea, or doesn't form to begin with.
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:43 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
For this one yesterday they were saying 30% chance
Talk of snow reminds me. I'd sent the clutch for my Wankel powered snowmobile
out to be rebuilt. It came in Friday so I figured I'd slap it on, put in the
other crank seal (I've already done the clutch side) and get it ready to
ride.Well I'd been waiting on an o-ring for the side I hadn't done
Typical result of always chasing the lowest cost. IIRC this is true for many
things at Wal-Mart and why I no longer shop there if I can help it.
-Curt
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I thought that was an old wives tale that had been disproven and
rotating
between sides was okay now.
Tire rack suggests you need to know if you have directional tires:
http
I'd like to get one of the old 10-12' canned ham type travel trailers from the
'50s or '60s. They're heavy and are built to last. Sadly most of them at this
point have soft floors and need to be totally gutted and rebuilt. I'm not a
good enough woodworker to even contemplate such a thing...
There was a guy near my house who, a couple years ago was taking or in some
cases getting paid to take camper trailers. He'd strip them down, sell the
appliances, scrap the aluminum and copper, burn the wooden structure in his
outside wood burning furnace. Then make a nice flatbed trailer out
I thought that was an old wives tale that had been disproven and rotating
between sides was okay now.
Tire rack suggests you need to know if you have directional tires:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=43
I don't remember if I noted which side what which when I pulled
I hate auto door locks, they ignore the fact that you might have the door
unlocked for a reason...Dad was at camp one time and stopped to talk to the
neighbor. For some reason he left the Jeep running which is unusual for him.
The Jeep auto locks the doors after like 2 minutes so he had to
Raymond via Mercedes
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I hate auto door locks, they ignore the fact that you might have the door
unlocked for a reason...Dad was at camp one time and stopped to talk to the
neighbor. For some reason he left the Jeep running which is unusual for him.
The Jeep auto
Wunderground lists my high today as 114F so thats a little off...They're saying
16-24, national weather service is saying 17-29 so the same ballpark. Radio
is saying 30 or more which is obviously alarmist.
-Curt
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Looks like the next fancier model of ours. Ours doesn't have the tilt mechanism
for the chute. I've considered adding it but I bet it'd be a big deal unless I
could find a junker that already had it and transfer all the bits over.
-Curt
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Huh? Some of us actually put some miles on our cars...
That one looks like its been driven, not just sat around and cleaned.
-Curt
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That looks like a goodun there. Wish I had the money and the time to go down
and get it...
-Curt
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Subject: [MBZ] low miles on a 300d
You don't get run over though. People honk and complain occasionally but mostly
they just live with it. I commuted with a 240D pretty much full time for 10
years. Drove it into Boston or to Maine, no big whoop.
-Curt
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I want one for a farm truck which is why I'd want a K20, I guess I wouldn't
pass up a K30 either. It'll only be run from May through November or early
December. With Dad retiring and spending a lot more time at camp it makes sense
to have a farm truck.
-Curt
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This guy's pickup acts just like the 240D did (does?). Wish I had his block
flushing method
available.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS_ja-EDHEAindex=3list=PL-5YzBia-1bmnkkT06GYLUG-F1g_rIj98
I wonder if something could gotten loose inside the engine on your 240D and is
blocking the flow of
I've been doing that for years, as DINKs (dual income, no kids) we get
screwed...
This year I'm experimenting with using the amount I would have withheld for
charitable contributions. Specifically the Project for Awesome.
-Curt
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, February 2, 2015 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Curt, Got the Schneemobiles ready?
Take your passport just in case. Rain sleet here on top of 4 of fresh wet
snow.
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Angie and I went to the store a little while ago
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I bet. We're talking about converting our '52 Farmall Super M to 12v and
keeping the 6v starter.
My dad did a quick and dirty conversion on his H
time and don't know how many miles he
puts on it... but he drives it all the time.
At the end of WW2 Prof. Porsche was put into a French jail - I wonder if
he provided some design assistance then? It was introduced in 1948 -
hmmm
LarryT
91 300D
On 2/2/2015 2:05 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
OM61x is the same isn't it? OM601 is different, nothing crosses over the valve
cover and the airbox is on the driver side while the exhaust manifold is on the
passenger.
I'm kind embarrassed how long I had to think to come up with that conclusion...
-Curt
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/02/2015 4:25 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Just got in from clearing the driveway (mostly, I only did enough to get to
work tomorrow, the rest can wait until the snow quits falling) and measured 8
1/2 but being that its powder that could be drifted one way or the other.
I'd guess its
I did 15 miles Saturday morning, a pirate run through the backwoods without my
registration stickers. Then Angie joined me, we put the stickers on and hit
the big trails where we rode another 20 miles. The trails were nice and
smooth although the soft powder doesn't hold up all that well and
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No WET snow. I hate shoveling margaritas!
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I did 15 miles Saturday morning, a pirate run through
?
No WET snow. I hate shoveling margaritas!
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I did 15 miles Saturday morning, a pirate run through the backwoods without
my registration stickers. Then Angie joined me, we put the stickers on and
hit
What? Where did you get it from? AFAIK MB says to use regular old gear oil. I
used Mobil 1 in my '85 190D which is the only car I've ever done diff oil on.
It made the noisy diff a little quieter.
-Curt
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On Feb 2, 2015, at 9:35 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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I did 15 miles Saturday morning, a pirate run through the backwoods without
my registration stickers. Then Angie joined me, we put the stickers on and
hit the big trails where we rode another 20 miles
margaritas!
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I did 15 miles Saturday morning, a pirate run through the backwoods without
my registration stickers. Then Angie joined me, we put the stickers on and
hit the big trails where we rode another 20 miles
Guided install which was like a disk image but slower...
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Installing HP Printer was Korean malware FIXED
Not for HP. They
I don't get those ones, I get the This is a very important call about your
credit card bill which it of course isn't...
At one point last year I had them all stopped for awhile I was so nice to the
people calling, I'd ask for their callback number in case we got disconnected,
then when they
Remember that there is no differential in the snowblower, both wheels turn
together. Turning around requires macho snowblower dragging strength and skill.
My snowblower has a pin you can remove to disable drive (effectively giving a
differential) on one wheel, its useless one wheel alone pushes
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On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:20:09 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uwdWH23ds
Clonezilla works well but is not super intuitive. Make a bootable USB with
unetbootin, then you've got a choice, if you've got another drive of the same
size you can clone your disk to that drive. Otherwise you can make a disk image
which will be much smaller.Last I played with it a Win7 disk
As I think Clonezilla is just a head-end for dd my experience is that the image
just plops onto whatever size partition you have leaving the free space in that
partition usable. There might be a parameter in Clonezilla for that which might
also allow you to make the free space another partition
Lame that the two meanest were both work trucks. You can't haul much with a
Smart...
-Curt
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Subject: [MBZ] Greenest and Meanest for 2015
You'd reinstall everything. The problem will be fixing yourself up with a
bootable copy of 10.x since you've likely got no install media. Apple makes
this VERY difficult for you. They don't want you going to an older OS, they
want you to upgrade like a good little droid.
-Curt
From:
Whats it made out of that 14 is $53? I'd be thinking to buy a piece of stove
pipe, coat the inside with mylar, put it place and wrap the outside with
insulation if required...
-Curt
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Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uwdWH23ds
You shovel the snow off your cars?
I use a 24 push broom. (which I then have to stick in the bathtub while the
snow melts off it)
Mitch
of interesting trash that had been
swept up by the plows.
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 2013 SLS gullwing, dirt cheap!
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote
Leaves out the part where you can't drive it for the next two months... We've
got 2 feet of snow on the ground and another foot due by the end of the day
tomorrow.
-Curt
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.
Dan
On Feb 8, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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Whats it made out of that 14 is $53? I'd be thinking to buy a piece of stove
pipe, coat the inside with mylar, put it place and wrap the outside with
insulation if required...
-Curt
Lets see if I can beat Wilton to an ATTABOY!
-Curt
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Subject: [MBZ] Blower motor, W123
For the last 6 months or so the heater blower motor has
for snowfall. I am getting a lot of vicarious
thrills out of your dire situation.
On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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Depends on which exact day. The cities is pretty overwhelmed with snow
right now, the streets are small. On the radio
: Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars
This is from the dealership.
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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What? Where did you get it from? AFAIK MB says to use regular old gear oil. I
used Mobil 1 in my '85 190D which is the only car I've ever done
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5uwdWH23ds
I like how my beard looks in this one.
-Curt
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Don't say such things. If I had some space I'd love to have a 2CV or 4CV.
I have in mind adding another bay onto my garage and expanding the little
add-on on the back of the garage to full size which would allow me to move the
snowmobiles under cover, have the lawnmower and plow over there and
I suspect since its a straight shot down it probably doesn't matter...
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Sun Tunnel Install
I ended up using the roll of
Dang, caught me again...
-Curt
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:36:03 + (UTC) Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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Yeahbut, the engine temp isn't normal. Of course we don't really have a great
indicator of what normal is other than the temp gauge is showing low.TDIs are
notoriously slow to warm up but my Jetta will be up to operating temp at 0F by
the time I leave town, thats about 10 minutes on secondary
IIRC these want to be lubed with very light oil, like sewing machine oil for
instance ;)
http://www.amazon.com/4-oz-Sewing-Machine-Oil/dp/B000H8Q41Y
-Curt
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To: Jim Cathey jim.cathey...@gmail.com; Mercedes Discussion List
Cathey (and other smart folks)
Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
IIRC these want to be lubed with very light oil, like sewing machine oil for
instance ;)
http://www.amazon.com/4-oz-Sewing-Machine-Oil/dp/B000H8Q41Y
And if the lube that was in them is 40 years old, it could probably use a good
Unless it was super cold you should have reasonable heat in 15 minutes. I think
this condemns the thermostat.To be sure take it for a longer/harder run this
afternoon, if you can stand the cold :) if it still doesn't come up to temp I'd
say thermostat.
I ran without a thermostat in the winter
This is similar to what I was thinking of doing at camp. How far is it from the
nearest house? A Raspberry Pi with a camera shield in an enclosure strapped to
a pole with lights sounds like a good idea to me. Power it with a fire alarm
battery you replace/recharge weekly. Have it send via WiFi
Recently Open Office drove me crazy, I'd been using a spreadsheet and a text
document to print class certificates, I'd put the names into the spreadsheet
and mail merge in the text document. Worked well for 3 or 4 years. Then
suddenly it lost the connection from the spreadsheet to the text doc
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