Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-05 Thread tyee165 via Mercedes
: Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers On 2020-11-05 17:34, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote:> Not recommended. Though my dad once told me about the transmission guy> he knew who diagnosed problems by tasting the transmission fluid.Friend of mine worked summers at a beach when he was young.One nigh

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-05 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
That too. Have to be careful as dogs love to taste antifreeze Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Thu, Nov 5, 2020, 5:29 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I looked at that and saw "tasters" > > --FT > > On 11/4/20 6:56 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > > I need to

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-05 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Mitch Haley via Mercedes writes: > Friend of mine worked summers at a beach when he was young. > One night a HS swimmer stole a whiskey bottle full of antifreeze out of > dad's garage shelves, took it to a team party at the beach. > My friend got to ride in an ambulance with one of the kids that

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-11-05 17:34, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Not recommended. Though my dad once told me about the transmission guy he knew who diagnosed problems by tasting the transmission fluid. Friend of mine worked summers at a beach when he was young. One night a HS swimmer stole a whiskey bottl

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-05 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Not recommended. Though my dad once told me about the transmission guy he knew who diagnosed problems by tasting the transmission fluid. Allan Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes: > I looked at that and saw "tasters" > > --FT > > On 11/4/20 6:56 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> I need to t

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-05 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I looked at that and saw "tasters" --FT On 11/4/20 6:56 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: I need to test antifreeze before it gets really cold. I have a suspicion that a batch got over-diluted. I've used the specific gravity type float testers and found them hard to read. There's a "refrac

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-04 Thread Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
As a really young kid I always thought those were the most mysterious things in my grandfather’s garage. He would test his coolant each fall on the same day we’d swap both cars to snow tires, swap out screens for storm windows and storm doors, and take the mower to the basement for the winter cl

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-04 Thread Frederick Moir via Mercedes
+1 Had one for near 40 years. Fred. On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 7:09 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Best way to do it. A refractor measures specific gravity far better than > one of those float things. > > As an added benefit, you can use the same tool to measure specific

Re: [MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Best way to do it. A refractor measures specific gravity far better than one of those float things. As an added benefit, you can use the same tool to measure specific gravity (state of charge) of batteries, too. I’ve had one for years. Almost as handy as a “Kriket” belt tension tool. -D > On

[MBZ] antifreeze testers

2020-11-04 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
I need to test antifreeze before it gets really cold. I have a suspicion that a batch got over-diluted. I've used the specific gravity type float testers and found them hard to read. There's a "refractor" type that I had not seen before. Example linked. Anyone used something like this? https://w