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Who is Phil Ochs?
Everybody likes to beat up on pomouth backwater hick Mississippi.
It doesn't worry me though, I am staying right here.
cuhulin

Hal Turner was FBI agent
 

Y'all don't know it, and I am not a poet, but a lot of new construction
and also remodeling of some old buildings has been going on in down town
Jackson,,, and it is still going on now.Jobs.

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Riverwalk Project The Clarion Ledger

Doggy and I (actually, she is sleeping under the electric blanket on her
couch, that dog sure does Snore! sometimes) have to watch The Mouse That
Roared on the TCM channel now.
cuhulin

Hal Turner was FBI agent
 

Brenda Ann wrote:

"But it really wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of
friends."


Small circle?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lVzK_JR66Q&feature=fvw



But let's not forget where we we

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IFbJU0VWhE

I can hear Wallace spinning in his grave.


mike

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D. Peter Maus wrote:

I deal with the factory shop in Milwaukee. They've been saying since
the belt first appeared that they don't even stock it because breakages
are so rare.

Are you seeing belt problems?


Not really. I've only seen one belt lose a few teeth and that was on a
really neglected bike. The rear belts they are changing are being done
on the Harley recommended schedule. HD tried using primary belts a few
years back, with predictable, heat related failures. A totally enclose
primary will do that.

It isn't Harley alone that makes me wonder. It's all engineering staff.
I wandered around a car salvage yard a while back. It's amazing how many
cars make it extremely difficult to get at the timing belt.

On a Ford, the stupid belt was blocked by two other layers of belts and
pulleys. It was more work to get at the thing than the actual change.

A friend's Chev had to have the spark plugs changed. It is a V6, front
wheel drive. You can not get at the three rear plugs without removing
the coil pack first. There are two plastic fuse holder boxes, one on
either side of the engine compartment. The problems only arise when you
actually have to change a fuse.

The two diagonal supporting struts that go to the front of the car block
off access to both covers. They have to be loosened and swung out of the
way.

Just the thing for a dark night fuse change.

The wind shield wiper fluid container is of a flattish design. It is
bolted in tight against the top of the battery and completely covers it.
To me, a battery is a maintenance item and should be accessible. GM
appears to think it's not necessary.

Access to headlight bulbs is also ridiculous. Too many cars make it
extremely difficult to get at the plug in sockets. On my last Toyota,
the battery had to be removed in order to get at the thing. Strangely,
the Toyota used German H4 halogens and Michelin tires. A friend's new VW
tdi has Chinese bulbs.




mike

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No timing belts in any of my old vehicles, everything else is easy
enough to get to,,, I Likes my old clunkers!

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Caterpillar Remanufacturing in Mississippi

Watching Rio Bravo on the AMC channel.I al tarred and also sleepy izz,
fixin to cut the light anna hit the sack.Move over doggy, you wants ahh
cookie?
WOO WOO WOOF!
cuhulin

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Iuka.To the MOON, Alice!

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Rocket Manufacturing Iuka Mississippi

My Rocket is bigger than yours.
cuhulin

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On 12/12/09 23:24 , m II wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote:

I deal with the factory shop in Milwaukee. They've been saying since
the belt first appeared that they don't even stock it because breakages
are so rare.

Are you seeing belt problems?


Not really. I've only seen one belt lose a few teeth and that was on a
really neglected bike. The rear belts they are changing are being done
on the Harley recommended schedule. HD tried using primary belts a few
years back, with predictable, heat related failures. A totally enclose
primary will do that.

It isn't Harley alone that makes me wonder. It's all engineering staff.
I wandered around a car salvage yard a while back. It's amazing how many
cars make it extremely difficult to get at the timing belt.


You should see what it takes to change a belt on a 308. No
wonder they pray at the factory.



On a Ford, the stupid belt was blocked by two other layers of belts and
pulleys. It was more work to get at the thing than the actual change.

A friend's Chev had to have the spark plugs changed. It is a V6, front
wheel drive. You can not get at the three rear plugs without removing
the coil pack first.


Not unlike my V-6 Caravans. I wondered how the engineers expected
techs to get at the rear bank for things like plugs, and auto valve
lash adjusters. Until I watched them at the dealer...they put the
vehicle on a lift. From the rear, below, everything was directly
accessible.

Unlike the Vega. The back plugs were so recessed, they pulled the
engine and tranny to get at the rear two plugs for a tune-up.


There are two plastic fuse holder boxes, one on
either side of the engine compartment. The problems only arise when you
actually have to change a fuse.


The two diagonal supporting struts that go to the front of the car block
off access to both covers. They have to be loosened and swung out of the
way.

My Envoy is like that. But the only thing under the hood are
relays and engine fuses. The general electrics are in two fuse boxes
within the cab.

Now, changing the serpentine belt couldn't be easier. There's a
1/2" drive hole on the tensioner. Plug a breaker bar into the hole,
release the tension, the belt slips off. Put the new belt in place,
pull the bar, again, slip the belt back on the tensioner. Done. 3
minutes.

And the rest of that drive train is as easily accessed.

Nice that it took them so long to 'get it,' but apparently, GM
engineers finally thought about things like serviceability.

The trouble is that when sales are off, the only things that
keeps the retailers alive are the service bays. If they make it too
easy for the owner, they put themselves out of business.





Just the thing for a dark night fuse change.

My Caravans had a light under the hood for night repairs.


The wind shield wiper fluid container is of a flattish design. It is
bolted in tight against the top of the battery and completely covers it.
To me, a battery is a maintenance item and should be accessible. GM
appears to think it's not necessary.


Mostly, it's not. With the way those engines are shoehorned in to
the bay, space for things like washer reservoirs is tight. Most
batteries, today are maintenance free (a misnomer, but let's go with
it for now.) The only time you need to touch one is when there's
something wrong with it, and it needs to be replaced.

Unlike my Studes, I've not touched a battery in a contemporary
car in years. No need. And nothing to be done if there was.



Access to headlight bulbs is also ridiculous. Too many cars make it
extremely difficult to get at the plug in sockets. On my last Toyota,
the battery had to be removed in order to get at the thing. Strangely,
the Toyota used German H4 halogens and Michelin tires. A friend's new VW
tdi has Chinese bulbs.

LOL. Now, there's a difference I've noticed right away. The bulbs
in my Chryslers were commonly available, and accessible, and
replaceable by loosening a retainer ring on the back of the
headlight assembly. Not tools required, or possible. Two minutes I
could replace both headlights.

My Envoy isn't much more difficult than that.

Even my BMW two wheeler is tool free for the headlamp. But that
H4 is a PITA to track down. So, I have to keep them in stock. One at
the house, one in the tool kit on the bike.

Plug, adjust and roll.

But Germans are like that. My 450SE was easy to service. I had to
change a belt wheel. Took the front of the car off to get at it, but
I reassembled it in the dark and didn't have a washer left over. It
only went together the correct way. The 190 SL is like that, too.
And VW Type One is similarly simple. Dr Porsche was a master of
elegant engineering, and if he could have pulled it off, there would
have only been one moving part in the whole drive train. Service was
simple, with common tools.

I'm wondering what the current crop of hybrids is going to be
like to wrench. With fatal voltages floating around, I"m not sure
there's going to be much self-service potential.









mike

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California has some Swamps too.All U.S.A. States (Texas is a REPUBLIC)
have some Swamps, also Mosquitos.

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Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula Mississippi

USS Cole, and many other Ships.The first Nuclear powered Submarine built
in the South was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding.Ingalls built some Battle
Ships for England.Nowadays, Ingalls Shipbuilding is part of Northrop
Grumman, still Ingalls Shipbuilding to me!

Backwater hick towns,,, Farm Towns, Ranch Towns, all over
America.Nothing wrong with those Towns.
cuhulin

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Belt drive cars and little belt drive trucks, DAF Nederlands.
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DAF Cars

Every once in a while, in my snail mail Popular Science magazines
www.popsci.com
and also in my snail mail Popular Mechanics magazines,
www.popularmechanics.com
new articles about new kinds of bicycles, belt drive bicycles and also
new shaft drive bicycles.
cuhulin

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cuhulin