<html><head></head><body lang="en-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Good points to think about, Gary. I came to a different conclusion for myself. At 78 I am currently able bodied. I have the equipment. I can take the drained fluids to a local FLAPS easier and quicker than I can find someone I trust to do the work of draining and refilling. I can't earn $150 in two hours but I can save $60. While under the car I can check for any signs of trouble and even apply a bit of grease to some zerc fittings. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-Roland</div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>editorgary@aol.com</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, July 24, 2016 2:14 AM</div><div><b>To: </b>healeys@autox.team.net</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Oil change and Radiator Flush</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><font color="black" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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Except that I had second thoughts. Jack and jack stands. Hot oil that would have to be recycled. Radiator coolant and radiator flush that would have to be disposed of.<br>
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So, this morning as soon as the local independent tire shop (Skips's Tires for you NorCal locals) I called my buddy Sam there and asked when he could do the oil change and radiator flush today. Two hours at the local shop, using my oil, filter, and radiator fluid, and $60, with the oil and coolant in his hazmat tanks, and we're all much happier. During that time I sat in his waiting room with my lap top and wrote a piece for RM Auctions for which I'll be paid $150. <br>
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Though oil changes used to be the one thing that we shade-tree mechanics could manage to do without screwing up, I really think in this day and age we should look at comparative advantages of professional shops and technicians versus amateurs in the driveway, and leave these routine tasks to the pros.<br>
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