Saturday, October 10, 2009

Receiving emails on HTC Touch


Since acquiring my HTC Touch from Bell Mobility I have been having an annoying problem sometimes where a notification of incoming email arrives but when I click on the message I get:
"Get entire message and any attachments (xK)" and then when I click on that message I get:
"Message and all attachments will download next time you connect and receive email."

When I check my email at home, the message is just an ordinary email with no attachment and I can receive and read it just fine.

Bell Mobility was not able to offer me a solution other than to try a hard reset. I discovered, however, that when you create an email account on the phone the default maximum message size is 2K. If you change this value to a higher (I used 50K), normal emails all come through just fine.

Click on Messaging (main menu list), click on the account you wish to modify, then Menu - Tools - Options. Again click on the account you wish to modify and then "Next" six times to get you to "Message Download Limit". Change the value from 2KB to a higher value (20K or 50K) and then click "Finish".

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Onan Generator Fuel Pump replacement

My MCCK marine generator needed a new fuel pump - Onan part number 149-2159. Onan-Cummins in Ottawa quoted me $480 for a replacement pump. Got a Carter P60898 for $110 at Part Source. Make sure you keep the spacers that go between the underside of the bracket and the pump so your fuel lines will be the right length and wham - bam - thank you Part Source!