This is particularly humurous from the point of view of knowing the
complete and total degree of mechanical ineptitude native to Mike's
girlfriends.

This is like Heloise trying to fix a car.  Or perhaps Dubya moonlighting
as a mechanic.  I have never heard anything that defies logic so much...

Rob.

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Mike Ray wrote:

>
> Thanks again to all the fine folks on the list that offered advice on my
> clutch problem Sunday.
>
> OK, Sunday morning I went out to the van, popped the lid and looked at the
> motor. Game plan was to disconnect the slave cyl off of the tranny and
> narrow down the prob to hydraulic or within the clutch assy. I looked in and
> there was the slave assy dangling from the van! both bolts had aged and
> blown out! Cool, except it's Easter morning and no one's open. I started
> looking around the van to find something to dissemble to use the bolts and
> nuts. My GF suggests using the license plate bolts (she knows nothing about
> cars), I look down and sure enough they'll work! I popped them on the slave
> cly and drove home with my plate taped in the back window  :-)
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Mikey
> `87 Westy
>