sorry, didn't mean to make you feel bad...you're doing a great thing for
your friends.  i just hardly have time to breathe with alexander at
home, let alone have a whole morning to work on the van.  and ali *is* a
saint.

bill

On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 09:44 , Matthew Pollard wrote:

> well, i sort of screwed up here.... My friend has two childern (7 and
> 1.5), no $$$ and only one car. They are borrowing our extra car (we have
> 3!!) as opposed to renting. They don't have the $ to have a shop do the
> tranny. I though we were JUST doing the tranny (two saturdays i
> figured),
> then i told him about syncro.org and he now wants to make sure the whole
> drive-train is OK....  I'm too nice and just can't let him do the VC or
> in
> that case anything by himself (he is less than mechanical...).
>
> Jen is not too happy with me, but i'm stuck, he needs the help, and they
> are really good friends.. And we are probably going to ask his wife to
> baby sit Dylan a few days a week so jen can get some work done...
>
> I'm allowed to work on the bus early saturday morning only. Like 6am to
> 11
> or noon tops. She called over to his place the first time and said she's
> going to sell Dylan on ebay if i'm not home in 10 minutes....
>
> Yes, she is a saint.
>
> well, i gotta get some work done around here.
>
> Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
> Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
> University of Idaho
> www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
>
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Bill Kasper wrote:
>
>> matthew, with a new baby, where are you finding the discretionary time
>> to do this on a friend's syncro?  jen must be an absolute saint.
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 14, 2001, at 09:08 , Matthew Pollard wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>> I've -quickly- looked over bently... how long does it take to remove a
>>> VC
>>> (the drive line is already out- tranny too :-). How easy is this job?
>>> The
>>> slideshow on syncro.org makes it look pretty darn easy- am i missing
>>> something? How about refilling the diff with fluid (yes, redline
>>> mt90)-
>>> easy, a PIA? What do i need to know before i spend all day saturday
>>> doing
>>> it?  Special tools that are not mentioned? (like funky long wobbly
>>> extensions, etc?)
>>> cheers
>>> matthew
>>>
>>>
>>> Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
>>> Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your
>>> breath"
>>> University of Idaho
>>> www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
>>>
>>
>