Folks,

Well, without any questions the shop is going to separate the
transmission once again and find out what is leaking.

I know i sound like a walking advertisement, but i do believe in credit
where it's due and i have to say Good Carma, of Minneapolis, is a good
group. I feel how a mechanic deals with problems is at least an equal
measure of how they do the job in the first place, and these guys
stepped right up without hesitation. Being from Brooklyn, NY, i was
anticipating a bit of a fight: "Leakn' Oil? i don't see no leakn' oil."

After a look at the vehicle and the small puddle it was making, Dave
asked me if i was planning on taking the van on a trip this weekend,
"'cause if you are, we'll bump some folks to get the work done." I
wasn't planning on going anywhere this weekend... so it'll be next week
sometime, but that's ok.

I stopped by the shop to see what was going on... there was a '90 Carat
up on the lift, heads off. It is constantly amazing to see just how
small the waterboxer engine is. Duane pointed out the pitting problem on
the heads that had come down. Scary... a lot of metal was missing.

Anyway, i'll have the endgame on the clutch replacement/leak-o-rama
sometime next week.

-jspeer
'89 Westy, "Mystery Machine"