Congratulations!!  Me, well I've et a little crow at the ole FLAPS, 
too--don't choke on the feathers!!

On Wed, 4 Jan 1995, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Ok, so now I am definitely in the lead for the geek of the week award!
> 
> I went barreling into the shop today, bitchin about how the tranny didn't
> work and how I though I needed a new one, blah blah blah.  The owner and
> I discussed the problem, which he said was 'cause I mis-installed the
> nosecone and probly the real axles, too.  Taking it person, I sez I
> didn't.  He even got the gut who owns the shop that did the tranny on the
> phone and I talked to him.  He came to the same conclusion.
> 
> Turns out they were right.  One of the shift forks was down on the tranny.
> And the right axle was not inside the fulcrum plates, but on top, which
> might also explain why it leaked so bad.  
> 
> I started working on it at 6:00 tonight, and by 9:30 I had the engine and
> tranny out, the nose cone fixed, and the axle fixed, awaiting cleanup and
> reassembly.   I took the opportunity while everything was out of the car
> to spray some more paint above where the tranny goes, and do some cleanup
> and painting of the frame rails.  Its starting to look spiffy under there!
> 
> So tomorrow I go, hat in hand, foot in mouth, to buy this shop-dude a beer
> or whatever.  Hopefully I'll have the whole mess put back together by tomorrow
> night!
> 
> Thom
> -- 
> > Few women admit their age.  Few men act theirs.
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