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 > |
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