Date:         Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:16:21 -0500
Reply-To:     MilosKitchen <sagmoore@ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
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From:         MilosKitchen <sagmoore@ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      A Sad Day
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Well, its finally over. On Saturday on my '87 Syncro, the steel high
pressure line for the power steering decided it had had enough and blew ATF
all over the street. I contacted Frank Condelli about the high pressure
hoses, but I won't need 'em now, (sorry, Frank).

Yesterday (Sunday) on a small road trip,  it suddenly stuck in third gear
(oh great, bad 3-4 slider). I pulled over and shut it off, and was finally
able to yank it back out of gear. I made it home by shifting from 2nd to
4th; know how hard it is to resist automatically putting it in 3rd? Made
that mistake. Wife in silence by my side.

So... with only 1 out of three vans now running, it was decision time.
Today, under their own power, we drove the '91 standard and the Syncro to
Wagner's foreign auto parts (Ph. 724-368-8831, about 50 miles north of
Pittsburgh PA on Rt. 19), and traded them for a '90 Subaru 2.2L engine and
all the trimmings, which I will install sometime in April in the remaining
'91 Carat. The '91 standard leaving wasn't a problem, but my 4 year old
daughter was crying when she learned the Syncro (Buster) was going away. Bad
thing to personify these things, you know?

Other than dealing with Wagner for years buying MG, Sunbeam, Rabbit and
Volvo parts, I have no other association with them. Lots of good parts (VC
etc.) left on both of them.

Too much to do, too little room and too little time to keep 'em all.

Dave Milo