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Date:         Wed, 11 May 2011 08:19:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I have first gear back and new clutch finally in...
Comments: To: B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>
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Ugh. I lost a slave cylinder approaching the Holland Tunnel on my way out of town back to Alabama once. Not fun, but as s student driving a TR4 for six months in atlanta traffic without a clutch had trained me for the experience.

Jim

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:24 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for everyone's links about my problem shifting into 1st and 2nd. I > noticed that the boots were missing around the shifter ball ( > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1348_332/shift_lever.html ) and > ordered that and the boots before I headed up to North Jersey to have the > clutch put in. I basically had no 1st gear on the way up so if I was glad > we > were replacing the clutch too! Nothing like driving through NY suburban > rush > hour with no 1st gear. It turned out the linkage was a mess around that > ball so after he installed it the linkage was nice and tight again. > > I did not mess around and I installed this clutch > http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=028141999HD and a new > resurfaced flywheel. > > Feels like a new van... > > Thanks, > Bryan >


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