Sorry Barney (and Allen I might have just answered on my own;-) )
Several months ago I was talking on the cell while lost and smacked the
front end into the uranus of a Saturn. Bent the bonnet and the wings. A
couple of days later I saw the trim ring take a fly on the way to an SCCA
autocross. After a long wait (driving season ya know!!!!) I parked it.
Got a B loaned to me to drive from Dr. Doug whilst it was parked. Also -
finally - got the Artero licensed. Went from one banged up car to 3 in a
few weeks time.
Replacing the clutch was the result of wear in the moving parts of the
clutch system. It was so bad I bought a tranny last year as the synchros
were going and I was gonna swap one for the other so I could get the
daily driver back on the road quickly. Well as the clutch deteriorated It
chewed up the synchros in the tranny. Never rebuilt the tranny I bought
(from a list member), money situation went to hell back in March. Now the
tranny is in and it works like a charm. I will rebuild the other as a
spare and one day put it back in.
Really is different driving the Midget with a decent tranny that I can
shift without grinding the gears.
BTW the Artero will be for sale shortly - any interested parties out
there??
Larry
PS - Sorry Barney you are gonna get this twice. But Allen will get it 3
times!! - LOL
>>>>On 11/8/99 17:16 so and so (Allen Hefner) said. (And I quote:)
>In a message dated 11/8/99 5:10:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>barneymg@ntsource.com writes:
>
><< I'm sorry, Larry. I may have missed something in a prior post. Is
>this to
> imply that the "Straighten wings and bonnet" was a side effect of a
> condition requiring "replace clutch parts and tranny"? >>
>
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>Actually, "Straighten wings and bonnet" is a side affect of talking on a
>cell
>phone whilst simultaneously driving and being lost! Now ask him when the
>last time was that he saw the headlight trim ring!
>
>Allen Hefner
>SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
>'77 Midget
>'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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