New Beginnings
03/31/08 07:21 AM
| ProjectileA process has begun. I just needed to gripe about stagnation and the waters began to move. I should gripe about other problems. Maybe change will be my new cause.
After yesterdays whining post I decided to head out Bruce Clark's way even without a call. Jenni and I called when we got there. His house is beautiful. His collection of parts and the antique watercraft he is restoring are amazing.
Within five minutes of arriving I had located the elusive shift selector rod on a transmission he had out of a 5 series. Next came a replacement grill, a window motor for the drivers rear door, and then the much needed exhaust pipes and mufflers and lastly a whole door for the passenger side. Tonight after work I will be dropping the drive shaft and getting a look at the shift selector tranny coupling point. Hopefully the hard part will be the drive shaft and not the transmission with the limited working space in the hump-tunnel. If that goes well then the exhaust system will be next. If that does not go well then I may need to drop the transmission to get a better working angle. Wish for me a well going. I hope to have the care rolling under it's own power before the end of the week, and my supreme wish is that you not hear me coming form three blocks away when it does.
This is all wishing on a star part. The hard to find selector rod. This is the process begun. I will most likely have mechanics knuckles for a few days so don't think me unclean, it is just grease in cuts caused by tender loving an old BMW back to health.
Wish me luck.
Chuck Pace © 2008