So what's the problem here? You want to go to a show? Borrow a tranny from a friend. I pulled my tranny out, put in a fresh rebuild borrowed from Richburg, drove to Colorado, came back reinstalled my tranny that I had rebuilt and was on my merry way. Piece of cake. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Murray has lost 4th gear. I have adjusted and cleaned and taken the > shifter apart and there is no way around it, he needs a new transmission. > > > > I want to go to a really good show in Springfield, MO on the 9th, so I > have to get it together pretty quick to do that. As I was working my ass off > to try any trick I could think of to make the damaged tranny work for, at > least a little while, it occurred to me that I ought to just walk away. This > hobby should not take all I have. So what if this old piece of outdated > metal doesn’t work. Why should it matter more than if a blender in the > kitchen broke? If a replacement cost on a blender was too much, you would > just go without a freakin’ blender until you found one cheap. > > > > But, no. I have to stop every damn thing and fix Murray. It’s a sickness. I > need a support group. > > > > >