No it can't be pounded out its bad. We've already filed a claim and usually this shop gets it done pretty fast but finding the parts is what takes time. _____ From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Sawyer Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:09 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Sharon's bus Do you think you can pound out the front enough to make the Galveston camp out? Sharon Chamberlain <iluvvws@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Don't feel bad, Steve wrecked ours this morning, rear ended a guy mushed in the front pretty bad, so we won't be going unless its in our Golf to look for a front clip and bumper and then I don't know how we'd get them home. Bust he's ok so I guess we'll get it fixed and make the next show. -----Original Message----- From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald V. Livingston II Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:34 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; buskatiers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] No Havasu I'm going to spend my 11 days comtemplating busicide. I made it about 150 miles before I tried to take an exit to refuel and realized I was sorta stuck in 4th. Got it out of 4th only by letting the engine die, shifting to 2nd (with a little clunk) and bump starting from there to get ino the gas station lot. Fiddled with the clutch cable nut and with it adjusted ALL THE WAY down I can get it to release enough that it slips pretty good with the pedal down but never fully releases. Turned around and got as far back as my house driving with no clutch. Luckily, highway all the way up to a few blocks from my house. I'm waiting for my boss to come get me and take me to my truck. I can either tow or stay home. I think I'll stay home and try to figure out what's up with it. I also have a commitment to finish installing a windshield about 5 or 6 hours from here. Busted the one we tried to install last Wednesday. It was on the way and I was just going to make it a planned stop on the trip. Now, if I get back to my truck early enough I need to haul ash to ge t there early enough to do the work today as we planned. If I get back to the truck too late I need to get some sleep and leave before dawn tomorrow to run up there, then 6 hours back down here, then I think I'll be done in and in no mood to tow the Rivi 1500 miles with a late Tuesday departure after having already driven 12 hours that day. Guess I'll shoot for the Galveston trip at the end of February. G2