[tcb] Re: Shirt $ and other stuff
- From: "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:27:13 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
The bearings will be here today or tomorrow. I ordered them before I found
out how much the local guy wanted to do the work. I've had the clutch parts
since the TX Classic.
And, I still work when everybody else is off and I'm off when y'all are
working. And even if I weren't, I can't help with work on my own bus
without making my arm take even longer to heal.
I'm calling around to a few other mechanics in the area to see if I can
find an old-timer who knows what he's doing and can cut some time off the
bill.
I specifically didn't call you because you have two of your own in "active
repair mode" and you have "employment issues" to deal with that will take
away from the time you have available to work on VWs.
Thanks,
Gerald
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:30:38 -0700 (PDT) Mark Sawyer
<mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Do you already have the parts to fix the Rivi??
>
> "Gerald V. Livingston II" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hey Denis,
>
> Fred (the real Fred) said he gave you the $60 for his and Beverlyn's
> shirts. If you could send me that it would help. Everybody paid so far from
> the original orders except 2 and I expected Neil's to be late before he
> even left your house.
>
> I think I'm actually going to drop back/out for a year or three now. I
> talked to a mechanic and he's come up with $300+ per side to re-do the rear
> wheel bearings and another $300+ to do the clutch (yes, I think that since
> he thinks the clutch will take as long as the bearings he's not real sure
> about what he's doing but ...). I'm not hrowing another $1000 at that
> stupid thing. I can't really afford to for a while anyway.
>
> Since I no longer even have a house to BUILD a garage at I'm just done for
> a while. I'm living in my office right now and am looking at a beat up used
> motor home to live in when we move our offices across the street in a few
> months Our landlord is selling this facility and renovating a building for
> us to move into since we manage some of his businesses for him. The new
> office space will be smaller than this one but there's room to stick a
> small trailer/motor home on the property. I'm so pissed about the way I'm
> losing the house I THOUGHT I was buying I can't really focus on finding
> something else right now.
>
> Add to the fun the fact that I ripped a shoulder/neck muscle then
> aggravated it when I had to fix the truck (remove the bed to replace the
> fuel pump). That's going to take 6 weeks+ to heal up now so I can't even
> really do any work on the bus myself. Jerome is about 6 weeks away. And I'm
> tired anyway. Since I sleep sitting up I can't get comfortable with the
> neck/shoulder problem so even when I sleep I'm not getting any rest.
>
> And I'm just venting now. I'll stop. this was supposed to just be a request
> for the Fred money. Sorry.
>
> I'll be lurking on the list but that's it.
>
> Gerald
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