[tcb] Re: What we do for our busses
- From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 21:37:25 -0500
We (Me Derrick and Danny at Wayout) put in the new transmission today. I had
to take great abuse about all the work I have done to Murray over the course
of 10 years. There was lots of swapping out nuts and bolts of the wrong
sizes, clamps and the Danny saw my brake work and went quietly nuclear. He
replaced a backing plate and asked a lot of questions about "what the hell
is this?" and "where are the springs?" and stuff like that.
I may put the engine back tomorrow or I may clean up the tin and paint the
engine compartment, or I may put the engine in and drive him around for
awhile.
The June Bug Jamboree is next weekend. It is a great show in a semi rural
setting with camping and live music Friday night and an American Legion Hall
right in the middle with a full bar. Springfield, MO, three hours from my
house.
Y'all should come. You won't regret it.
From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Chamberlain
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:30 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: What we do for our busses
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 So what if this old piece of outdated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.
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