[tcb] Re: What we do for our busses
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 20:01:27 -0700 (PDT)
Have fun , you deserve it after all the stress.
.Paul Smith
Transporters@The Point 8
October 7,8 and 9 ,2011
Morgan's Point Resort Texas
--- On Fri, 6/3/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: What we do for our busses
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 9:37 PM
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 So what if this old piece of outdated metal doesn’t work.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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