Weekend stuff, thanks, etc, long

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Cathy Boyko wrote:

> Well, those who had the unfortunate luck of spending the weekend with me will
> no doubt delete this right off. I was once again in Cincy, the pick up Klaus,
> my green 79. He's gorgeous (yes Drew, HE)

Put the pipe down Cathy, that car's double-X all the way...

> First, before I ramble, I'd really like to thank a few people. First is Daun
> for helping me locate my gorgeous new baby, and for storing him since the
> Cincy gathering, for his endless hospitality, and on and on...and to his mom
> for getting me US cereal. And for being the SPCA for Sciroccos, any part we
> needed, he had in stock. And for carefully supervising while we all got
> dirty.

Amen to that!  Although he did break a sweat a couple of times - holding 
his foot on the brake while we turned out the CV bolts, for example... :)

> And MAYBE to Drew for driving down and back with me, it's a heck of a long way
> and it sure didn't seem like it. And for the wrench turning, and instruction
> on the clutch job. And for letting my family take Carrots to the track while
> you left HER here. And the rude remarks, and the laughter.

Well... What can I say?

> Well, we headed out from the great White north for Cincy again (WOOHOO) on
> Friday, and all went well with the trip, except for somebody sulking when his
> bananas got confiscated. What is it, like 500 miles from my place, and another

Sulking? no - I was downright pissed.

> few million from yours? The poor beetle was loaded with tools (and apparently
> not quite enough CDN beer)

Can you ever have enough?  I think not.

> and responding very poorly to any encouragement in
> the forwards direction, but we had a great ride regardless. So after finding
> out that DOT4 is  rare commodity in Wilmington, and losing Drew several times
> in the toy department on his first trip to Walmart, we headed back to rip into

Actually, the toy dept was rather disappointing (as was the selection of 
brake fluid) given the store was big enough to hold a few aircraft 
carriers in (and I'm not talking about those little British ones either.)  
And don't get me started about Walmart's brake parts cleaner!

> the job at hand, replacing a rear main seal (which had a rather concrete like
> texture), upgrading the clutch, and getting some brake action happening. By
> the end of the evening, the transaxle was happily on the floor, and we were
> well lubricated in every sense of the word. I've never had so much fun
> wrenching on a car, we were laughing so hard. The brake cleaner may have had
> some impact...

That was about the only thing that useless stuff was good for.

> Saturday was an equally wretched experience, Daun forced us to go out to eat
> breakfast with him, it was horrible, but we tolerated it, just to be polite.
> His 172 is as gorgeous as his cars BTW. Nice clear sky, great friends, no
> crash landings, what more could you want?

Well, not having Cathy's vomit in my hair would be a start... Didn't I 
tell you to lay off the over easy eggs??? :) :)  (Just kidding!)


> Then back to the garage, and back on with the new version of what we took off.
> (installation is reverse of removal) And none of this bleeding the brakes in
> the normal fashion, the pressure bleeder rocks! Clear fluid is much prettier
> than the previous Cola cloured stuff, and with the new MC, it stops on a dime.
> Poyfect. The only real problem was the convulsions, when you're used to
> looking at Northern cars, one with an exhaust manifold nut that backed out on
> its own!!!! is a bit of a strain on the system. This car is in amazing shape
> underneath, unlike my poor 80. Wipe the grease off, and it shines. It's gonna
> get spoiled.

It makes me sick how shiny all the little bobs and bits are on that car.

> The trip home was great, Klaus sings along at 70, and is just as steady as a
> rock till the big trucks whoosh by. The only (small) snag was US Customs. I'll
> post separately on the importation procedures. But we're all back home, and it
> was a total blast. 

Yes, that little 1.6 just loves it around 6200 rpm, and she just flies 
along at the top of third like she was born for it, doesn't SHE???? :)

> TTYL, Cathy, finally posting on topic, no longer a "clutch virgin"

Yes, but I should lay off the beers when I reinstall.  I think I put the 
pushrod in backwards - which may explain the dragging and the funny sound.

Are you ready for tranny drop 2?

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