What would McGaiver do? (WWMD?) A little long, but worth it.

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Hey there T! Thanks for the inspiration, I could sure use some. (BTW, I
have some coins for ya :) ) Anyway, if the "McGaiver" lifestyle is
happening on that shifter, I'll pass on this little nugget: in a pinch,
nail polish makes a good threadlocker. :)
(And a good pair of garden secateurs is a handy hose cutter too!)

Anyway, we'll see what new levels of frustration I reach this weekend, I
may need a few more words of inspiration if I can't get this car to
co-operate. Does doing injector seats normally require changing the
starter? Yeah, let's call this the "extensive injector insert swap".
Regardless, it's actually pretty inspiring, I really want to drive it.
Cathy 

On 4:12 pm 05/03/07 Neptuno <neptunonc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SO Tuesday was a rather crappy day in southeastern Michigan. Rain was
> in the forecast with heavy thunder storms making a resounding presence
> and since I do not drive my car much after moving to Ann Arbor I was
> hopping the visibility for driving would improve.
>
>   I had gone to a conference in Novi, Michigan (if you care to look).
> The last speaker of the day was a motivational type. That was actually
> really nice since God knows I need motivation for finishing little
> projects here and there. Since listening to this guy I now will rate
> how I feel about a day in a grading scale rather then saying ?Fine?
> when asked how am I doing I?ll respond A- or B (so forth and so on)
>
>   If you read this far you are wondering how this relates to
> Scirocco?s or even McGaiver. Well here is how. The rain kept coming
> down on the way back, but Rodolfo moved rather well in the
> thunderstorm. I was almost to Ann Arbor pulling from MI-23 into MI-14
> when my shifter became limp (there is no other way to say it) I drop
> from 5th to 4th then 3rd and then tried the sequence upwards 3rd to 4th
> no problem, But 5th? God only knows? Maybe it went out of adjustment?
> So 3rd and 4th is not too bad. I pull off into Main Street from MI-14
> and I realize that I don?t have 2nd or 1st. A quick placement of the
> shifter into 3rd and rev-up of the RPM?s and I keep Rodolfo alive.
>
>   I pulled it of the road and discover the whole linkage assembly
> limp with the pivot bolt MIA and nothing that could actually decently
> take its place. CRAP, No tools nice clothes and what would McGaiver do?
> I had just heard a motivational speaker so ?Hell I can handle this!!? I
> look all over the car I find a zip tie and a wood copper screw as my
> only candidates for replacements. I place the screw into the hole and
> off we go.
>
>   I get home to see what I can do and see something familiar resting
> over top of the A arm. Yes you guessed it; the shoulder bolt that holds
> the pivot point somehow rested itself at speeds of 75mph+/- while
> traveling on bad roads on the safest spot of that A arm. I grabbed the
> magnet from the tool box and rescued the bolt who is now married to a
> lock washer and a new nut.
>
>   Thank you for reading, clear your tubes and think positive. Like
> the story the motivational speaker told us. During a traffic jam in
> Chicago he was going out of his mind. Pissing and moaning about the bad
> drivers cutting in line and cursing each other out. As he drives up
> there is this man on a little car whistling and letting people in. All
> around people are mad, but this guy is just whistling and calm. Our
> speaker turns to the happy driver and rather than get mad at him asked
> ?How was he so calm and not upset at the jam?? The calm man?s answer
> he
> was a POW in Vietnam who spend 3 out of his 4 years there in a bamboo
> cage 4x5 feet. ?This traffic jam is only an inconvenience, being in
> Vietnam was terrible that is how I am so calm.? Answered the whistling
> man.
>
>   Keep in perspective and you too can pull McGaiver stunts without
> getting frazeld. Some funny stuff if you care to look:
> http://www.gregrisberg.com/
>
>   Later,
>   El T
>
>
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