Re: Well, I am home from the BBQ

From: Granpa Silver89 (SilverEightynine@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Jul 07 2002 - 23:22:54 EDT


Andy Levy wrote:

> Jon's to East Bloomfield, no problem. East Bloomfield to Geneva, again,
> no problem. Leaving Geneva, I lost 1st and OD again.

DOH!!

That sucks Andy.

> For those who saw the truck come and carry away the Jeep w/ the busted
> axle, it was the same guy driving the truck today. I guess a LOT of the
> Jeeps ended up getting towed over the course of the weekend.

Amazing. So some of the other Jeeps that were there had to be towed too
huh? Wow... I wonder if the mud pit has humbled any of them LOL!

> A buddy came out and waited for the tow truck with me, and he had the
> good sense to pull my tranny dipstick. There's mud on it. In spots all
> the way down. Now, this could be mud, or it could be clutch material.
> I'm praying it's only mud, and a flush will clean it out.

I would be suprised if that was mud in the trans. I'm not sure about
the Gen IIIs, but on my truck, the trans dipstick has a cap that fits
down over the filler tube. I would imagine that would keep mud out.

> If this turns into a tranny rebuild, the Dak never goes in the dirt
> again. At least not till I've got something I can trailer it on.

...hmmm can you resist??? That mud pit has a hypnotic lock on people!!....

I hope it will be ok Andy. I'm waiting to hear what happens with Adam
and his truck.

Tom



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