Lions and tigers and vaccuum modulators, oh my!!
One thing the army taught me, that I always try to live by, is "If it ain't broke, fix it until it is." And today, I'm living the vida loco, boyo. Okay, so I'm fixing something that is broke, but maybe I'll break the good one too.
I haven't driven my mustang in about three months, because it has a burnt out band in the transmission. I hope. For those of you that don't speak grease monkey, burnt out band = pretty damned bad. If it's not that, it's something that won't even let me rebuild, because it'll chew up the bell housing. Fun, huh?
HOWEVER, I went to the Autozone to get a belt for my wife's neon, when what to my wonderous eyes should appear? A shiny red, looking like new 73 Convertible Coupe. It had an original Mach I package, very rare for a coupe. 351 Cleveland, Chin spoiler and wing deck spoiler, Magnum wheels with the little ponies in the center, everything.
So I start chewing the fat with the owner, and it turns out he's got an extra transmission, working, exactly like I need at his house. Just come and get it. Sweet................
So I just got done digging ditches for the day (another article, but that was fun) and I'm about to go get a transmission jack. (so you don't drop 150 pounds of tranny on your teeth) Hopefully, a few hours of work, and I'll be up and running by tonight.
Oh yes, and I got a phone call from the Killeen school district, they finally want to start interviewing me come thursday. Flippin' sweet!