You would have felt realy bad, if you'd have had it towed!!! -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 " I was different before people dared to be different" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > -- Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Finally a little bit of good luck came your way. Disaster happened in the > > driveway instead of freeway........ > > The problem was embarassingly dumb -- though it would really been a > disaster on the freeway! -- > > All that was wrong was the little piece of plastic that slides back and > forth under the escutcheon, all it does is prevent you from having to look > down into the shifter guts. Mere trim! It pulled too far to the rear, the > edge of the aluminum on the console had a small dent, and when I last > pulled it into 3rd, it caught on the aluminum, preventing it from movin > forward. A BIG PUSH! would have forced it, probably breaking something > cosmetic. > > All I had to do was gently poke it down with my finger; it then cleared the > aluminum. The fix was to remove the downturned edge of the aluminum so it > wouldnt' catch. > > I guess I'm a bit paranoid... > > > The stupid junk muncie shifter > > allowed the transmission to be engaged in second and third gears > > simultaneously. when the clutch was released the trans exploded. > > ... I ended up getting detention for skipping a > > day of school. > > Skip class... fix car... skip class... fix car... hmm... > > I think you made the right choice :-) > > > Still got the Javelin > > Wise decision!!! > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list