Yeah I drove it Monday fine, Tuesday I road while my wife drove and she had
trouble with it, took much fiddling. Wednesday when I had it back I noticed it
was a bit fiddly but not so bad I couldn't live with it. Thursday I couldn't
ever get into reverse. Friday was okay in the morning but I couldn't get
reverse to come home from work. Yesterday I couldn't get reverse ever.
The PO is apparently an idiot. He didn't notice that the thermostat was stuck
open, that the lights on the ACC unit didn't work, that the antenna didn't go
up or that the tires only had 10psi each... He made bubba repairs wherever
possible and when he couldn't figure out which wires to the radio were speaker
wires he just ran new wires to the fronts only... Total chucklehead.
-Curt
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:45:15 -0500
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On Saturday, February 11, 2006, at 08:59 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
> Ahh, doubt it. I've actually made my shoulder sore screwing with the
> blasted thing. I've driven all sorts of different vehicles before,
> this is definately a shifter that isn't working right. I'm just
hoping
> my Indy is back Monday so he can do those bushings...
> I do have a backup Indy, he's got no shop though so we'll have to
> scramble for space.
>
> -Curt
>
Cathy complained of a sore shoulder too. The shifter definitely needs
to get past the 3-4 gate before it will be effective when pushed down.
I remember having to get used to it, it's been a long time since I've
driven that car.
Have you been able to get reverse at all ever? Since you started
posting about the shifter? Was it intermittent? Can you ask the PO if
they had trouble with it?
I'm doing some wishful thinking here for you.
Johnny B.
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> Remember we own diesels, they love those 600 mile one way trips.
They may, but _I_ do not! I did apply at a place that would
have been a 90-mile (one-way) daily commute, but that didn't
pan out. That's far, for here.
-- Jim
