Re: Annapolis Pic (long) (archive)

Again, I would like to thank Jeff and others responsible for arranging the pavillion, and the get-together. Sorry to hear about your bad luck. Well, the good thing is that it was something that you could fix on the side of the road. Although, I don't know if I could have. I'm sort of excited.. this is the first time I've seen my car on the 'net. Hope to see all of you again soon.

We also had a great time. I hope we can get together again.
Just thought I'd share the experience I had on the way back to Southern Maryland. I was stopped at a traffic light. I put the o2 into gear, all of a sudden it felt like I had run over a tandem bicycle. I had enough momentum to get to the shoulder. I tried to put it in gear(any gear) and the engine just revved. I managed to push it into a parking lot. I expected to find transmission fluid and parts all over the place, but everything looked ok. The Guibo was also ok. A little further inspection revealed that the drivers side drive shaft was no longer connected to the differential. Of the six bolts that connect it to the differential, one was missing, two were sheared off, one was bent so it could not be extracted, and two were intact but had backed all the way out. Luckily my wife and kids were right in front of me in the minivan and pulled over. To make a long story short, I jumped in the van. There was a K-mart a couple of miles down the road. Purchased a hacksaw so I could extract the bent bolt. Back at the car I hacked throught the bent bolt, borrowed one bolt from the other side and bolted down the two that had backed out. 3 bolts out of six ain't bad. Started her up and drove another 30 miles to get home. Never a dull moment.

Jeff

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