Late yesterday afternoon as my wife shuttled children from the middle school to the elementary school, the car's get up and go... got up and went. Loosing gears as she pressed on (in traffic) she handled herself very well. Using, what at the time seemed the last of the clutch, she managed to get up the hill to the school parking lot. She very calmly called me and explained the situation. "great... what else could happen?", I thought. To her dismay and my surprise, I was able to get the car moving. Apparently, the clutch was not completely gone. I took big circles around the lot. Mary was disgusted. I don't think that she was sure that I was doing the right thing when I announced that I would drive the car to the repair shop. This is like a story heard on NPR's "CAR TALK". Turns out that the right axle is bad. Could have stopped at anytime. Clutch was ok...worn but ok. At the repair shop, I was ready for a number in the thousands. $200 later, the axle is fixed, the oil is changed and the distributor is sealed.
Lucky for now.... Whew....
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