04 Mar 11 10:13, TOM WALKER wrote to MARK HOFMANN:   
      
      
    MH>> I never had the opportunity to apprentice with something like a   
    MH>> master mechanic, but I am pretty good at figuring things out.  That   
    MH>> has gotten me t where I am today, but which isn't bad - all things   
    MH>> considered.   
      
    TW> I had the same background, Mostly self taught. And in days gone by I   
    TW> was a pretty good "Shade Tree" mechanic. One has not lived until they   
    TW> change a manual tranny in a Gravel Parking Lot.   
      
   Does a pea-gravel lot count? Swapped a clutch in my 51 Ford w/3spd   
   overdrive in a parking lot full of pea-gravel.   
      
    TW>  OR changed a starter during in a Las Vegas Sand Storm in an Auto   
    TW> Parts Store parking lot!!!  :-)  :-) :-)   
      
   I pulled the rocker cover off a BBC in my 67 Chevelle and removed the   
   spark plug, rocker arms and pushrods from one cylinder because the cam was   
   going flat. That was in Flagstaff, AZ when it was snowing and the temp was   
   near zero. Nicer weather when we got to Kingman. It took nearly as much   
   fuel to drive to San Diego as it did to get to Flagstaff from Illinois.   
      
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