Bre'r Mark Hofmann wrote about RE:Re: Power steering lines - Durango. to   
   Bre'r Roy Witt:   
      
      
    RW>> 8^) I had to stop in the ice and sleet (December) to change a flat   
    RW>> tire on the first evening of our honeymoon. Suit, fresh shined   
    RW>> shoes, no coat and no gloves. Believe it or not, you sweat even   
    RW>> while working in the cold.   
      
    MH> Yes, sounds like fun.  :)   
      
   Yeah...it always seemed like I was on foot every New Year's Eve for quite   
   a few years too. That was before I had two cars and kept one in the garage   
   for just such occasions on Dec 31...   
      
    MH> Back when I drove my 80' Malibu, I remember several times getting off   
    MH> work only to have it not start.  Most of the time it would not only   
    MH> be cold, but raining too.   
      
   Sounds like Illinois.   
      
    MH> Laying under the car in work cloths using a pipe to smack the starter   
    MH> was loads of fun.  After the third time this happened, I decided to   
    MH> replace it in the cold instead of waiting for a nice warm day.   
      
   Sounds like loads of fun...   
      
    MH> Each year in the fall I try to do a routine check of the vehicles and   
    MH> just take a look at everything.  I try to fix things before it gets   
    MH> cold.  The problem is, most of the issues that crop up can't be   
    MH> detected by just looking.   
      
   Dunno about that. My dad (mechanic) had an ear for peculiar sounds that   
   indicated trouble down the road. Thing is, he ignored his own cars and   
   only worked on those on the side of the road. I can't really fault him for   
   that because, as a machinist having some tools and equipment in the   
   garage, I never machined anything after work or on weekends...   
      
    MH> If that was the case, I would have replaced the radiator in the   
    MH> Durango before it failed causing the antifreeze to get into the   
    MH> transmission.  No warning signs at all on that one.   
      
   That still sounds strange to me. Too bad you didn't keep that radiator and   
   tear it apart to find out what happened...   
      
      
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