RW> Where there's a need or will, there's a way to get it done. I removed the   
   RW> 4 spd manual from my 64 El Camino and was in the process of putting a   
   RW> TH350 in its place, but couldn't get it to go while it was on a floor   
   RW> jack   
   RW> and me trying to wiggle it in place. My neighbor from down the alley   
   RW> happened by and heard the cussing and screaming and asked if I needed   
   RW> help. After explaining what I was doing, he crawled under that EC and   
   RW> took   
   RW> the 350 off the jack and lifted it in place by himself. He was much   
   RW> bigger   
   RW> and stronger than I was, but such a good friend.   
      
   My Mom always says, "Where there is a will, there is a way".    
      
   All the cussing and screaming must be edited out of the TV shows with the   
   rebuilds, because I have yet to tackle a repair and keep it in the "G-Rating".   
   :)   
      
      
   Not a repair, but before Hurricane Sandy I ran to Home Depot and managed to   
   get a 5500 watt generator.  The truck battery was dead at the time (before I   
   replaced the battery), so I had to take my Monte Carlo.     
      
   Getting that beast into the trunk was no easy feat.  I took it out of the box   
   and was trying to lift it into the trunk, but soon realized it needed to be   
   done by more than just me.  Thankfully, a nice passer-by helped me get it   
   loaded up and I drove it home with the trunk open - but at least it was in   
   there.  It was too heavy to fall out.   
      
   RW> 8^) I was tackling wheel bearings in my bicycle when I was 12...Bendix   
   RW> brakes were giving me a problem on reassembly and I was getting very   
   RW> frustrated. About that time my dad came home from work and when I asked   
   RW> him what to do, he asked who had taken it apart. When I told him it was   
   RW> my   
   RW> doing, he said that I should know how it went back together again. I   
   RW> never   
   RW> forgot that and surprised him in his own garage by knowing what to do   
   RW> without reading the manual. Which was another of his suggestions when   
   RW> things weren't going right.   
      
   I took my childhood BMX bike apart many times (Mongoose).  I re-greased the   
   bearings and added alloy parts, etc.  Seems it has always been in my blood.   
      
   RW> When I met my wife to be, she was impressed that when I came over to her   
   RW> apartment, I fixed things that the landlord couldn't fix...I taught her   
   RW> to   
   RW> solder her own stereo wires to connectors, etc...I guess that won her   
   RW> over   
   RW> because she's still amazed at some of the things I do.   
      
   My wife likes the fact that I fix things and figure stuff out.  We are both   
   engineers - but in different areas.  She is in the architecture and design   
   field and I am in the technology field.  Have been all my professional life.   
   We share the creative and building gene - but in different areas.   
      
   - Mark   
      
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