Gracious Dr makes a house call, Changed over to a side shifter Options

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As if he doesn't have enough transmissions to work on.. I have been wanting to change my tail shift to a side shifter for some time now. Bought most of the necessary parts more than a year ago. So Mike and I were IM'ing this past week making plans to drive down to Atlanta for his clinic there in two weeks and he says' "I'll drive down soon and switch your tranny for you". After a few more IM's it works out to be yesterday. We started late in the afternoon with lofty goals of going to the local PCA Autocross near Annapolis on Sunday morning.

No such luck. I had some fatherly duties with my three boys, the tail cone needed a stud drilled out (I was too slow and Mike fixed that while I was dealing with the boys once), and we were delayed with removing the old nuts on the engine mount location - both my 1/2 and my 13 mm sockets have taken a hike and nothing else I had would fit in that tight location. Two trips to the local Wall Mart for gear oil and to buy a socket set were also interruptions.

I reached "worthless" around 2:30 am and Mike kept going until discovering I didn't have the plates or pieces that replace the motor mounts. I was up at 6:30 hoping to go to AX but found the car in the garage still on jack stands. At that point I realized the AX was too lofty a goal and I didn't bother Mike until almost noon.

What a great friend to drive 90 minutes to change my transmission and stay at it way past the time I crashed! I'll take this moment to plug for his clinic's. If you haven't signed up for Canada or Atlanta do so NOW. You're gauranteed a fun time. See you in Atlanta.

Now to find those needed plates and get Mike to 'visit' again.

Thanks Mike! I'm forever in debt to you for the work you've done.