The good news is he is careful and patient and attends to the details. 
The bad news is there are tons of details. I knew automatic transmissions are complicated but when you see yours stripped down to the very bare essentials it’s pretty startling. He picks the pieces up and cleans them with gasoline then dries them with compressed air.
One by one they get laid out with the new pieces and reassembled.
And it’s cold and some factory nearby was cleaning its smokestacks or something and the neighborhood smelt like a bonfire.
Next week I should be able to move GANNET2 and take a test drive and that feels more stressful than it should. What if it doesn’t go well? There’s so much riding on this that now that we are closing in on the repair it’s getting to me.
There’s no point in worrying, I know that, but I want to get going when Layne gets back. Where to will be a big question, shall we proceed to the lonely jungles of Brazil? That will be a test of our confidence in the repair.
As I was leaving the campground I crossed paths with a Swiss couple coming in. Apparently they are spending but one night and going somewhere else right away.
I rather like having the place to myself.
Except of course I get to share it with Rusty. Check out below his annoyed he gets when I close him in the van as I prepare to leave him and go get jobs done downtown. He turns his back on me.
The thanks I get for looking after him.
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Any idea how much the transmission is going to cost, total? (I know you've already given him some money.)
I’ve paid him $1500 in US dollars for the parts but he doesn’t want to take anymore until the job is finished. Double that in the end? I don’t know. I will reveal all when I know. A refurbished transmission in the US sells for 3 or 4 thousand plus the cost of installation.
Doesn’t seem too bad for all that hand work putting hundreds of pieces back together.
It sounds like they're paying attention to the details so hopefully you will have a solid transmission for years to come 🤞
Wilson
I hope so. He’s slow but careful.
Michael, I know how you feel. I am in the middle of putting a new engine in my boat. We are supposed to reinstall it THursday 19 June. I am freaking out.
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