"Slip Slidin' Away"...

[Donald Lamond]

Now there's a man who knows what he's talking about!

Donald
84  4Ks

BBBurban at aol.com wrote:

> Advice as follows...
>
> Replace clutch and all associated parts.
>
> Clutch slave, all transmission seals, rear main engine seal, resurface
> flywheel, transmission fluid (depending when it was done last), transmission
> mounts (depending on condition of old ones)
>
> Most of these things you could probably get away with not doing, but the fact
> that you are already there with the transmission out vs. labor to get there
> again if one of these items fails should be taken into consideration.  Also
> the cost of some of these items are relatively cheap so that should be taken
> into account as well.  Lastly the overall condition of the car and do you
> plan on keeping it will help you decide.
>
> so the formula is:  THICKNESS OF WALLET  divided by  COST OF NECESSARY PARTS
> multiply by COST OF LABOR to the power of (COST OF LABOR TO GET AT THEM AGAIN
> multiplied by COST OF OPTIONAL PARTS)  =  SAVINGS ACCOUNT
>
> There is a whole different formula if you are doing the labor yourself.
>
> THICKNESS OF WALLET  divided by  COST OF NECESSARY PARTS multiply by NUMBER
> OF MECHANICALLY INCLINED FRIENDS to the power of YEARS KNOWN multiplied by
> SUPPLYING FREE BEER AND PIZZA subtract GARAGE SPACE subtract FREE TIME to the
> power of (COST OF LABOR TO GET AT THEM AGAIN multiplied by COST OF OPTIONAL
> PARTS)  =  SANITY
>
> Hope the first part of this response helps anyway...
>
> Hank 90q20v