The White Feather

["Al Powell" <APOWELL@agcom.tamu.edu>]

Awright, I have shown the white feather - revealed the yellow streak 
up my back - similar expressions of de-feets.

Today I dropped off the 200 at the mechanic's for HIM to find the 
d**n clunk that has been bugging us for more than six months.  I am 
95% confident he will have to install the inner control arm bushings 
and sway bar end bushings I left him.

Whether he needs to do ball joints, tie rod ends, etc - none of which 
I have found definite fault with - is up to him.  I just want the thing to 
STOP going clunk.  I left a 2.5 page letter documenting every part I 
have already replaced and every diagnostic I have done, as well as 
my conclusions and the reasons for them.  

Hopefully, late this week I will have it back and it will be silent, 
"front-end-wise".

My gratitude to Eric, Igor and others for the many thoughts they have 
shared and the help they have provided....at least these helped me to 
eliminate a number of possibilities.


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College Station, TX 77843      
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