What broke might you ask? The very expensive TKO-600 that I bought brand new. I was coming home from work and decided to put the car in the shop so it could start to cool down (I need to repair the fuel tank vent line that I crushed a few months ago). I get the Cobra out and back the 91 down my driveway (steep hill leading to a busy main road with a 65mph limit). It ground a little going into reverse, so I popped it into 3rd, then 4th, it went into reverse fine. I started backing down my driveway (I have to so I can get on the path to my shop). I got right at the peak of the slope and went to put it into 1st. No go. In fact, I only had left/right (neutral gate). Totally locked out of every gear. So here I am, at home, by myself, stuck on a hill with no gears, and the emergency brake isn't strong enough hold the car.
After a few hundred choice words I finally rip on the E-brake so hard it holds the car. I run and get a block of wood to chock the rear tires. To make a long story a little shorter after about 30 minutes I got the car into gear. I went back out and moved the shifter back and forth real slowly while slightly pushing forward trying to feel the gate. All of a sudden it slipped into gear. Now it goes into all the gears like nothing is wrong. I'm on hold right now with D&D trying to talk to someone so I can get an answer on what my problem is.
Either way I only got about 275 miles out of this sucker and now I'm going to have to pull it back apart again.
The worst part of it all is, this is the first long weekend in months I've had off and I didn't have any heavy wrenching to do. I was finally going to get to relax and maybe enjoy putting some miles on this thing instead of having to work on it.
After a few hundred choice words I finally rip on the E-brake so hard it holds the car. I run and get a block of wood to chock the rear tires. To make a long story a little shorter after about 30 minutes I got the car into gear. I went back out and moved the shifter back and forth real slowly while slightly pushing forward trying to feel the gate. All of a sudden it slipped into gear. Now it goes into all the gears like nothing is wrong. I'm on hold right now with D&D trying to talk to someone so I can get an answer on what my problem is.
Either way I only got about 275 miles out of this sucker and now I'm going to have to pull it back apart again.
The worst part of it all is, this is the first long weekend in months I've had off and I didn't have any heavy wrenching to do. I was finally going to get to relax and maybe enjoy putting some miles on this thing instead of having to work on it.
