Nothing like cutting it close to the wire. I am supposed to be in Yellowstone on May 1, and the bus is broke and so is the Puddle Jumper. I had a doctor's appointment the other day and I lost the clutch in the puddle jumper while looking for the office. It totally failed. No Clutch at all.
I love my Puddle Jumper but finding parts can be a chore. I had to go on line to find a new Clutch Master Cylinder. It was going to take several days to get here and I would be without a car. My friend Jimmy lent me a car of his so I could do everything that I need to do to leave.
In the mean time I try to install the throttle cable in the bus. I had been sent an original equipment cable from a guy that replaced it with an air throttle. When I installed it I discovered it was 18 inches short. I went back to plan B and installed wire rope. The size of the wire rope that came out of the bus was 5/32. Not the most common size. Lowes and Home Depot both did not carry it. I went to a couple of rigging supply houses and could not find it. So I opted for 1/8 inch wire rope. For all of you that are math challenged that equal to 4/32. I mere 1/32 smaller. Unfortunately that made all the difference in the world. After spending the better part of 5 hours messing with the thing I started the bus up, stepped on the throttle and the rope did not hold.
I decided to regroup. I found a source of 5/32 wire rope on the other side of town. I went and got it. I had the ends fixed and now I have a cable identical to the one that came out of the bus.
In the mean time the part for the Puddle Jumper shows up and I tried to install it. Not happening. The fittings don't match. One of the fittings is called a banjo fitting. The one off the original cylinder is too big for the new part. I search all over town and can not find the part. Maybe I can solve the problem tomorrow. So two complete days of working on the bus and puddle jumper and they still are not fixed.
When did I say I was leaving?
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