Re: [alfa] Lamenting my 86 Graduate

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Sam,

I have a transmission for your car.  I'm also in Chicago.

It's actually from a '91 but it will work and has the sensor pickup on the bellhousing.   I bought it in '95 where it had been sitting so I believe the claim it had low miles on it.   $200 and I'll even deliver it if you're strapped for transportation.   It's in Burr Ridge, SW suburbs.

A couple of other options:

Give Besic a call about doing the work and I'll drop it at his shop for you.  You can give him the $200 since that's where the money will ultimately end up anyway.

Show up to the CAROC tech session tomorrow in LaGrange and I'll bring it with me if you have transportation.

-Peter

> Hello all...
> 
> I'm writing for some advice, first on how to cope with the loss of an
> Alfa but mostly on how to get it back.
> 
> This week I was told that my 86 Graduate needs $1500 in repairs for the
> transmission.  I'd been using it as my main car for the last few years
> and we've been through a few Chicago winters together.  My job requires
> me to do a lot of driving so I haven't been babying it by any means. 
> But what we go through during winter (and also, spring, fall and
> summer), she more than makes up for it to me during the summer.
> 
> I've pretty much resolved to do what I can to get my car back but it's
> going to take some time before I'm able to afford it.  However, a
> transmission is available right now.  Rational thought -- as in any
> good, albeit slightly dysfunctional relationship -- has less to do with
> this than emotions.  That's why I'm not posting this on a Saturn
> listserve.
> 
> But, in an attempt to think this thing through, I have the following
> questions:
> 

> 1. What do you think my chances are in a transmission being available
> in a few months, maybe a year?
> 
> 2. Assuming an Alfa is just another inanimate object, should I just try
> to find another one down the line.
> 
> Any words of advice, encouragement, or personal experience would be
> greatly appreciated.  Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
> 
> Sam in Chicago
> 86 Graduate - out of commission
> 92 Honda Something-or-Other, it doesn't matter
> 
> 
> 
> 
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