Well, I can't get pics right now... it's a '83 Ramcharger that I bought out of a junkyard for $800, and I drove it home.
Though "drove" might be a bit of a stretch.
At the first gas station (which was a solid 15 miles from the yard) I stopped and dumped a bottle and a half of Dot 3 into the reservoir... it didn't really help.
Then, another 10 miles later, I went to make the 3/4 shift, and it wouldn't. From that point on, the last 15 miles was a series of power shifting and plotting the route (mentally) to take as few left-turns as possible so I didn't have to try and slam the truck into gear at the stop signs... if was a few more miles out of the way, but we did it without getting on any major roads, and only had to stop at an intersection once.
Now that the engine is on the floor, I see that the throw-out bearing is in at least two pieces.
And here I thought the nylon rope had something to do with it...
It's funny--I've bought four old, unrestored vehicles with one-way plane tickets and driven them to Georgia from California (yellow '73 Duster), Missouri ('61 Suburban) and Indiana ('61 Corvair), and the one from 40 miles away gives me the most trouble!
