[Fox Body]

Hey BLOCKER,

I think I can kinda understand how you feel. But in a slightly different way. I just got a '91 LX 4-banger hatch for my work car (in December 2001) and the transmission hasn't been wanting to keep the stinking fluid in it for some reason. I've changed the pump seal and the pump, and I just got finished putting it back in the car this afternoon (in like FLIPPIN 99 DEGREE WEATHER!!!). The thing that sucks is that for the last 3 weeks, at least-- more like the last month--I've had to drive my '79 stang around in this blistering HEAT, 45 minutes both ways to work. And the car is really pissing me off cause it's so LOUD inside since I removed the carpet to install roll cage (6-point). It's like pizza, it's awesome every weekend or say, every other day, but EVERY DAY FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER would really SUCK!. THat's like driving the '79 b/c of the stripped down condition it is in right now. Oh yeah, it's fun and all for weekends and nights every once in a while, but not everyday, LOUD, in 95-103 (LITERALLY) degree weather for 40 minutes each way. And all b/c the 91 doesn't want to behave. The '79 wouldn't be so LOUD if the carpet wasn't removed, but I didn't know the stinking tranny in the '91 would start acting up so, hey.

You know, I like learning and doing as much as I can myself b4 asking others for help (which includes taking the car to the shop), but sometimes I get FRUSTRATED with this whole drag mustang/ fast car hobby. Sometimes the thought comes to my head, man, just pay someone to do it all. Progress is slow, b/c Mon-Thurs I work 10 hrs/day, so when I arrive home, I'm hot and drained of energy and just want to go inside and relax. Sometimes I still go outside and mess with the car. But pretty much I'm a loner with the Mustang building. I gotta do most this stuff myself. No help (my dad helps whenever he can--thank GOD), but still. I had to drive about 1 hr to the guy (just a friend of a friend of a friend--- Most times, I rather go to private persons for work I cant' do myself rather than shops, just to save money) who welded in my roll cage-- in the STINKING HOT SUN and LOUD car. It'd be GREAT to have a garage, but I don't have one. CRAP. When I graduate from graduate school and get my house, dude, I WILL HAVE A LIFT, air tools, at LEAST a 2-car garage that can be airconditioned (air conditioner in the window) and much more. Just right now, I jsut gotta work with what I got. I'm saving money by doing a lot myself, so much of the hard work has paid off. But Progress is still slow. I'm not one to quit and I know what I want, and I plan on getting it.

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*deep breath*

Haaaaaaaa.... That helped..... Sorry to use your post to vent BLOCKER, just want you to know I know how it is to be a little frustrated in this Mustang-building world. I do feel much better now. Thanks.