I've been really, Really Blessed the last year or so with help from
>friends -- they've kept me from having to live on the street or sleep
>in the car -- but I need a bit of help none of them have the expertise >to provide.
>
>I'm actively looking for full-time employment (after having lost a
>job a bit ago due to a black widow spider bite), am on unemployment (my
>sole income), and the tranny in my '65 Rambler Classic is giving up
>the ghost (slipping), thus making it more and more difficult for me to
>get to job interviews.
>
>Is there a transmission mechanic in or near San Diego reading this -
>or someone you know -- that will do some work on the tranny for me so
>I can get to job interviews and such?
>
>In addition to what little cash I have that I can proffer, I am also
>willing to "trade" whatever skills or labor I have (writing? [
>nationally published writer ]; copy editing?; editing/proofreading?;
>customer service?; work around the home or office or shop or ?; also
>have some familiarity with HTML; ... willing to do whatever is needed.
>I just have to keep this jalopy going for a couple more months till I
>find gainful full-time work.
>
>(Starting off, she slips in D1 and D2. If I downshift to Low, I can get
>going, but that's getting worse, too. I have the shop manual but am
>leery of adjusting any bands myself; done a lot of work on her, but
>never done that before, and from reading the manual it seems there are
>a *lot* of possible causes of the problem and I have neither the time
>nor the money to experiment.)
>
>Please, if you or anyone you know ... I can't tell you how much it >would be appreciated.
>
>Christopher A. Steele
>Spring Valley, CA
>
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>for some reason the google mail fails]
>casteele95thbgheavy
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