.....I had to have Maggie towed home. Nothing is more embarrassing than having to have the tow truck take you and your ride home.
Yesterday I had a speech to give and a Speech Contest to run, so I was a bit occupied. Fortunately, or unfortunately as the case may be, my car problems weren't a matter of me overlooking some basic maintenance because I was "busy". Nope....this time it was just having a 34 year old car. I think some of the rubber seals and/or caps of the clutch's master cylinder just gave out. As I drove to the meeting last night I noticed that the clutch had way too much play and as I drove it got worse. About a block before my destination I had next to no clutch at all and there was some hydraulic fluid dripping onto my shoe.
That is never a good sign.
Luckily it is a relatively easy fix. I just have to get a new master cylinder and while I'm at it I might as well replace the slave cylinder. I'll probably need some help bleeding the system, but even that is a relatively easy task.
I just cannot go anywhere right now.....bummer. At least I do have the city bus which runs right by the house. If I don't borrow my wife's car I might just take the bus downtown to the auto parts store. Today I don't need to go anywhere and I can catch up on some school work.
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