[A/S] Re: Refrigerator - thermostat - ooops

["nickcrowhurst" <NickandSandra@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Terry, you have my total sympathy. Many years ago, as a penniless 
married student, our old heap of a van lost its clutch. I read the 
books, learnt how to change a clutch, saved the pennies for a clutch 
plate and thrust bearing, and set to work. I spent two days in 
January, lying on my back, freezing in the open snow, removing and 
replacing the gearbox by dropping it onto my chest and wriggling out 
sideways. ( No pit, no jackstands, no nothing...).As I gratefully 
tightened the last bell-housing bolts, and scraped my nose on the 
gearbox for the last time, I noticed that the clutch pedal pivot 
spindle had fallen out of the frame, causing the clutch to fail. One 
minute with a wrench fixed the problem. All my efforts had been 
unnecessary!
 The basic problem for those of us that do our own repairs, is that 
each task comes afresh with unique problems, and we have the one 
chance to learn and fix it. Forty years later, I'm still learning the 
hard way, but this site certainly helps a great deal. Well done, 
Terry.  Nick.