A REALLY GOOD MECHANIC

I am blessed to have a really good mechanic. Today he came and got my car and took it to replace the power steering pump. It gave up the ghost a couple of weeks ago after devoloping a groan that grew worse over a period of about a year and finally ended with no power steering. When did you last drive a muscle car? It is no fun for sure.

Now I know that my mechanic is really good because he brought the car back to me without having to install the $135 part. He told me that when he started dismantling the old pump he found that the filter in it had become completely clogged with dirt and crusted fluid. He decided to clean the thing up and see what would happen. Voila! The old thing works like a charm and I get to return the part to the auto parts store. A dealer would have pulled the part, trashed it, put in the new one and charged me $400. I felt like I had received a gift--actually, I did receive a gift. So the old Corolla at age 15 is still leading a charmed life. I think she deserves a good vacuuming out tomorrow. I should call Click and Clack and tell them my story.