Automatic Transmission

A good ole work buddy of mine (Jay) recently got married and he and his family were in FL. His newly fashioned father-in-law (Steve) who had spent a year in Haiti with his family (including Jay's not-so-soon-to-be-at-the-time-wife) came to visit. He often comes to visit where they lived and came to the Mission yesterday with a group of about 8-10 people (including Jay's new brother-in-law John).

Unfortunately, their van didn't want to make it all the way up the mountain without blowing the transmission seal (it's an automatic) and without being towed. So we went to rescue them and bring their truck to a safe place to be worked on.

I have spent most of the morning working with a new Haitian friend, Story, who came with Steve's group yesterday. He has things to teach me and I have things to teach him - it's a great working relationship! He just left to go buy parts and will either be back this afternoon or Monday (I am hoping Monday right now, but we'll see). Here's a shot of the transmission and torque converter out of the van. Steve, we hope to have the van running once again to last another 20 years and 300,000 Haitian miles (at least the transmission).