Manual Transmission

* Replying to Various Part 1 *

The (automatic transmission) van was in the shop for several days, so we were driving the (manual) truck, usually only used for 'round the farm chores. When I got back in the van, it was so weird at first to not have anything for my left foot to do, and I'd keep reaching for the gear shift as if I needed to.

Other than the tractor on the farm when I was a kid, the first manual trans I used was on a 4x4 flatbed at the highschool summer park maintenance job. The old thing was so worn, you didn't even need the clutch to shift from 1st to 2nd.

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