Nearing the finish

During a long weekend reassembling and reinstalling, I tried to move the shifter after bleeding the clutch. It refused to budge. A number of horrible thoughts came to me, mostly on the order of "What and how did I screw up a brand new transmission?" I stopped putting things together in case the transmission needed to come out again.

After talking with Scanwest on the phone this morning, and trying a fix that didn't work, we agreed they needed to see the car. Got it towed in (thanks, AAA) and a few hours later received a phone call reporting they found the problem -- a small part that was installed incorrectly and refused to let the shift selector "slot". They're doing the last installation. I'm incredibly relieved that the problem wasn't my fault. A bit bummed that I am not doing every last thing, but at this point, with No Alibi only a few days away, I need the car together quickly. And quick I am not, in many ways.

Alignment is scheduled for tomorrow. That'll give me a couple of days of city driving before hitting the dusty roads for the weekend.