Sounds like they have given you a pretty rough time. They were all new at one time also.
My best advice is to have it hauled. If it's only 100 miles, it shouldn't cost as much as a wrecker call if something goes wrong while trying to drive it. Get it home where you can crawl all over it and understand how everything works before you get it out on the road.
+ 100 on the above. Many of the guys around here are VERY knowledgeable about MV's ... but dang few of them are "people friendly" when giving advise.
Asking for advice around here is like looking for diamonds thrown out in a field filled with cows ... You are most definitely gonna find them diamonds ... but you are gonna have to sift through a LOT of bulls**t to get them.
BTW ... already you got a TON of diamonds in this thread already ... some GREAT words of advise!
LEARN THESE RULES ... and ALWAYS do these first before asking a question around here ... or woe be onto you Nube!
1) READ THE MANUAL. Period. Don't come here as a nube asking how to turn the wipers on in a Deuce.
2) ALWAYS use the search function ... and do a search of the question you are going to ask, before you ask it. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
If you follow these two procedures ... and just post questions that you cannot find the answer to ... things will go a LOT easier for you around here.
Ask me how I know...
anyoldways ...
Are you a mechanic? ... A real died in the wool old timey wrench turner who can fix ANYTHING ... no matter what ... with spit and string?
Have you ANY experience with OLD vehicles? Buying them ... fixing them up and getting them moving SAFELY???
Do you have the tools ... and spare parts needed to get this UNKNOWN vehicle the 100 miles you need to?
Before you answer that ... a LONG time ago when I was a young and brash mechanic ... I bought a car carting 18" trailer to haul my race car.
When I picked it up ... it took me over 12 freakin' tortuous hours to move the dang thing SIXTY (!!!!) miles. A one axle, 18' trailer with nothing on it. I cannot even begin to catalog everything that went wrong on that trip.
If you have answered NO to any of the above questions ... and even if you answered yes to them ... I would FIRST consider towing it home.
This having been said ... I just bought a 68 American General ... site unseen some 667 miles from my home ... and I went up and drove it back.
I did pretty good ... I had a problem with a tire ... and a mystery problem that I got to take pictures of and post here .... BUT ... the whole thing went off with nothing major ... I even got pretty decent MPG's ... and MPH's.
Better than I though I would.
BUT ... I took the time to read the manuals ... I read a number of threads around here about recoveries (Recoveries sounds REAL dramatic don't it? Lissen up ... there's a REASON some of these crusty old farts use that word ... sometimes you gotta drag these things outta the woods kicking and screamin') ...
I carefully packed my chase car with the tools and gear that I thought I would need ... AND I SPENT HUNDREDS of hours with the previous owner ... trying to get the condition of the vehicle ... and gauge his knowledge and honesty. LUCKY for me the seller was a REAL GENTLEMAN and VERY knowledgeable about his trucks.
But also I have done this sort of thing with cranky old British (and other) sports cars ... hundreds of times over 40 years. I got 30 years swinging wrenches as a pro ... and some folks say I can take two pieces of cow flop ... smooch them together ... and drive the result away. That ain't no brag ... it ain't braggin' if you can do it ... and I've done it.
BUT ... I got "zero hours" doing that with a Deuce.
The guys around here busted my ba**s REAL GOOD before I started out. They made me dig in HARD ... and think the wole thing through ... At one point I almost considered having it towed.
This is a LOT of weight ... and you are moving it over public roads. If you squash somebody with this thing .... you make EVERYBODY ON THIS WEBSITE ... indeed ... every MV owner in America look bad.
PLEASE< PLEASE< PLEASE consider the advise I gave you in this (VERY) long post.
And consider the advice you are getting from these guys ... their methods maybe a bit *harsh* but they are REALLY lookin' out for YOU.
Keep your head in the game. Think ... then think again.
If you REALLY want to drive it home ... you better go out to look it over first ... then go home think it over ... pack for the trip ... learn every thing you can ... and do it.
Otherwise ... tow it home.
sorry for the long post ... but this IS important!
oddshot