Manassas dream redux

I don’t remember what it is i need to fix, but i know where the part that will complete the fix can be found and i get on some kind of three-wheeled motorized contraption to ride there. Angie is with me and she’s riding a cruiser style bicycle. We ride through the paths to Sabula’s field and onto Hoadley Road. We’re riding like we’re going to Taylor’s store. There’s a lot of commuter traffic so we ride mainly on the shoulder of the road. At one point we have to “off road” and the ground is kind of murky and boggy. After we cross through an intersection at the light (total déjà vu from my Cages dream from a few weeks ago) we take a left turn onto a gravel driveway and ride up to a white farm house. I go inside the house and into a closet. There’s a secret way up into a part of the house that only i know about and i find the hidden staircase at the back of the closet and go up. The stairs are stone and spiral up to the next floor. Once i’m up there i can hear Angie downstairs looking for me. There’s also a road crew working on the road outside the house and i can hear them so clearly that it startles me at first because i think they’re talking to me. I poke around in the small space looking for the missing piece. Sometimes i forget what it is i’m looking for. I can’t find the part here although this is where i’m sure i left it. I get a sense that it’s a block of wood i’m looking for but not really sure. I realize i can’t find it and descend the circular staircase back into the closet. Angie is waiting for me. We leave to go back to Trails End but now my mom is with us. She’s riding on a motorized mini-bike right behind me. Traffic is very heavy and it takes a little while to find a break. I know my vehicle doesn’t have a lot of zip and have to be sure i have plenty of space to get up to speed. Finally, there’s a break and i go for it with mom and Angie right behind me. We’re on the paved shoulder and picking up speed when some red race car zooms around us and gets in front of me. I’m surprised that such a fast car would want to drive on the shoulder. We begin a climb up a steep hill and i’m losing power. I need to put my odd vehicle into a lower gear. I reach down to find the gear shift but my hand is tangled in some sort of plastic cover ?raincoat? and i can’t get a grip on the ball. I tell mom to keep on going and i’ll catch up but really i’m not sure i’ll make it to the top and i wake up.

What is it i was looking for? What was it supposed to fix? Even if i could have got hold of the gear shift would i have known what to do with it? Damned frustrating dream.