Posted on 11/29/2004 1:59:05 PM PST by Clive
As helpful as they (men) may seem, You can be assured they will stop pulling over helping the dame in distress when gravity tugs at their senses.
I met a college sweetheart after she had put coolant (glycol) in her battery instead of her radiator.
Being the driver of British Leyland's finest, I was able to help her.
Yep! My sweetie is sitting here snickering about this thread. She's MY mechanic, having performed all routine maintainance, including oil changes, on everything we own. this includes 2-Benz, 3-Nissan 300zx, Explorer, 2-Volvo, and an odd assortment of Isuzu's which she loves to play with(they are turbo rice rockets). She replaces starters, does brake jobs, and other misc small repairs. the big stuff, is usually done at a friends shop, with his help! I watch, but usually get run off for kibitzing...
The bug is simple if it an old one, but if you need help, get a manual from Chilton or Haynes, and give it a try...
Nothing ventured... nothing learned!
Check the body for tin worm!
Not so! Although I absolutely CAN change a tire, put on chains and loosen up the linkage with a tire iron, I haven't actually had to do any of those things for decades.
I'm no supermodel but every time I've had a roadside emergency, by the time I formed a plan of action, some dear guy has already pulled over and is busily testing his portable impact wrench.
Now, I've never had to accept any of these offers of help at night or in secluded places so I don't know about that angle but I've never had trouble getting help during the day.
Maybe quite a few guys really ARE nice! That's been my experience, anyway.
Oh, but you think she'll actually get the engine fixed when that happens?
No, it'll be "Well, I'll just buy a new car" and junk the old one.
Her fuel pump was hanging off the engine block by a few threads of one bolt. 95% of the gas was being pumped to the pavement. After fixing the problem the fuel economy improved dramatically over the .05 mpg she was getting.
She's sharp as a tack about pretty much everything else. Cars? Not so much.
Go Mopar!!
Go to your local Autozone, get one of these, plus the oil collector pan (plastic, six bucks) and the oil and filter. You'll be fine.
The continual smell of gasoline around her car didn't cause her any concern???
Drain it and replace it with synthetic taillight fluid, you won't be sorry.
Hey, tell her I had a TV/DVD combo quit working back beginning of this month...yesterday I took the back off it (even though it said not to, but "nothing ventured" as you say...) and right there plain as day was a blown fuse. I just happened to have the same fuse (it came with our Christmas lights we were putting up) and I replaced the fuse, replaced the back and it works like a charm today!
I am pretty sure I plugged it in to a bad socket.
I love doing stuff on my own. It's why my hubby and I want to get rid of our Ford Aerostar and get a VW. So we can work on it easily ourselves.
Always carry a sack of Beechnut and a package of Juicy Fruit when traveling on country roads.
If you spring a leak in your radiator, chew about half a bag of Beechnut and spit it directly into your radiator.
Do this before all the water runs out.
If a rock knocks a hole in your gas tank, chew the whole package of Juicy Fruit until all the sweet is gone and stick the whole wad over the hole.
Do this before all the gas runs out.
NOW! Don't you feel smarter?
Why do I keep parking by places that smell like gasoline?
Bunny - Pancake - Head
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My Ford minivan is giving me grief and we can't figure it out...it blows a fuse, then the odometer and dome lights, speedometer don't work. We got the right fuse isolated, but whenever we change it, it just blows immediately. We got it to work for two days, but then it just wouldn't allow it. Just blows immediately. We even disconnected the battery, changed the fuse and then reconnected but it blew again, right away.
As soon as this gets fixed, we're gonna try to sell it and get a Bug. In the meantime, I dream.
Well, my dad's a pilot and when he's out of flight line...whoa!
Don't forget to put the winter air in your tires and rotate the muffler bearings too LOL
MD
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