When your "Dynamo Hums" you know your headed for
trouble......................<BG>
"Larry B. Macy" wrote:
> This is one of those annoying maintenance reminders we should send out once
> in a while.
>
> My GF has a 96 Ford Probe, with the Mazda V-6, Woo Hoo fast little car. We
> had some problems with the belts on the power steering etc in June. She had
> them replaced then. Over Christmas an the 2 hour drive to and from her
> families for the traditional dinner etc they started into squeeling, She was
> buns up .... Err never mind. She had to work on Tues and Wed from 8 AM to 10
> PM so she made an appt for Thursday to get them checked, or replaced. I
> tried tightening them but it is nearly impossible to get at the adjuster for
> one of the belts.
>
> Any way on her way home on Wed night she called me about 10 and said her
> gauges just went out and what should she do. I told her to turn everything
> off and try to get home. While she was talking to me, the lights died and I
> told her to get off the road. The car died as she was pulling off. She
> barely made it off the roadway and into a parking area. Now she has a 60
> mile ride to and from work along Route 202 in eastern PA and into NJ. There
> are some areas that are very unpopulated and that late - mostly deserted.
> Fortunately she was just outside Doylestown. I jumped into the trusty Midget
> and took off to meet her. Naturally I grabbed the new Xmas tool kit and that
> handy dandy serpentine, multigroove belt I keep for just such emergencies
> (ya right). About 30 min later I found her sitting in the driveway of a
> funeral parlor. Fortunately she has AAA and the tow truck was on the way.
>
> Well it took the repair shop 2 full days to replace the belts. She couldn't
> go to work (ahh bummer ;-) ). And we picked it up last night about 7 PM.
> $230 later. Oh yea the battery died. I mean dead as in two dead cells so it
> needed another battery as well as the belts.
>
> So the reminder I alluded to is to check your package, including the belt
> and keep it tight.
>
> All's well that ends well.
>
> Larry
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Manager/Administrator
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question
> and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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