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so the latest in a long history of HOW MY JEEP LEFT ME STRANDED..... alternator bracket keeps breaking leaving the bolt broken off in the manifold. its winter here in maine if im going to take everything out rebore and retap i better do it, BECAUSE.....im tired of the above, so last wednesday i start, of course it takes me forever, but by this wednesday everything is back in still no alternator bracket but i make a quickie to get me thru til the one i ordered comes in, use the battery starter to start the jeep, some of the connectors for the vac system have broken, the jeep is backfiring at least 10 times a minute , but i CANT fix them until i get to the auto parts store, so i make to end of street it dies, use battery charger it starts make it to top of hill, stalls, battery charger says FORGET THIS, have to get someone going by to give me a jump, he says put a pen in the choke to keep it open it will quite stalling, it works!!so i make it to gas station hoping and praying the whole way, im hoping they might have some connectors, while im there i ask to borrow a socket wrench as i dont have one and had taken water outlet off to check thermostat while i had my weeks forced vacation at home,courtesy of you guessed it MY JEEP.(now you know why it took a week to do the work), ever tried to get those bolts off with a wrench?? the one behind the oiler filler thing is a *****. i got the outlet off with a wrench but couldnt tighten it with one, (oh did i forget to mention the billows of steam following me down the road to the gas station???), so borrowed the socket wrench and you guessed it BROKE the outlet, no one thought to say "gee this is a girl doing this we better warn her not to BREAK THE OUTLET". of course the friendly neighborhood mechanic doesnt have the part i need to FIX it, so fill up the radiator and head for auto parts store, stop a few times put water in, enjoying the hell out of the sauna effect as i havent had heat in it for two winters now, get to auto parts store (god that big yellow sign was like the gates to heaven). engine is boiling but hey im here at the parts store everything is golden! explain what i need and do you guessed it... they dont have a water outlet!!.
so parts guy gets me coffee, a dry shirt, oh did i forget to say its raining and 45 degrees?? a rain coat and puts some jb weld on the old outlet after i take it off,see if we can fix it for now, so i get the rest of my parts and a socket set yippee!! at this point store is closing we go out under my hood in pouring rain, 45 degrees, i fix vac hoses put on outlet, no good its leaking, so nice guy says ill follow you home (poor guy thats the last time he'll ever say that to anyone again), so we start, get a mile down road, i pull over at a gas station to get more water its raining still, come out, pop hood, hood popper thingie comes loose, say the hell with it im soaked thru im freezing sauna effect has definitely worn off at this point, start her up, well my goodness could it be we need a jump?? i take off grille all those little screws did i mention its 45 degrees and raining??? spend another 10 minutes trying to pop that little thingie you have to pop, parts guy comes over and gets it popped, I swear my jeep is a female and she hates my guts, so jump the jeep and head for home, pull over 2 miles later, get out do the try to pop the latch manuever again, worked, filled and didnt get home til 1am.........
so did i mention the time it stalled and wouldnt start in the middle of the road?? whole high school football team was driving by and got out to push, or the time it wouldnt start in the cemetery
had to walk through the whole cemetery (its big)
i finally gave up trying to start it at 10 pm i had stitches in my foot and the resident coyote pack had started to party
or the time.........
so anyway if you made it this far and this is really the gist of the whole thing, one suggestion the parts guy made and he had an awesome 86 chevy truck purred like a kitten all night, was to take out everything under the hood i dont need, vac, air conditioning (carb????) etc etc, i liked the way his engine compartment looked (very empty) easy to work on (why did jeep put spark plugs next to the oil dipstick???), and want to do that to mine, maybe THAT will finally subdue the beast. so i need info, suggestions and HELP!!!
so parts guy gets me coffee, a dry shirt, oh did i forget to say its raining and 45 degrees?? a rain coat and puts some jb weld on the old outlet after i take it off,see if we can fix it for now, so i get the rest of my parts and a socket set yippee!! at this point store is closing we go out under my hood in pouring rain, 45 degrees, i fix vac hoses put on outlet, no good its leaking, so nice guy says ill follow you home (poor guy thats the last time he'll ever say that to anyone again), so we start, get a mile down road, i pull over at a gas station to get more water its raining still, come out, pop hood, hood popper thingie comes loose, say the hell with it im soaked thru im freezing sauna effect has definitely worn off at this point, start her up, well my goodness could it be we need a jump?? i take off grille all those little screws did i mention its 45 degrees and raining??? spend another 10 minutes trying to pop that little thingie you have to pop, parts guy comes over and gets it popped, I swear my jeep is a female and she hates my guts, so jump the jeep and head for home, pull over 2 miles later, get out do the try to pop the latch manuever again, worked, filled and didnt get home til 1am.........
so did i mention the time it stalled and wouldnt start in the middle of the road?? whole high school football team was driving by and got out to push, or the time it wouldnt start in the cemetery
had to walk through the whole cemetery (its big)
i finally gave up trying to start it at 10 pm i had stitches in my foot and the resident coyote pack had started to party
or the time.........
so anyway if you made it this far and this is really the gist of the whole thing, one suggestion the parts guy made and he had an awesome 86 chevy truck purred like a kitten all night, was to take out everything under the hood i dont need, vac, air conditioning (carb????) etc etc, i liked the way his engine compartment looked (very empty) easy to work on (why did jeep put spark plugs next to the oil dipstick???), and want to do that to mine, maybe THAT will finally subdue the beast. so i need info, suggestions and HELP!!!
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