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08-16-2010, 10:23 AM
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Van troubles...
So I take the van to head out to my sisters Wedding on Saturday. I drop Grumpy off at an AK sponsored event and head out. I happened to stop to get the kids a drink and then head toward the expressway. It must have been fate, cause I got into the wrong ramp to get onto the e-way, and of course no one would let me in. So I figure I will have to turn around. I look down to check my gauges, as I do all the time, and I see that the battery light is on. The amps are sitting at about 11, so off goes everything and the windows are opened.
It is about 90+ degrees and the humidity is extrememly high. I watch to make sure that I am not overheating and proceed to head home. I was about 8 miles from home, and I swear that my only way home was either thru construction, or following someone who wanted to go extremely slow. I was so happy when I pulled up into the drive. I am pretty sure that it is the alternator, but the problem is, that we usually park the van in front of the garage door. I haven't gone out to see if it will start, at least to move it. I have to play docie do with my car and the van. I couldn't do it on Saturday when this all happened, cause I was 30 miles from the wedding and I had 40 minutes to get there. Today has to be the most perfect day to get the Chevelle out, hopefully the van will start.
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08-16-2010, 08:40 PM
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Sounds like an alt to me, glad you made it home safely. At least an alt is an easy fix, not necessarily cheap but easy.
I changed a few in parking lots. My daughter worked at a golf course while in college, she was the beer cart girl. Doesn't sound like a great job but she sure made a lot in tips. Anyway she borrowed my wife's Blazer and coasted into the lot of the gold course. Called me and told me what happened. I bought an alt, drove down and changed it. The battery had recovered enough and it started on it's own. Another time we were 25 miles from Key West. We had borrowed my mom's car, she lives with sister in Miami area. The AC cut out, the speedo went back forth between 0 and 100. I coasted into a repair shop, talk about luck. The guy had parts coming up from Key West and he ordered an alt for us. Of course we paid his top dollar for it but he did lend us the tools. Wasn't that bad, there was a lounge next door right on the water. So we had a few drinks and enjoyed the AC inside while we waited for the alt to arrive.
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08-16-2010, 09:01 PM
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Called my brother this morning, we had made arrangements for his shop to do some other preventative maintenence and we asked him about adding this onto it. Lucky for us, he came to my house changed the alternator and then drove it away to his shop to finish everything else we asked him to.
Bonus on this whole story.... He drove my Chevelle to my house to work on the van.
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Get in, sit down, shut up, hold on...cause Ms Grumpy is driving ! For the audio geek try: www.audiokarma.org
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08-17-2010, 06:56 AM
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You got a good thing going there with your brother, a mechanic that makes house calls.
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08-17-2010, 08:00 AM
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08-17-2010, 04:49 PM
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08-17-2010, 04:50 PM
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Get in, sit down, shut up, hold on...cause Ms Grumpy is driving ! For the audio geek try: www.audiokarma.org
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08-17-2010, 05:41 PM
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Hmm,no mention of Mr. Grumpy in this thread.....
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08-17-2010, 05:50 PM
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Quote:
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Get in, sit down, shut up, hold on...cause Ms Grumpy is driving ! For the audio geek try: www.audiokarma.org
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08-17-2010, 09:07 PM
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I wish I had a brother like yours to work on my Chevelles. Would you like to trade ?I will trade 2 brothers and boot for yours .Hell ,you can just have mine for all they are worth.
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