my story

[patrick.bureau at gmail.com (Patrick Bureau)]

nice day there.....an there you have yet another set of reasons why my
rocco has been downgraded to "once a while car"...

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:35:11 -0700 (PDT), Lars Bruchmann
<pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:
> do things like this happen to other people as well???
> my alternator belt squeels whenever i drive over some
> water, so i decided to fabricate a cover that, well,
> covers the bottom of it.  took half a day doing that,
> looks great.  considering it's not visible.
> alternator still squeels.  friend suggests tightening
> the belt.  wow, you could have knocked me over with a
> feather, how simple.
> so, realising it is really quite loose, i start trying
> to figure out how to raise it up, since there is no
> way to pry-bar it up.  i use a small 'c' clamp to lift
> it.  i then proceed to tighten the bolt.
> it breaks.  so now i have nothing holding the
> alternator from moving around.  after 30 minutes of
> searching, i finally find a bolt that fits.
> alternator no squeeky anymore.
> the next night the car barely starts, which could be a
> problem, since i deliver chinese food with it.  it
> finally fires, runs for 10 secs, then dies.  won't
> turn over anymore.  we try to push start it, no go.
> so i ask my friend do drive me home, before that, i
> must lock the car though.  i crank up the windows.
> the driver's side handle breaks, clean in half.  broke
> right through the metal.  must be left over 'titanic'
> metal, or something.
> car jumps fine, then runs well, i drive it home.
> next day, won't start.  i remove the terminals, and
> wire brush them.  i tighten the 10mm bolts on the
> connectors, and the little nuts on the bottom gouge
> into the terminal bottoms, and rotate, rendering them
> useless.
> i drive up to deliver some food, and my turnsignals
> die, they don't light up at all.  at the chinese
> place, with about $40 worth in food waiting, i
> frantically try to figure out why they would just die
> like that.  i tap the fuse, and they work again.
> so friends, that was my last 24 hours.  how as yours??
> 
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