A close call

[R.D.]

OK................so i got my Coupler last night & went to Disconnect the Pipe from it and POP......that damn thing snap clean off with almsot NO effort.......came off right at the damn Manifold as well typical for these to do that once you start putting wrench to it......but I have never had one POP off right in my had like that.


OK....the Close call is that I drove all way down to Truman and back....I did my Usual "Pre-trip" inspection.....all fluid was good including the coolant.....the overflow tank had about 1-2 quarts in it......Now I knew that the coupler was "crusty" from some coolant barely seeping out......SOO......within 650 miles it went from a small seep to a Leak......that thing could have BUSTED open on me coming back home Sat night.


Moral of the story......if you See something that needs to be fixed.....FIX IT....dont wait till it jsut gets worse then do it..................I have been better than this in the past.......but ti seems that my Job position has casued me to be less crucial with my vehicles Better get back in the Ball Game

[hooks2bset]

idiot

[R.D.]

gee thanks for the MORAL support there Mike


BTW....I called myslef worse than that last night

[Hydrilla Gorilla]

Could have been worse... Gina could have been borrowing the Yukon and ended up stranded on the side of the road. You would have undoubtedly been called a lot worse then!

[R.D.]

Your 100% spot on there Bob......and Beleive me.....I would have felt a lot worse in the process........I dont mind it happeneing to me.....but I hate it even worse if it was to happen to Gina

[War Eagle1]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tritonryan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Your 100% spot on there Bob......and Beleive me.....I would have felt a lot worse in the process........I dont mind it happeneing to me.....but I hate it even worse if it was to happen to Gina</TD></TR></TABLE>your such a romantic........seriously i agree, i remember when my wife had a flat tire on her car many years ago. she changed it ok and went straight to goodyear and put 4 new ones on the car. she didn't want to take any chances of another blowout. the tires were only about 6 months old

[Rodney Bledsoe]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by War Eagle1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your such a romantic........seriously i agree, i remember when my wife had a flat tire on her car many years ago. she changed it ok and went straight to goodyear and put 4 new ones on the car. she didn't want to take any chances of another blowout. the tires were only about 6 months old </TD></TR></TABLE>

I did the same after one of my Marathon separated. The best part my PIT CREW PERSON changed the blown tire