Comments | themeadowlark: hit it with a hammer!

themeadowlark

hit it with a hammer!

Sep 19, 2009 09:33

So the starter in my car has been failing for a few weeks. Thursday morning I go get in my car to go to work, turn it on and the ignition goes right away. I think, 'great!' and drive out... but the car is making this weird noise, sortof like the ignition is still turning over and over. So I park at the front of the complex, take the key out of the ( Read more... )

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krypton81 September 20 2009, 02:37:16 UTC

And I didn't get a phone call - you have become an autonomous adult! (and thanks Glen). Hey, the more you experience the more you know. This was a tough one and you did well. I'm proud of you!

themeadowlark September 20 2009, 15:19:36 UTC

i know! i thought about calling, but decided I didn't want to until I had taken care of everything :)

casner6 September 20 2009, 15:17:53 UTC

Of course, what you paid the tow truck guy for was knowing WHERE to use the hammer.

(Starter solenoids are often balky, and a hammer is often useful there.)

themeadowlark September 20 2009, 15:20:48 UTC

hehe, it was money very well spent!

yeah, looking around on the internet after I found this advice all over the place, and apparently at Glen's work they kept one of the trucks running like that for two weeks!

nin_shark September 21 2009, 10:00:57 UTC

At least it was just the starter! It's WAY more fun when it's a random wire that's loose :) Trust me, you were very lucky.

I wish I could be there for the wedding, but as Kaylee says "Have good sex!"