[DeTomaso] Fix it while I take your car... (NPC)

bill gaino gaino at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 14 09:28:36 EDT 2009


My 4.6 threw the belt, I replaced, 2 weekslater in the rain, it came off again. This time I replaced the tensioner too. You better check that too, since it is a driven hard :]

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>From: detomasoregistry at gmail.com
>Sent: Oct 13, 2009 7:25 PM
>To: List <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Fix it while I take your car... (NPC)
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>We are having a decent first-of-the-season rain storm here in Nor Cal.  (Evacuations in
>the mountains etc.)
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>The wife has been out doing errands driving all over town.
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>She pokes her head in my office, to report, "Something went wrong with my car."
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>Fix it, while I take your car to the movies.
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>(Well thank you dear!)
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>I ask what happened.  She replies that she was driving along (she is a lead-foot, with
>many tickets as proof),
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>saw a huge 'puddle' and drove right thru it, when suddenly the steering became hard to
>turn, and the dash
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>lights came on with several warnings.
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>But she had errands to finish.  When she got home, and described to me the symptoms,
>(battery warning on dash
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>among others) I suspected that she threw the 'fan' belt.  15 seconds of standing in the
>torrential rain confirmed my
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>suspicions.
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>Well as a modern car, this is a serpentine belt including everything, the power steering,
>alternator, etc.
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>Lovely.  
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>If my small garage was not full of "Man Stuff" I would fix it while she is chowing down
>$12 popcorn at the movies.
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>Just a little pissed.
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>Chuck
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