Originally Posted by Gregski
the new NAPA speedometer cable fits the speedometer like it should, so I took the truck for a test drive (private road)
I ran it one way at 70 MPH and the other way at 80 MPH
then the truck died
I swear I ought to write a column called "Adventures of a Man and His Old Truck"
what happens next is comedy on wheels
naturally I am right in front of a No Parking Any Time sign and a fire hydrant staring right at me with a shadow grin as if to say now what you gonna do looser?
so I recon once again I am out of gas, so I push him to the curb and run/jog home (one mile)
I jump in my other car, take kid to karate, hit a gas station, go to Rusty
ah good I got here before the cops, no ticket, poor 2 gallons in him, he fires right up, I pull in to the closest parking lot, and leave him there so I can take my other car home
get home in other car, jump on sons bike, ride to get rusty (looking like a circus gorilla on one of 'em tricycles)
throw bike in bed of truck, out of breath, jump in the cab all sweaty, HE WON'T START, what the monkey tails is going on Rusty?
if there is one sound I know now, it is the sound a vehicle makes when it has no fuel, I am all like dude, I just pored 2 gallons down your throat, where did it go
check see through (newly installed mind you) fuel filter - empty / dry / de nada
crank a few more times, nothin, remove the air cleaner (I don't know why, guys who know what they are doing do it all the time, so monkey see monkey do, hee hee)
walk around truck see dark puddle on ground right about the area where the transmission crossmember connects to the frame rails on passenger side (don't even say it)
darn, I got a fuel leak - and no tools in the truck
ride sons bike back home - its dark by now
time to get him from karate, ride to get him
hit NAPA to get a tow strap, NAPA closed early, they are getting new floors put in
hit Pep Boys, closed too
hit O'Reilly's get tow strap
Race home...
Honey, honey, have you ever towed a truck before? wanna learn?
well my beloved is a natural, she towed me and Rusty home, and we only broke the 5,000 lbs 25 foot yellow tow strap once
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