Train horn setup is NOT killing my car

Redog · 02-13-2007, 01:00 PM

Duh!! I took the car to the mech again today, he and I together worked on it, which I loved.

He said to pull the alternator and a guy was going to come up and rebuild it. The guy couldn't get the part, a rebuilt one from his supplier was going to be $170 his cost. Autozone is $101 after a core charge.

OK so I pull the alternator off the car in like 10 mintues, he give me the keys to the Delta and says you minus well go home because this guy probably won't be here for a while. I ask if he fixed the Delta and he said no. I drive it 1/2 mile and it breaks down. 1/4 mile up 1/4 mile back to the shop.

So now I'm stuck. He says, "Let's just throw the old alternator back on and you can get on at Autozone and we'll swap it tomorrow. We do just that, and again I have trouble getting that damn bolt with the nut on the battery (stock termirnal stripped a while back). He tries to tighten is and then just puts a new termnal on.

Car starts right up, Idles great, no bouncing needles, the headlight don't turn off for a split second when I hit the brakes like they did last night going to work

Drove home the Voltmeter needle stayed glued to 14, did drop to 13.9 because of road construction and this roosterhead cop let traffic back up 1 mile while letting other traffic go by no problem (Same road I got the ticket on on Sunday, different township though)

Got home turned off the car and restarted tested it, strong crank and turnover

My mech said to me yesterday with the train horn, and his exact quote "If you wanna eff with the car, bring it down here and eff with it. I can help you, I'm right here if you have a problem, plus it's harder for me to go get the car at your house. If nothing's going on on a certain day, you can eff with the car all day if you want" And that's what happened today

He seems to think it's the Delta's disturbtor. He's been busy since I had it towed down there. He's going to get into it today, and I asked him, can we fix it together. He said "If nothing's going on, sure!"

This is my mech's father. I've known the family since I was 5. He's said to my parents many times, I remind him of his kids

p1mptress · 02-13-2007, 01:10 PM

That's great! Good to hear that everything is going well. Can't wait to hear some sound clips of the horn!

Vinalero · 02-13-2007, 01:33 PM

Its so releaving to learn that such a pain was only a little thing like this !

Good to hear its working great, even if I'm still waiting to hear from a Vid!

Silentalero · 02-13-2007, 02:37 PM

had a issue like this with the acura..I couldnt figure out why the car was overheating for the life of me, untill i relized the hose fell off the top of the collant resovoir inside **smacks forehead**

b-spot · 02-13-2007, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Redog

you minus well go home

WTF????

ptrudel · 02-13-2007, 03:29 PM

hahahha

i think he meant might as well...it doesn't even sound like minus well when you say it

02-13-2007, 03:45 PM

i say it like that too, must be a philly thing

Redog · 02-13-2007, 06:37 PM

^^ Yeah gotta be, I always thought that was correct

AlbinoMonkeyRat · 02-13-2007, 07:11 PM

that's what's wrong with philly. you think you're right and you're not lol

j/k

congrats on getting things rolling in a good direction with the cars

megabyte · 02-13-2007, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Redog

Car starts right up, Idles great, no bouncing needles, the headlight don't turn off for a split second when I hit the brakes like they did last night going to work

My car does that all the time. Does it mean that my alternator is going?

strtrydr · 02-13-2007, 08:47 PM

sweet ... glad to hear you got things fixed

2fst4u · 02-14-2007, 01:42 PM

glad to hear you fixed it. now go play in the snow. lol

i had a situation kind of like that. when i swapped my tranny, i couldn't figure out why i was losing pressure. i thought one of the solenoids was jacked, turns out the tranny cooler line was loose on the radiator. too easy sometimes.

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he give me the keys to the Delta and says you minus well go home because this guy probably won't be here for a while

it's "might as well". lol. you're making us pennsylvanians look like hicks. lol

Gr1m · 02-14-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 2fst4u

it's "might as well". lol. you're making us pennsylvanians look like hicks. lol

yea i was wondering if thats what he was saying hahaha

Redog · 02-14-2007, 09:55 PM

Well my train horn will work so much better after I take those damn toonin hay bails out of the trunk

cavaliers60 · 02-15-2007, 12:01 AM

can't wait to see a video or hear a sound clip.