Posted by redtom on October 23, 2022 at 17:23:55 from (97.84.163.62):
In June my son moved ten hours away to Chippewa Falls, WI to start his first job as a chemical engineer. We went out and helped him get set up in an apartment, alone with just the basics and his car. Two weeks into his new job he tried to meet a hometown friend a few hours away. Well, his battery light came on and volts started dropping, (2007 Honda CRV, older but very clean). This was right after work on a Friday. He is very smart, a little mechanical, and has helped me work on cars and a little on tractors. He likes the old tractors but isn't really on the same mechanical level as most of us here. He called in a panic. He knows NO ONE in that town. He said He was pretty sure it was his alternator. He called back from a parts store and said he had googled it and he figured he could change it. I had sent him with some VERY basic tools. Pretty much hammer, adj wrench or two, channel locks etc. He did have a VOM, though. The issue was if he kept shopping around town he might run out of battery. If he did make it home and swap it out, he might not get it started. He knows absolutely no one so getting a lift to get a tool or possibly exchange the alternator if it was wrong was the big issue. So...he bought a cheap wrench set, socket set and a charger and few other tools and an alt. He had to go to 3 stores to get one. He went to his apartment and started on it. His goal was to get up and running to meet his friend. He didn't make it. He finished on Saturday morning and cancelled his little trip. He kept in contact through it all. He called us when he finished and said, I guess I learned something helping you all those years. I thought that was the nicest compliment I could get. He wont be the mechanic I was/am, but knowing I helped him on his way in life sure is nice. Are any of you YT-ers located near him?
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