Heading back to Tennessee November 25, 2008
Posted by reuben257 in Good Will, LOBO, Travel, thoughts.Tags: F150, ford, Good Will, LOBO, red roof inn, tegtmeyers, Travel, truck, Williamsport
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So I left yesterday morning from my parents house in PA to go back to TN so I can see my wife and get a new job. On my way out of town, I stopped by K&W Transmission in Williamsport, PA to make sure my transmission was doing well, since I had had it rebuilt, and it was.
Travels were going pretty well, until I got to Cleveland where traffic slowed down quite a bit due to rush hour, rain, and accidents. I finally got out of that and shortly after, I had the pleasure of a flat tire, which wasn’t any real big surprise as I have been wanting to get new tires for some time now. But anyway, my jack wasn’t big enough and I didn’t have enough blocks to jack it up high enough, so I had so borrow some blocks from a trucker. Then the spare rim is steel and the original is aluminum so the lug nuts didn’t really match. They were good enough to get me to the next exit where I found a guy at Tegtmeyers’s Trailer sales who was doing inventory and was kind enough to give me the needed lug nuts, with the stipulation I had to do something nice for someone when I get the chance.
Great to see that in people.
So now I am getting the spare tire put on the aluminum rim and then I will be on my way. Spent the night at the Red Roof Inn in Mason, OH.
Made it to Pennsylvania September 5, 2008
Posted by reuben257 in Garage, LOBO, Travel.Tags: ford, Travel, truck
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I made it here today after some problems with the truck, which will make Missie happy. She really has a dislike for my truck because of the poor fuel mileage and many problems it has. Also that it takes up so much of my time.
So, I left Nashville yesterday morning at 8:00 and drove until about 7:00 which is when it began to overheat. This happened at the Tom’s brook exit of I-81 which was only a half hour away from my cousins house. I made it my cousin’s house after I had let the truck cool off while I ate. The next morning when I got up to start the truck, it wouldn’t, which sucked. I finally got it jumped by having AAA come out and then went to Autozone, which was what I had planned to do in the morning anyway to get a new thermostat. Well, I got the thermostat, had the alternator tested, which failed, so I put on a new alternator and belts. This took me until about 2:00.
Anyway, I drove to PA with no more problems really, until I got here. I got here to my parents house and put the truck in reverse to back into the driveway and it wouldn’t go.
After we went up the hill and turned around, it got parked in the yard and hasn’t move since.
Now fortunately, this couldn’t have happened at a better place. We know some people who will be able to fix it.
