Subliminal
12-15-2010, 09:09 AM
Starter just clicks. Lights all come on, buzzer sounds powered up, but CLEEK! No start.
A coworker is outside and I get them to come over and try and jump me. Wires connected, CLEEEK! No start. Sad emoticon.
So, I'm trying to think. First I'm thinking, dang, it must be 15 degrees out here. Then I'm thinking...stop...hammer time!
I smack it a few times, take out a little aggression, but no go. I check the battery terminals. They're fine.
So, I do what any man would do, I call my wife and get her en route.
Then I go back inside the office and start looking for a starter...and of course my truck is basically a dinosaur, so nobody has a starter in stock.
Then I think, hey my wife's Equinox has a tow hitch, and I think I can probably wrangle something up.
So, I look in the truck and find one of my fancy Home Depot specials...a 12 foot ratchet strap...that might do it!
I pull the strap out of the ratchet, and have her back up behind the truck...I tie one end to her hitch and hook the other to mine and have her slowly pull me backwards and 90 degrees so we're lined up with the straightaway in the parking lot.
So far, so good!
I then have her come around to the front and tie to her hitch again and wrap the hook around my front axle.
It took about 10 feet and I popped the clutch in 3rd and she fired up...gotta love the Cummins...they pop immediately.
So I drive home and finally source out a starter...they can have it here at 8:30 tomorrow morning (today). Great.
I go on my favorite diesel forum and post, and find the bolts are 12-point 10mm (grade 8 of course), the main power is a 17mm and the little power wire is an 8mm. Woot!
Anyway, I just got inside from pulling it off...pretty straightforward, except of course one bolt was hidden and behind some stuff...grrrr!
Now, I gotta go put the top up on the cabrio and drive it to the parts store...it doesn't have a heater, and its a bit drafty, but thank God for a backup car!
Anyway, that was my adventure last night and today so far. ;)
A coworker is outside and I get them to come over and try and jump me. Wires connected, CLEEEK! No start. Sad emoticon.
So, I'm trying to think. First I'm thinking, dang, it must be 15 degrees out here. Then I'm thinking...stop...hammer time!
I smack it a few times, take out a little aggression, but no go. I check the battery terminals. They're fine.
So, I do what any man would do, I call my wife and get her en route.
Then I go back inside the office and start looking for a starter...and of course my truck is basically a dinosaur, so nobody has a starter in stock.
Then I think, hey my wife's Equinox has a tow hitch, and I think I can probably wrangle something up.
So, I look in the truck and find one of my fancy Home Depot specials...a 12 foot ratchet strap...that might do it!
I pull the strap out of the ratchet, and have her back up behind the truck...I tie one end to her hitch and hook the other to mine and have her slowly pull me backwards and 90 degrees so we're lined up with the straightaway in the parking lot.
So far, so good!
I then have her come around to the front and tie to her hitch again and wrap the hook around my front axle.
It took about 10 feet and I popped the clutch in 3rd and she fired up...gotta love the Cummins...they pop immediately.
So I drive home and finally source out a starter...they can have it here at 8:30 tomorrow morning (today). Great.
I go on my favorite diesel forum and post, and find the bolts are 12-point 10mm (grade 8 of course), the main power is a 17mm and the little power wire is an 8mm. Woot!
Anyway, I just got inside from pulling it off...pretty straightforward, except of course one bolt was hidden and behind some stuff...grrrr!
Now, I gotta go put the top up on the cabrio and drive it to the parts store...it doesn't have a heater, and its a bit drafty, but thank God for a backup car!
Anyway, that was my adventure last night and today so far. ;)