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Well it happened our first real serious breakdown...We were on our way home from the Keys and where with in 200 miles of home(Thank God).
We were coming north on I-75 on Sunday 04-08-07 and just north of the London exit I lost power steering ( what a shocker it will wake you up real quick)we were in a construction zone. I then notice my temp climbing really fast. I knew then that I had lost my pump or a valve got it off the road and let it cool down and disconnected the tow car and went back to London to get AW-32 Fluid and oil rings before I dropped the priority valve. Unfortunately that was not the problem it was the pump. So what I did was had the wife take the car and her Mother and four of the kids on to Dayton and the oldest boy stayed with me. I was going to have a wrecker pick it up and have it towed home. But when talking to my Dad in Louisville he came up with a real good idea to get me home with it. I could drive with out the power steering just not without the cooling fan. He left Louisville and drove across KY. and picked up two box fans to set in front of the radiator to blow air across them. We tied the electrical cords to a plug and ran the generator to get them to work. With it being a side radiator job the area between the door and the intercooler was large enough to sit the fans and close the door. Had it been a rear radiator I would have been okay because the fan is attached to the engine, but anyway. They could not keep up with heat of the engine but it was a cool night and it would let me drive about 40 -60 miles at a time before I needed to pull over and let it idle down and go again. He followed me all the way to Dayton to make sure it got home. Thanks again Dad!!!!!!! I have now ordered the pump and should be back in commission by the weekend.
Doug.
We were coming north on I-75 on Sunday 04-08-07 and just north of the London exit I lost power steering ( what a shocker it will wake you up real quick)we were in a construction zone. I then notice my temp climbing really fast. I knew then that I had lost my pump or a valve got it off the road and let it cool down and disconnected the tow car and went back to London to get AW-32 Fluid and oil rings before I dropped the priority valve. Unfortunately that was not the problem it was the pump. So what I did was had the wife take the car and her Mother and four of the kids on to Dayton and the oldest boy stayed with me. I was going to have a wrecker pick it up and have it towed home. But when talking to my Dad in Louisville he came up with a real good idea to get me home with it. I could drive with out the power steering just not without the cooling fan. He left Louisville and drove across KY. and picked up two box fans to set in front of the radiator to blow air across them. We tied the electrical cords to a plug and ran the generator to get them to work. With it being a side radiator job the area between the door and the intercooler was large enough to sit the fans and close the door. Had it been a rear radiator I would have been okay because the fan is attached to the engine, but anyway. They could not keep up with heat of the engine but it was a cool night and it would let me drive about 40 -60 miles at a time before I needed to pull over and let it idle down and go again. He followed me all the way to Dayton to make sure it got home. Thanks again Dad!!!!!!! I have now ordered the pump and should be back in commission by the weekend.
Doug.
