A few years ago we were on a trip to Nova Scotia. My TV was at "that age" where stuff was beginning to happen. Along the way I was beginning to suspect an exhaust leak. It wasn't much of anything, but it was a concern because we were 900 miles from home. As I pulled in to one campsite, I was pretty certain I was hearing some extra noise. Not much, but definitely there.
The next morning I was crawling around under the truck to see what I could see. The neighbor stopped by. He said, yeah, he had heard a bit of a leak when I pulled in the night before. He crawled under with me and found the source of a very minor leak. Actually two of them. One was a bolt that had rotted and fallen out, and the other was a minor crack in one of the pipes.
He told me that - get this - he had recently sold his business - a muffler shop(!) in a town about 45 minutes away. He told me that one of his biggest competitors was a man of great integrity and would help me out with this. Not wanting to miss out on this opportunity, I went the next day to this fellow's shop. He took care of me and charged me a total of about $10, if I remember correctly. He replaced the missing bolt, welded the crack, and the weld lasted many years until I eventually sold the truck.
When I got back to the campground, he was gone. He had moved on. I never got a chance to properly thank him. Now THAT fellow was paying it forward. Actually both of them were.
-Speak
It's just Mrs. SpeakEasy and me now (empty-nesters). But we can choose from among 7 grandchildren to drag along with us!
2014 F-150 Super Crew Short Bed 3.5L Ecoboost
2014 Flagstaff Micro Lite 23LB
