Was running late to meeting my wife for our anniversary dinner due to an hour and a half trying to sort a non-delivery by UPS to my step-daughter’s place. So I’m already at a pretty good boil. No time to even S,S&S! So I hop in the car and decided, apparently, to take it out on the car. Now granted, I wasn’t mashing it 100% of the way there and quite frankly I believe the car, given the freshly stroked motor and all the correct stuff I’ve done to it, should be capable of handling it.
As I’m exiting the off-ramp, I all but lose power steering. The final 1/2 mile to the restaurant was via Power Steering by Armstrong! Car is now steaming from under the hood as I back it into the nearest parking space. I pop the hood and viola… belt’s off and coolant is on the ground. I’m pretty sure people 1/2 a parking lot away eating on the restaurant patio heard my train of expletives!!
Fortunately, I did save an old belt (thx to the advice of a Forum member)that is still “usable” to limp it home and I’ll get more coolant @ NAPA. So this morning my wife will give me a ride back, with my tools, etc for a lil’ parking lot mechanic work!
Needless to say I’ll be sourcing a better belt than the NAPA that was on there, which obviously failed The Stress Test!
As I’m exiting the off-ramp, I all but lose power steering. The final 1/2 mile to the restaurant was via Power Steering by Armstrong! Car is now steaming from under the hood as I back it into the nearest parking space. I pop the hood and viola… belt’s off and coolant is on the ground. I’m pretty sure people 1/2 a parking lot away eating on the restaurant patio heard my train of expletives!!
Fortunately, I did save an old belt (thx to the advice of a Forum member)that is still “usable” to limp it home and I’ll get more coolant @ NAPA. So this morning my wife will give me a ride back, with my tools, etc for a lil’ parking lot mechanic work!
Needless to say I’ll be sourcing a better belt than the NAPA that was on there, which obviously failed The Stress Test!