Roadside Repairs

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HotWheelsBurban

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Yeah, just today I discovered I don't have any 1/4" drive deep sockets in standard measure. And I have room in the tool chest.
I simply have no choice but to go by the tool store on my next trip into town now. ;)
They are quite handy for small fasteners. Next day I work, I need to bring the 1/4 ratchet, short extension and 10mm deep socket to fix some things on our sample carts. Had one today that the handle is super loose on, and I had nothing to tighten it up with....
 

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Well I think I've some of y'all beat. I carry a cell phone and work for a guy that owns a few tow trucks and I have a friend that has a couple more. So cell phone 1/2" battery powered impact with appropriate socket for tire removal
 

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Well I think I've some of y'all beat. I carry a cell phone and work for a guy that owns a few tow trucks and I have a friend that has a couple more. So cell phone 1/2" battery powered impact with appropriate socket for tire removal
Knowing the tow guy (I am the tow guy) is handy, if you're not too far from home. Critter has been on the hook a few too many times so far..

Picked up by coworker, popped the coolant bypass hose on the way to work
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Returning home the next day on my hook so I can fix it
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Coming home from the transmission shop, didn't want to trust how it was running as it acted up a bit when I dropped it off for the rebuild
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Picked up by another coworker, popped the clutch slave cylinder on the way home
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Hopefully the last time, for a long time.

I don't think any roadside repair tool kit could have helped with these breakdowns. The coolant bypass hose on the big block isn't a complicated repair, but I was on the way to work and even if there had been an auto parts store nearby to get some hose from, I'd have to wait until the engine cooled off enough to work on it, and that would make me hours late for work.

Could have driven the truck with no clutch the rest of the way home, but after my ordeal getting the transmission rebuilt (and it still isn't right) I wasn't going to risk causing it any damage whatsoever. It's still gotta go back for another look. Plus, needed to get it into my garage so I could fix it. No way I wanted to deal with getting it in there without a clutch.

Richard
 

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I drove the Chevy to new england about a month ago now, and a regular cab is kind of the last thing you'd pick out of my fleet for a trip.

Only thing that went wrong was a feeler gauge blade I use to "shim" the steering shaft managed to vanish and I suddenly had a lot of play in the wheel. Of course, I couldn't find where I put the rest of the feeler gauge, and had to back track to an O'reilly's to buy another. It was in the under hood toolbox...

Can't beat the utility bed. I had a whole cabinet full of fluids and tools. Even a floor jack and jack stands. But the most impressive space I gained by swapping old caravan seats into it from the single bench. I mean, look at the crazy amount of room here.

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Even under the seats

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Inside the cab, I had a laptop bag, clothing cube (or "suit case" but I don't own any "suits"), bag of just random stuff, huge bag of snacks, cooler with cold food and beer, fire extinguisher, and on the way back my buddy came to visit and all his stuff fit in the cab too.

I originally got the idea from IAA. Saw a truck there with LE caravan seats, and was like... I got a spare set of base seats, let's bolt them suckers in there. I drove about 1500 miles of the trip total, and didn't use cruise control for 1 second of it. Didn't need it, even with flat feet, crappy knees and back. I'll make a bold claim here... This is the most comfortable truck you've ever seen.

Anyway, there's plenty of room for all kinds of tools and fluids like this and the seats do hide what's behind them really well while still being easy to reach behind.
 

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Knowing the tow guy (I am the tow guy) is handy, if you're not too far from home. Critter has been on the hook a few too many times so far..

Picked up by coworker, popped the coolant bypass hose on the way to work
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Returning home the next day on my hook so I can fix it
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Coming home from the transmission shop, didn't want to trust how it was running as it acted up a bit when I dropped it off for the rebuild
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Picked up by another coworker, popped the clutch slave cylinder on the way home
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Hopefully the last time, for a long time.

I don't think any roadside repair tool kit could have helped with these breakdowns. The coolant bypass hose on the big block isn't a complicated repair, but I was on the way to work and even if there had been an auto parts store nearby to get some hose from, I'd have to wait until the engine cooled off enough to work on it, and that would make me hours late for work.

Could have driven the truck with no clutch the rest of the way home, but after my ordeal getting the transmission rebuilt (and it still isn't right) I wasn't going to risk causing it any damage whatsoever. It's still gotta go back for another look. Plus, needed to get it into my garage so I could fix it. No way I wanted to deal with getting it in there without a clutch.

Richard
When you finally near completely rebuilding the critter you may have lost interest in it and start all over on something else. Ain't that the way it goes?
Me, at this time of my life, I am far less interested in crawling under one on the roadside than I once was. Paying for a tow now seems more like the right thing to do some times. ;)
 
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