<VV> Early Rear Bearings (and other spare parts)

[Frank DuVal]

A VOM is now part of the travel kit. I just happened to have one with me 
from doing electrical work earlier in the week, when My wife and I went 
on a Sunday outing club event. Maybe a trip of 70 miles one way. The 
battery started the car fine, drove to the event. Started just fine 
(normal speed and sound) and we started the return trip home. 30 minutes 
later, I stop for fuel. Turn key to get back on the road and nothing. No 
click, no headlights. Well, it can't be the battery.... A quick test of 
the battery with the VOM showed     DEAD battery! Without the VOM I 
would have tried to repair the wiring with no luck, and then called the 
flatbed.

A Walmart was next to the fuel pumps, so I walked in and bought a 
battery. Service stations sell batteries, convenience stores with fuel 
do not. Used VOM to test alternator/regulator-all fine. So then I knew 
we could drive with the AC on without fear of another dead battery.


Frank DuVal


On 1/8/2012 1:56 PM, Doug Mackintosh wrote:
> I've had enough mechanical fuel pump failures that I will carry a spare pump on a long trip. I may carry points and condenser, but even those can be obtained from a local FLAPS. I have carried a spare axle, but not always. Even an axle can be obtained from our vendors, maybe a little extra cost to get it there fast instead of slow. Worst case, you lose another day or so if you have bad luck.
>   
> When my daughter was regularly traveling to Florida from Virginia, I armed  her with a cell phone. If she had problems, she called me, I went to VV to find whoever was in the vicinity, and someone would come to her rescue.
>   
> When I travel, I make sure I have the CORSA roster and my cell phone. A few basic tools, VOM meter, electrical tape and bailing wire.
>
> -- Doug Mackintosh
>