Cruiser Karma

[treerootCO]

A friend called yesterday and needed help replacing a drain pipe under his house. No problem there but while under the house his wife called and her Honda was dead again (works on the other end of town). Fixed the pipe, drove to Columbine (yep the bad one) and tried our best to coax the Honda to run. About midnight we gave up and drove home. On the side of the highway sat a broken down Fj40. I grabbed the Tahoe and went back to see if I could help in any way because I know I have been in that position too many times. Got there about 1:30 in the am. Turns out his stock metal fan let go and went through the radiator.

Long story short....Tom couldn't believe I was willing to tug the 40 home and on top of that, gave him all the parts he needed to get her back on the road again (all for free of course ).

I did scare him though. I knew where he lives (about 2 blocks from me) and Poser saw him driving West on 38th when he was bringing the Mog and the 45lv to me. Too small of a world I swear

Made me feel good....felt like sharing.

 

[drohweder]

Good deed for the day. You get another merit badge. Strong work.

Was he broke down on C470?

 

[treerootCO]

Yep, C470 just past Bandimere Speedway heading North.

 

[IDave]

So, when you say the fan on the FJ40 let go, Mike, you mean the 4 bolts worked loose? Or that the fan broke somehow?

Good on ya for the fine deads you did!

 

[Romer]

Good job Mike. What did your friend think about leaving his Honda sitting while you towed another vehicle home.

 

[rabid]

I have seen those stock fans let go like that twice. Both ate the radiator.

I had a similar experience going over a mountain pass this summer in my 40, with a woman in a big ass buick dead on the road with her crippled grandmother in the passenger side and a wheelchair sticking out the back.

4th of july weekend, they were trying to get to a family event on the other side of the dirt road mountain, but the tranny kept overheating. They could go about 100 feet and then have to wait for it to cool down. They were about a mile out of town, couldn't turn around (STEEP road) and had been there for two hours.

Hooked onto them in the cruiser, and pulled them up n over about 8 miles or so. Followed them to the main road, where the car seemed fine.

They wanted to pay me with the fistfull of ones and fives (obvioulsy all they had). I figured they would need that more than I would, after all, they had a buick tranny to pay for.

Took the cruiser to my friends camp, where it worked for three hours as a tree skidder, pulling logs to the base camp, then drove it the 1.5 hrs home. Damn I love these trucks.

 

[treerootCO]

Good job Mike. What did your friend think about leaving his Honda sitting while you towed another vehicle home.

I wasn't driving...Ian moved into a new house that morning and was extremely tired. When we left the Honda it was already getting late. He dropped me off at home and still had to drop John off on the North end of town. I left from there to see if I could help get the Cruiser running.

 

[Romer]

So you went back after getting home. You are a nice guy!

 

[orangefj45]

cruiser karma is a fact brother!!!!
i'm not a faithful man by any stretch of the imagination, i'm pretty much a practicing aetheist.

but, cruiser karma will work for you!!!! hopefully you'll get your title soon.

 

[Magoo]

damn i should of stayed around and helped with the plumbing,seemed like an adventure.lets hope that fan issue dont happen to my nice new radiator.
it comes full circle mike,im sure the cruiser gods have something planned for ya.(like free stuff that your friends need!!fawker...)
shawn

 

[Romer]

damn i should of stayed around and helped with the plumbing,seemed like an adventure.lets hope that fan issue dont happen to my nice new radiator.
it comes full circle mike,im sure the cruiser gods have something planned for ya.(like free stuff that your friends need!!fawker...)
shawn

What are you complaining about. You have gotten free stuff

 

[Magoo]

What are you complaining about. You have gotten free stuff

not something i just paid 500 bucks for only to find out someone just dumped em on mike.
i would rather had put that money in mikes hand.
and im not complaining,what me complain nooooooo i never complain
shawn

 

[Magoo]

but yes ken you sure did hook me up with a life time experience.too bad we lost