I think I posted this story once before, but I can’t find it.
About 30 years ago I rebuilt an engine for a young Scotsman who had a 72fst and was preparing it to ship back to Scotland. He was very local, and was in the shop almost daily as the deadline approached for getting his truck into the shipping container that had been arraigned for it.
Two weeks before D day, his girlfriend got fed up with his preoccupation with the 40 and kicked him out. He didn’t mind sleeping on the street for his last two weeks in America, but the truck HAD TO RUN to be accepted for transport.
He towed it to a vacant lot and continued reassembly, working well into the night using the headlights from his other vehicle for light. Eventually, even with the car running, the battery eventually went dead (idling vehicles often don’t energize the alternator)
SO, he undid the headlight wiring, folded down the bib to release it…and flipped it around, inside out…and used the headlights of his own Landcruiser for the last hour he needed to finish the job!
One of many podcast-worthy stories I guess.
