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1lowcab
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Post by 1lowcab »

cuz you never know whats going to break next :P :roll:

so, we got a LOT of snow and ice here yesterday, about 12" of snow and a good 1/2 of ice and we got most of this while i was at work.

i went out about 45mins before my shift was up to start the caddy to let her warm up and hopefully melt some of the ice, flipped it to defrost, heat on high, fan on high...no problem.
go back in and finish up the night, clock out and go back out to the caddy, everything working fine.

now, at this point it's freezing rain. hitting the caddy and freezing instantly, no problem cuz i have a defroster.... for exactly 1/2 of a mile and my heater fan goes SCREEEECH!!!!! and stops.... i smell burnt motor.... i'm screwed!

it's 1:00am, i have 10 more miles to go before i'm home, it's pouring down freezing rain, the plows haven't been out and the only view of the road i have is through a slit at the bottom of the window 2"x 8" where the heat is slowly rolling up from the vent.

needless to say it took me about an hour to cover that 10 miles and get home.
we are at a level 3 around here today, work is closed so i have today to try and figure out a way to get heat working... wish me luck!
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Post by CalAltaDubber »

LUCK

You don't seem to have much of that theese days do you? :)
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nope. i haven't had good luck in awhile!

i was digging the pig of a MK4 out this morning. had most of the snow out of the way, went to back it out and the damn thing got stuck...right in the middle of the drive way!!!
had the wife jump in and drive while i pushed but no luck, the pig was stuck.
so i dug a little path around the pig-golf, jumped in the caddy, dropped it in reverse and went!!!
god those little MK1s are tanks in the snow!!!! :D

my wife watched from the window when i was backing the caddy out, she told me she was thinking "yeah right, that little ass truck isn't going to get out"
lol!
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Post by Briano1234 »

HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA That iswhy i loveit in the south specially in winter....................... :)

Get a motor outofa wrecking yard, unless you really want to send the 115.
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Post by 1lowcab »

Get a motor out of a wrecking yard
around here a MK1 in a yard is a rare sight, i might have to bite the bullet and buy a new one. :x
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Post by 1lowcab »

heres what i came up with untill i get a blower motor.


2 of these, actually they put out a lot of heat.
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snowed in cab
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stuck pig :)
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doesn't really look stuck does it.... thats why its a pig!
is winter over yet.
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Post by Calimus »

Hard to believe the pig got stuck. Do you have winter or summer tires on it?

An yea, the MK1's are the biz for foul weather.
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Post by 1lowcab »

actually i can't blame it all on the mk4, the tires are somewhat worn.
but i'm still pissed at it!
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Post by Calimus »

Well thats understandable, but still, hard to believe it got stuck. Then again, I've never had to drive our pig in the snow.
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Post by 1lowcab »

good luck if you ever have to.
i've never liked it in the snow since i've had it. it always felt like......................a pig. :)
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hey cal, whats that parts place you guys always use? the one that sends candy with the orders.
i'm looking around at prices for blower motors.
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never mind, found it.
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Post by Calimus »

Sorry I didn't get back to ya. Been in classes all week and only get a few min each day to hit the site

GL finding a motor, let me know if your luck runs out though.
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Post by Briano1234 »

Calimus wrote:Sorry I didn't get back to ya. Been in classes all week and only get a few min each day to hit the site

GL finding a motor, let me know if your luck runs out though.
Excuses Excuses, Excuses... I always have time to surf while class is in session.... I know they try the restricting bs, but for some reason, ( nyuck nycuk nyuck) I have all the admin keys to the gateway servers....

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Post by Calimus »

Hasn't been a matter of getting past any restrictions, the connection at the training center is wide open. Problem is, my class consists of me and one other guy. So we have been going through all the meterial like wild fire. As it stands, class will start tomorrow at 8:30am and we will be done at 10am rather then 5pm. :P

What really sucks, is that in my absence at work, it seems that my counterparts did something to the tape library and a laptop and I'll have to go in after class to fix them.

Bad enough they tried to get me in today for some file restores. Lucky for me, I can take care of that form my house 8)
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