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10-09-2012, 10:27 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Paying foreword Lonnie's good deed..
We are here in Red Rock Park in Gallup N.M., nice place on the Navajo Reservation, right next to a big beautiful rock formation now.
I looked out the window and saw a guy trying to start his truck with one of those small battery boosters. No joy.
So, I thought "What would Lonnie do?" Yep, I scurried over and helped him.
He said he just had a new alternator installed because he has had this trouble since he bought the truck. 3 times it wouldn't start, I looked the wiring over and his battery post's were loose, the wires were corroded to the connections, so I stripped back the wiring, got good wire and tightened everything up. I checked his battery voltage-good, but a little low, as well as his specific gravity in the battery. My guess is that the old alternator was fine, just bad connections. I was talking to him and he had all kinds of problems in the RV he just bought. Long story short, I pulled the furnace, as it had no service access from the outside, worked on that, cleaned the igniter in the water heater, fixed the converter, he was told one of his batteries was bad in the trailer, I checked the specific gravity in the cells, they were all OK and the batteries were up. Also showed him where the landing legs fuse is.
He and his wife are math teachers on an Indian reservation 7,000' up somewhere, they had 2 cute little girls.
Nice folks.
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10-09-2012, 10:35 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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As I have said before - Your a great person and a real human. Keep up the good deeds!
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10-09-2012, 10:59 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Shore
Posts: 6,009
M.O.C. #7110
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Great deed Ozz!
Wish more people were like that.
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10-09-2012, 11:51 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Holcombe
Posts: 113
M.O.C. #12193
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What goes around comes around, great job!
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10-09-2012, 01:01 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Topsham
Posts: 904
M.O.C. #10761
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Ozz that was a wonderful thing that you did. It reminded me of the commercial on TV where one person does a good deed and then that person does a good deed and the good deeds go on and on.
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10-09-2012, 02:17 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Powell
Posts: 250
M.O.C. #7880
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In my last few years of travels I have been helped by "Montana Drivers" they just seem to be kings of the road..
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10-09-2012, 02:35 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: sioux falls
Posts: 1,835
M.O.C. #2121
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Way to go Ozz!
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10-10-2012, 04:50 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: El Paso
Posts: 44
M.O.C. #12808
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by mainer
Ozz that was a wonderful thing that you did. It reminded me of the commercial on TV where one person does a good deed and then that person does a good deed and the good deeds go on and on.
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10-10-2012, 08:40 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Texico
Posts: 1,917
M.O.C. #6150
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Way ta go, Ozz.
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