"webmonkees" (kayoteq-of-the-forest)
01/25/2014 at 19:12 • Filed to: None
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"webmonkees" (kayoteq-of-the-forest)
01/25/2014 at 19:12 • Filed to: None | 1
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So cold a Subaru won't start.
Fortunately I got a tow back home (with spares of alternator, distributor, car).
Probably just a dead cell battery, maybe a transistor in the distributor.
There ain't much to these systems, but anything with a weak point gets amplified in this lovely weather.
I fail at winter prep.
MonkeePuzzle
> webmonkees
01/25/2014 at 19:17 |
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looks like a fun bit of countryside to hoon around in an old suby. hope you get her going again soon
Destructive Tester
> webmonkees
01/25/2014 at 21:03 |
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Don't beat yourself up too much, your suspected problems couldn't have been prevented by any winter prep short of annual refurbishing of the whole charging system.
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webmonkees
> MonkeePuzzle
01/25/2014 at 23:45 |
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Technically, that's not me but identical in both look (they have nicer tires) and problem. I have collected the whole charging system in spares from one donor wagon and an intact hatchback on standby.
People are bemused I managed to disable a Subaru. They thought it not possible :)
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webmonkees
> Destructive Tester
01/25/2014 at 23:47 |
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This has been some pretty weird and wild weather, I've been trying for two weeks to get a replacement water heater. Fortunately for the rest of humanity I have a convenient hot shower next door when needed.
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MonkeePuzzle
> webmonkees
01/26/2014 at 00:05 |
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oh, I've disabled a few subarus :P
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Destructive Tester
> webmonkees
01/26/2014 at 00:19 |
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Ah thats right when anything heat-related goes-out... Last February the condenser board in my furnace decided to die the Sunday that started a week of single-digit highs. Fortunately for me I have a gas fireplace, a wood burning stove, and I got a new furnace under my home warranty.
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webmonkees
> webmonkees
01/26/2014 at 08:43 |
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How Cold?
Within 10 minutes I was calling friends because hypothermia sucks. Seriously, consider options rapidly. Had it been summer I would have walked up the road to the Auto-Box and gotten a battery. Otherwise, I was bundling up with what was on hand for the 45 minutes total.