Post by bizarro on May 20, 2015 18:20:53 GMT -5
And I bought her last night for an even K...and then she got real tired on me, and had to tow her home...
Hello all, I'm jimmy, and I have owned a Justy before I'm out of Eugene, OR and uh yeah. My previous was a '91 GL, 2WD, 4D, white; this one is an '88, DL, 4WD, 2D, in black...
....and it passed out on me outside of Cougar Reservoir on the way home last night....so I suppose I'll get into the details on the other places for those issues to go, but essentially...
Drive to Redmond, OR
I test-drive
I approve
Pee-break in Sisters led to letting the unstarting motor cool off (where I noticed the usual oil leak in a Justy has grown considerably larger) which led to us realizing the car needed a jump. *sigh
Jumped car, made it to the OTHER side of Sisters, and had a heart attack over buying a new battery to go with the "new alternator".............
Got near the pass, the gf wanted to take a picture, I lost momentum (you hush), car had to cool off again but it started right back up and we took off, aaaaaall the way to Rainbow...
...it just....the lights started dim-spazzin' and then she died.
Got it towed back today.
Sooo the basics
New battery,
"New alternator",
A larger oil leak....
She was a little hesitant in power until I put in the new battery, then she was essentially ok after that.
Then random-man strolled by the unloading Justy here and mentioned checking the amps on the alternator, as if it were too much, and replacing the radiator....
But anywho, last night over many texts , the guy basically explained to me that
It's never had an electrical issue, "check the belt on it"(but we had left it and was in eugene by the time I got THAT text)
Wow.....well alright then.
Now, the fact that I did check the oil and noticed it was coffee and I didn't say anything, I'm willing to bet wouldn't have affected much. The way she was struggling before the battery, then being ok for the majority of the drive, until randomly failing, due to electriCal shit..
*sigh* coffee...
Hello all, I'm jimmy, and I have owned a Justy before I'm out of Eugene, OR and uh yeah. My previous was a '91 GL, 2WD, 4D, white; this one is an '88, DL, 4WD, 2D, in black...
....and it passed out on me outside of Cougar Reservoir on the way home last night....so I suppose I'll get into the details on the other places for those issues to go, but essentially...
Drive to Redmond, OR
I test-drive
I approve
Pee-break in Sisters led to letting the unstarting motor cool off (where I noticed the usual oil leak in a Justy has grown considerably larger) which led to us realizing the car needed a jump. *sigh
Jumped car, made it to the OTHER side of Sisters, and had a heart attack over buying a new battery to go with the "new alternator".............
Got near the pass, the gf wanted to take a picture, I lost momentum (you hush), car had to cool off again but it started right back up and we took off, aaaaaall the way to Rainbow...
...it just....the lights started dim-spazzin' and then she died.
Got it towed back today.
Sooo the basics
New battery,
"New alternator",
A larger oil leak....
She was a little hesitant in power until I put in the new battery, then she was essentially ok after that.
Then random-man strolled by the unloading Justy here and mentioned checking the amps on the alternator, as if it were too much, and replacing the radiator....
But anywho, last night over many texts , the guy basically explained to me that
It's never had an electrical issue, "check the belt on it"(but we had left it and was in eugene by the time I got THAT text)
Wow.....well alright then.
Now, the fact that I did check the oil and noticed it was coffee and I didn't say anything, I'm willing to bet wouldn't have affected much. The way she was struggling before the battery, then being ok for the majority of the drive, until randomly failing, due to electriCal shit..
*sigh* coffee...