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Bowtie Blazer · 2003-10-10T01:09:16-06:00

Long story short, I wrenched until about 1 am this morning and not even on my own shiznit.....turns out a guy came into pepboys for a new battery, which turned out to be an alternator...454BB so right in my league, the mechanics were gone so i started the job 8:45ish...on the clock messing with the battery since 8.....bout 9:30 they log me off the clock...by 10 I had the new alt on the belt tight and right on my last turn of the wrench i went full power 12 V to gound and killed the starter....installed a new starter and selonoid....still something more major was blown...no radio no start....grrr...trouble shot his whole electrical system I mean everything...I still have it in my head...3 batteries. and 5 different selonoids, a battery isolator and 2 main fuse blocks....all of this was interconnected and wound together through many links...reminded me of working on Kris's truck that night cuz it started raining...i got all nice and crappy wet....WHY? Well the guy's daughter was getting married in FL on saturday, his wife is doing all the arrangements etc etc...they wanted to be in gainsville by noon...10 hrs from BR...so he rolled out of bo peeps with a new battery, starter and alternator.....I ended up hot wiring a lead to the main selonoid that jumped his starter... He paid for all parts...and I rolled away all hot and nasty, smelly with his core parts.... and $105 cash in my pocket...plus the time I was on pepboys clock :judge: (wrench away baby) Interview tomorrow am at 6:30 wish baja rob and I luck... :good_luck: