07 Apr 12 08:43, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
      
    RW>> 8^)  Stuff like that never happens on your day off or when you're   
    RW>> working around the garage.   
      
    MH> At least it wasn't pouring down road or anything.   
      
                                        rain   
      
   I hate it when that happens. 8^) I can't count the number of times I've   
   changed a flat tire in the rain (not mine). The really frustrating thing   
   to have to do in the rain is unlock a (key in the ignition) vehicle and   
   it's the toughest one you've had to do in your roadside service career...   
      
   Especially if you're trying to read an unlocking procedure from a manual   
   and you have to wear glasses to correct poor vision.   
      
    MH> It actually was nice outside and the location where she broke down   
    MH> was very scenic. Right next to a bridge that is a popular fishing and   
    MH> bike trail next to Loch Raven reservoir.   
      
   I guess that wouldn't be such a bad place to be...   
      
    RW>> I've never seen it happen before. That internal line is either   
    RW>> wrapped in a coil or waving back and forth. There had to be some   
    RW>> stress on it, or there was some kind of corrosion going on. I would   
    RW>> have asked for it back and taken a hot knife to the lower tank and   
    RW>> found out why it happened.   
      
    MH> What is strange, is I never saw a single leak (externally) before   
    MH> this happened.  All the problems must have been internal.   
      
   Sounds like it.   
      
    RW>> Buy a spray can of engine cleaner and spray that where you need to.   
    RW>> Follow   
    RW>> the instructions, then use a spray nozzle or pressure washer to   
    RW>> clean it up.   
      
    MH> They actually cleaned it up pretty good.  There is still some stuff   
    MH> behind the headlights and a few other places.  Much cleaner than when   
    MH> I first saw it after the failure.   
      
    RW>> Oh yeah. Wait for it to cool, drive it a few blocks, then shut it   
    RW>> down and wait for it to cool again.   
      
    MH> We were out in the middle of nowhere.  It would have taken forever to   
    MH> just get a neighborhood.  I'm glad Pep Boys doesn't charge much for   
    MH> towing. Only $19.99 to tow it from where it was all the way to the   
    MH> county we live in (about 24 miles from where it broke down).   
      
   That's cheap alright. I had a 1975 Olds Cutlass back in the mid-80s that   
   broke down on the SD I-15 freeway. I had AAA tow it to my house, which was   
   about 4 miles past their limit of 10 miles. I had to pay them an extra $1   
   per/mile to my house. Best part was that one tow with AAA was equal to   
   their yearly membership dues if you weren't a member.   
      
      
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