Thermosat

Egon · Dec 21, 2006

Solution to a faulty Thermostat on my truck.

Dusty · Dec 21, 2006

That is called a "redneck" blanket

Egon · Dec 21, 2006

Nah -- A redneck woulda folded out the beer Case's and used it for the rad cover. The newspaper he woulda used for socks!

scott_vt · Dec 21, 2006

Hey Egon,
Well I certainly recognize that truck frontend !

Of course it wouldnt be mine cuz I have the fog lamps where you have holes

Egon · Dec 21, 2006

Where I have the holes there are radiators behind that make for non fog light fit!

There's four separate radiators hiding there somewhere.

DieselPower · Dec 21, 2006

I hope you used the Auto section of the paper.

AndyM · Dec 21, 2006

DieselPower said:
I hope you used the Auto section of the paper.

Nah, he used the comics, cuz he's funny!

Egon · Dec 22, 2006

I used whatever was handy at the time. No fun driving in a cold truck.

Lloyd_E · Dec 22, 2006

Egon,

This is how I fixed my Rad the other night on th 103.
The other driver made an illegal turn off a Series highway. Unfortunately I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Very fortunately no one was hurt!

I am hugging all my relatives and friends this year...

Merry Christmas to all...
LLoyd

Egon · Dec 22, 2006

Ouch! Glad no one was hurt.

MossRoad · Dec 22, 2006

Lloyd_E said:
Egon,

This is how I fixed my Rad the other night on th 103.
The other driver made an illegal turn off a Series highway. Unfortunately I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Very fortunately no one was hurt!

I am hugging all my relatives and friends this year...

Merry Christmas to all...
LLoyd

YIKES!

Glad you are O.K.

DieselPower · Dec 22, 2006

Glad everyone was ok. Look at it this way. You now have easy access to the radiator.

It could have been worse.

Dusty · Dec 22, 2006

I am surprised to see the pick up truck folded back like that. I can understand the Jeep crumpling because the truck was higher than the bumper and the body just folded up. I have to guess that the people in the Jeep were severely injured. Looks like the people in the Chevy pick up faired much better, since there is no damage to the interior of the passenger compartment.

DieselPower · Dec 22, 2006

2 people in Jeep were DOA. The ones in the pick up were only very shaken up. If I remember correctly there were 6 vehicles total in this pile up. Another medium duty truck in front of the P/U and 2 behind the cab over.

The reason the P/U folded like that is because the Jeep's front bumper went under the P/U's and there was another large truck in front of the P/U which prevented it from going forward. Something had to give and it was the P/U's weak point, that being between the bed and body.

Dusty · Dec 22, 2006

Didn't realize that it was a 6 car pile up. I thought that it was two separate accidents.

DieselPower · Dec 22, 2006

If you look in the second pic you can see the P/U in the top right of the photo.

TrippleT · Dec 22, 2006

That is really sad on the Jeep. On the first one I thought he had an IRS form there. Guess the eyes are fading.

Lloyd_E · Dec 23, 2006

Very tragic.

I needed another 90 000 km (55 000 miles) and I would have completed a million km commuting (18 years) without an accident. Seen lots and helped in a few. I am still going to try to achieve a record (hopefully) of not spending anytime in a hosptial or never experiencing a broken bone!!!! Lots of sore muscles but nothing significant...

Lloyd