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Reply to "My first breakdown. Advice please"

When I got married, I was told, "You can be right or you can be happy" Truer words have not been uttered.

As a fellow, "not mechanically inclined" person on this forum, I just wanted to say that I feel your pain. The few lessons I have learned so far are as follows:

1. Find out what spare parts and tools you should be carrying and then go buy them now. I also keep zip ties in the car for when things need to be held together.
2. Figure out a way to tow the car yourself if you need to (I bought a tow bar first, then a trailer).

My first break down was my exhaust manifolds loosening, which on it's own would just result in an awful sound and a loss of power but it also stopped the hex bar/accelerator from working and I was getting no acceleration. I used my wife's hair rubber-band thing to hold it together long enough to get home and then fixed it. I had no tools at that time.

Second break down was a blown fuse to the fuel pump. Because I had spares and tools, I ran a wire directly from the battery to the fuel pump and fixed it at home.

Can't say I got any better a being as mechanically inclined as others but I can bang stuff with a hammer and put duct tape on it.

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