Mom was driving me to her work Tuesday and I got critically ill. Mom knew by the sound I made, pulled me over and had me towed in. I need a heart trasnplant. My engine is shot. She knew when she bought me that I had low compression in one cylinder and that it was just a matter of time... She checked my oil just the day before when we took fish to the LFS in Hattiesburg and it was down some but not to the point I should have needed more. Neither of us can understand why this came on so suddenly. But we both understand why my heart, with fewer that 90,000 miles gave out. I know why because I was there. Mom figured it out on her own. My previous owner drove me hot. Mom figured it out when a friend told her that the only reason my heart should give out at that age is if someone drove me hot. The only ugly aftermarket thing I have in me is a temperature gauge. Liz says that the previous owner "locked the gate after the horses got out."
Mom is giving me a heart transplant not with some motor from the junk yard but with a good rebuilt one from a reputable company. I've already had my heart removed. They will put in the new one as soon as it comes in and mom should have me home next week. I am very lucky to have an owner who thinks of me as more valuable that I really am. I know that I am 27 years old and small things will break here and there, but there is nothing wrong with me other than my injured heart. All the rest of me is fine. My greatest desire is to live long enough to be worth more than Liz has put in to me. It's a point of pride with me to always do my best and to be loyal huh
BTW, the only reason I can talk after my heart and lungs have been removed is because I'm a car ;)
Good luck with your recovery. You are a great car. |^| |^| |^|
Get well soon, Charlotte.... |^|
It's me, Liz...I'll tell Charlotte that you think she's great, Willie. Your kind words will make her feel better. I have visited her every day since the day she got sick. I give her a little kiss and a small rub. I can tell that she is embarrassed about something that was not her fault. She thinks that she should be invincible. She is old. She will break. She had no control over how her previous owners treated her. I wish she wouldn't be so hard on herself.
Dear Charlotte, you are the luckiest truck I have ever known, to have a mom like you do. She has saved you from the junk yard and with your new heart you will have a whole new life with her.
Barb (your mom's friend)
Dear Miss Barb, I know that you care about me because you care about my mom. Thank you. Sometimes my mother needs emotional support. She gets all distressed and thinks the world will come to an end when she should know damn well that it will not. She thinks that she is independent, but she is not. Everyone needs friends.
Quote from: Charlotte on January 14, 2016, 06:47:44 PM
Dear Miss Barb, I know that you care about me because you care about my mom. Thank you. Sometimes my mother needs emotional support. She gets all distressed and thinks the world will come to an end when she should know damn well that it will not. She thinks that she is independent, but she is not. Everyone needs friends.
Quote from: Barb on January 14, 2016, 05:53:40 PM
Dear Charlotte, you are the luckiest truck I have ever known, to have a mom like you do. She has saved you from the junk yard and with your new heart you will have a whole new life with her.
Barb (your mom's friend)
+ 1.... ;D
Charlotte, I'm sending lots of healing thoughts your way. Get well soon. I know Liz a good nurse for you.
Quote from: Mugwump on January 14, 2016, 07:09:12 PM
Quote from: Charlotte on January 14, 2016, 06:47:44 PM
Dear Miss Barb, I know that you care about me because you care about my mom. Thank you. Sometimes my mother needs emotional support. She gets all distressed and thinks the world will come to an end when she should know damn well that it will not. She thinks that she is independent, but she is not. Everyone needs friends.
Quote from: Barb on January 14, 2016, 05:53:40 PM
Dear Charlotte, you are the luckiest truck I have ever known, to have a mom like you do. She has saved you from the junk yard and with your new heart you will have a whole new life with her.
Barb (your mom's friend)
+ 1.... ;D
+2
You'll be good-as-new just in time for spring. Crusing with the windows down.....
https://youtu.be/fjgCqbPGq2A
Dennis
Charlotte I hope your mom got you a Ford heart.
I don't believe that a ford heart would fit. I wanted to get her a V6 heart but it cost too much.
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on January 15, 2016, 07:12:23 PM
Charlotte I hope your mom got you a Ford heart.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL....what and poison her....oh no !!!!!
Ah, Ford..... Fix Or Repair Daily, or as my uncle Jack used to say, "Fastest On Race Day". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bowsher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bowsher)
Dennis
i always heard that ford was flip over read directions (pull back and release) lol
I always heard "Found On Roadside, Dead". I don't believe it though, because my old "fish-mobile" is still in the neighborhood and moving onto 170,000+ miles!........Just so you know! 2c2
My towing guy told me after he moved Charlotte to load her that he knew that she would need a new heart. The first thing he thought of an old Blazer he picked up dead along the side of the road. It happens. He thought that it might help me but might help me. We decided together that it was not good putting parts from a car found dead along the side of the road.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 15, 2016, 07:19:47 PM
I don't believe that a ford heart would fit. I wanted to get her a V6 heart but it cost too much.
With the right adapter any engine will fit. But really just put a Toyota engine in her.
Quote from: BallAquatics on January 16, 2016, 06:14:25 AM
Ah, Ford..... Fix Or Repair Daily, or as my uncle Jack used to say, "Fastest On Race Day". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bowsher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bowsher)
Dennis
F'd over rebuilt Dodge.
Sigh. I have a Dodge. 202,000 miles and still going.
This about Charlotte not Ford vs Chevy. I miss her so much. I didn't visit her Friday because I didn't have a good excuse and didn't want to make a fool of myself for visiting a truck. I will drive in and visit her Monday morning. I'll have a lame but honest excuse. Y'all don't know what it like to love a truck. It feels as though part of me is missing without her snuggled up safe and happy in the carport. She is a fine honest old lady. She never lied to me. I knew that her motor would go. I bought her knowing.
My S-10 has a clicking sound. I think it's got a crack in the flywheel. Started out only making the noise when it was really cold and then went away when it warmed up, but over the last 15,000 miles it has gotten progressively worst. It's also got the 4 cylinder engine. On a good day it gets the same gas mileage as my old Isuzu 6 cylinder which had much more power.
Dennis
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on January 16, 2016, 09:29:23 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 15, 2016, 07:19:47 PM
I don't believe that a ford heart would fit. I wanted to get her a V6 heart but it cost too much.
With the right adapter any engine will fit. But really just put a Toyota engine in her.
How did Johnny Cash say it?
The transmission was a 53
And the motor turned out to be a 73
So when we put in the bolts
All the holes were gone
We lined it up so it would fit
And with a little bit of help from an adaptor kit
We had that engine running just like a song.
Quote from: Rjb3 on January 17, 2016, 07:24:43 AM
Quote from: GraphicGr8s on January 16, 2016, 09:29:23 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 15, 2016, 07:19:47 PM
I don't believe that a ford heart would fit. I wanted to get her a V6 heart but it cost too much.
With the right adapter any engine will fit. But really just put a Toyota engine in her.
How did Johnny Cash say it?
The transmission was a 53
And the motor turned out to be a 73
So when we put in the bolts
All the holes were gone
We lined it up so it would fit
And with a little bit of help from an adaptor kit
We had that engine running just like a song.
+1...."I can make it fit"..... ;D
Guess what? Mom drove in to visit me today and BJ told her that the heart surgeons will rebuild my old heart. It's because the company didn't have a heart like mine in stock. But mom and I like the idea of me having the heart I was born with. The down side is that instead of being ready to go home later this week it will be between 2 and 3 weeks.
Quote from: Charlotte on January 18, 2016, 11:18:07 AM
Guess what? Mom drove in to visit me today and BJ told her that the heart surgeons will rebuild my old heart. It's because the company didn't have a heart like mine in stock. But mom and I like the idea of me having the heart I was born with. The down side is that instead of being ready to go home later this week it will be between 2 and 3 weeks.
..that'll work... ;D
Hot-dang-you-all-I-swear!!!!! That's great news!!!
I heard a caller on Car Talk ask what part of the car held it's soul. Was the car ever the same after it's engine had been replaced? The question was unresolved but it's a good question. We all know that vehicles have personalities. It makes me feel better that Charlotte will get back the heart that she was born with. And all because the rebuilding company didn't have one like hers in stock. The fates smiled on us, I guess huh
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 16, 2016, 10:29:04 PM
This about Charlotte not Ford vs Chevy. I miss her so much. I didn't visit her Friday because I didn't have a good excuse and didn't want to make a fool of myself for visiting a truck. I will drive in and visit her Monday morning. I'll have a lame but honest excuse. Y'all don't know what it like to love a truck. It feels as though part of me is missing without her snuggled up safe and happy in the carport. She is a fine honest old lady. She never lied to me. I knew that her motor would go. I bought her knowing.
As much as I have been hating my Dakota I sure did miss it after the accident. Was borrowing the father in laws Tacoma for about a full month. I also rented a F150 for a week. But it's back now and it's all repainted and the transmission is shifting right now. Still a bit of adjustment needed on the driver door.
It's bigger than the standard cab Tacoma but alas with the little one it is getting a bit cramped. But I do understand the pain Liz. I sure do.
At least in June I am getting my sister's Camry.
Mom visited me today. She didn't want to bother anyone. She just wanted to see me rub me with her jacket sleeve, and give me a little kiss. BJ saw her and talked to her. He said that he wanted to replace my clutch and showed her how to look at it to see that it was getting thin. He asked when my water pump had last been replaced and she didn't know. BJ will replace that, too.
BJ told her that my heart might be in Tuesday! He said that when she got me back, I would be good as new. Mom took that with a grain of salt. After all, I am 27 years old.
The guy who removed my heart was there. He always gets a kick out of it when mom visits. Mom likes that.
That was a very smart decision to change those two parts now while she is out of body as it would be more expense to do it later after she is back up and running like a well tuned top.
That's what I thought too, George. Her parts are already out. I should replace everything iffy. I saw the clutch and I sure don't want a water pump to go out on a newly rebuilt engine.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 22, 2016, 06:59:21 PM
That's what I thought too, George. Her parts are already out. I should replace everything iffy. I saw the clutch and I sure don't want a water pump to go out on a newly rebuilt engine.
+1... |^|
Correct it is the labor cost that eat up your money. If you don't change them now then 4 months down the road the part goes out and you pay labor for R & R again for something that could have been replace while the engine was out and pay no extra for it to be done.
Quote from: Mugwump on January 22, 2016, 07:00:14 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 22, 2016, 06:59:21 PM
That's what I thought too, George. Her parts are already out. I should replace everything iffy. I saw the clutch and I sure don't want a water pump to go out on a newly rebuilt engine.
+1... |^|
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Quote from: wsantia1 on January 23, 2016, 10:46:50 AM
Quote from: Mugwump on January 22, 2016, 07:00:14 PM
Quote from: LizStreithorst on January 22, 2016, 06:59:21 PM
That's what I thought too, George. Her parts are already out. I should replace everything iffy. I saw the clutch and I sure don't want a water pump to go out on a newly rebuilt engine.
+1... |^|
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Charlotte, you're getting me to thinking I should have hung on to my Ford Windstar. She's called "Fishmobile". She was great for hauling aquaria and bags of fish and equipment all over the place. My friend down the street who owns her now, lets me see her and even drive her to pick up tanks once in awhile. I've heard he was thinking about selling her. In your opinion, do you think she'd be pissed at me since I sold her to a very good friend and bought "Burban" to pull my Ducky? If she'd too upset she might just up and quit on me. Whatdayathink?
I've never met her, Ron so I can't say for sure. If I were Fishmobile I'd feel honored to be wanted back. If you get her give her a little special love. A shiny man perhaps or having some little thing fixed that has been broken will make her feel appreciated. She is mechanical so things will break. Things go wrong with humans when they get older, but it's not because they want them to. I say you should go for it. If you do, tell her that she has a friend in Mississippi who wishes her health and long life.
Quote from: Charlotte on January 24, 2016, 08:43:23 AM
I've never met her, Ron so I can't say for sure. If I were Fishmobile I'd feel honored to be wanted back. If you get her give her a little special love. A shiny man perhaps or having some little thing fixed that has been broken will make her feel appreciated. She is mechanical so things will break. Things go wrong with humans when they get older, but it's not because they want them to. I say you should go for it. If you do, tell her that she has a friend in Mississippi who wishes her health and long life.
Charlotte, I don't think I've ever met a sweeter car than you. Fishmobile is on loan by her humans to a family member who lost her car in a wreck. She's always doing good for others and even continues with her new owners. When she gets back I'll go down there and give her a pat on the hood and tell her about you...
Quote from: Ron Sower on January 26, 2016, 11:05:44 AM
Quote from: Charlotte on January 24, 2016, 08:43:23 AM
I've never met her, Ron so I can't say for sure. If I were Fishmobile I'd feel honored to be wanted back. If you get her give her a little special love. A shiny man perhaps or having some little thing fixed that has been broken will make her feel appreciated. She is mechanical so things will break. Things go wrong with humans when they get older, but it's not because they want them to. I say you should go for it. If you do, tell her that she has a friend in Mississippi who wishes her health and long life.
Charlotte, I don't think I've ever met a sweeter car than you. Fishmobile is on loan by her humans to a family member who lost her car in a wreck. She's always doing good for others and even continues with her new owners. When she gets back I'll go down there and give her a pat on the hood and tell her about you...
+1....
Charlotte dear, BJ was hoping that your heart would come in today, but he never called to say that did indeed arrive. I wanted to stop buy and check on you, but I was just there yesterday. Only crazy people visit their vehicle while it's in the garage. I don't want to appear crazier than they know me to be. I'll check with them tomorrow. You have no idea how much I miss you.
Mom, you DID come in today ;D ;D ;D My parts are all in my bed and the new ones are atop my fenders. I heard BJ tell you that my heart came in just before you visited. You saw it and fawned over it and asked what viscosity oil he would put in it. You gave me Castrol 20/40 back when I heart problems.. BJ said that he would use a 10/30. That made sense to me and Liz both. Mom asked BJ to tell her when she picks me up how to best break in my repaired heart. She thinks that she knows how but wants to be sure.
I'm sorry that it will take them until Friday to put me back together. I know that she wants to sell my stall mate, The Beast, to perhaps buy a new little stall mate for me. We both know that the Beast no longer meets her needs. We both feel bad for him.
It won't hurt my feelings to have a sexy sports car beside me. I know that I am loved. I may be old but I am a sound old lady. Mom has invested more in me that I am worth. that is love.
I was so disappionted :( The company that rebuilt my heart didn't include the pilot bushing. BJ called everywhere but nobody had it because my heart was made so long ago. Mom came by after doing dogs and she saw me with my heart still sitting on chains in front of me. She was disappointed as much as I, but when BJ told her that they were overnight one to him and if they couldn't buy one they would make one, it made her feel better which made me feel better. I'll be ready to go Monday. They're nice to me there at BJ's but it's not the same as being home where I am loved.