A nice surprise!!

A few weeks ago I had blogged that my old Ford pickup was severely damaged when I blew the water pump out in Albuquerque last August, scoring a cylinder....it was bucking and snorting and had poor acceleration, and was just a miserable ride! I had went so far as to begin looking for another vehicle, and had found a nice little Ford Ranger in really great shape, for a decent price.

But this past Friday, while in Joliet, IL doing a reset, I was setting in the truck at a Bob Evans with the engine idling, when a guy walked by and came over and started talking to me.......turns out he was a Ford mechanic at a nearby dealership, and told me he had heard the miss in my engine. I told him about my problem with the water pump. and he asked me to pop the hood and he would give it a looksy-----no charge!

Well, 15 minutes later, he tells me all I need is a tune up, a new rotor cap, and an idler bearing/pulley...$200. and 2 hours shop labor and he said it would be good as new, and likely last another 100k miles!! I asked him if he could do it that afternoon, and he said absolutely!

So, I followed him to the dealership and dropped the truck off, and he took me back to the Ace where I was working. True to his word, he called my cell at 3pm, and said it was all done, good as new! I got done at Ace, walked to the dealership, and he came out to the showroom and told me I was all set...total bill was $279.22 and it runs like it did when it was brand new!!! I mean, it runs smooth as silk!! I just can't believe my good luck sometimes!!