normiss 900 #1 July 28, 2009 So earlier this year, I gave my new car to my middle daughter cause she needed reliable transportation. Already having the motorcycle, I thought I'd just buy an older beater pick-up truck. I paid a whopping $2400 for this Ford. Driveline is damn near perfect on this thing...with a few issues here and there. Yesterday morning I stop at the grocery store. Come out and she won't start. No clicks, no nothing. Hmmm...starter relay/solenoid going out maybe. So I get a screwdriver out and short across the terminals. Sure enough, she starts right up. In Drive. WTF???? OH SHIT!!! Thankfully the Monday morning gods were looking out for me and cleared a path through the next three isles straight for the ditch that is about 15 feet deep. So I'm chasing my truck across the parking lot. Stop laughing. Diving into the cab, hit the brakes. catch my breath. Laugh my ass off. Apparently I have a bad neutral safety switch as well. Use the parking brake next time, I will. Sure made for a funny Monday am. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 July 28, 2009 Quote +1 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeneR 3 #4 July 28, 2009 Ok, thank you I actually busted up laughing out loud for this one!!!! NIOCE one!!! I really needed a good laugh this morning She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway." eeneR TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #5 July 28, 2009 I think I should buy you a few beers now....TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFKING 4 #6 July 28, 2009 Lucky with Harleys AND trucks, I reckon. Had that been me, it would have hit 3 cars, run over two kids and a dog, THEN hit the building. Don"When in doubt I whip it out, I got me a rock-and-roll band. It's a free-for-all." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #7 July 28, 2009 Quote So earlier this year, I gave my new car to my middle daughter cause she needed reliable transportation. Already having the motorcycle, I thought I'd just buy an older beater pick-up truck. I paid a whopping $2400 for this Ford. Driveline is damn near perfect on this thing...with a few issues here and there. Yesterday morning I stop at the grocery store. Come out and she won't start. No clicks, no nothing. Hmmm...starter relay/solenoid going out maybe. So I get a screwdriver out and short across the terminals. Sure enough, she starts right up. In Drive. WTF???? OH SHIT!!! Thankfully the Monday morning gods were looking out for me and cleared a path through the next three isles straight for the ditch that is about 15 feet deep. So I'm chasing my truck across the parking lot. Stop laughing. Diving into the cab, hit the brakes. catch my breath. Laugh my ass off. Apparently I have a bad neutral safety switch as well. Use the parking brake next time, I will. Sure made for a funny Monday am. I would say that the neutral saftey switch did its job by not letting you turn the engine over to start it in drive...you just bypassed it to start it in drive...which I do find very funny Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 900 #8 July 28, 2009 You may actually have something there....Didn't even look at it that way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #9 July 28, 2009 Quote You may actually have something there....Didn't even look at it that way! I was gonna say something too but thought... no way he didn't realize that www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 900 #10 July 28, 2009 yep, just as human as the next guy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #11 July 28, 2009 You have no idea how often cars get towed into my shop for such things.......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #12 July 28, 2009 Quote yep, just as human as the next guy! Aye...I've had many a moment like that. Fortunately I'm also forgetfull so I can't remember a one of em! www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaVriK 0 #13 July 28, 2009 Quote You have no idea how often cars get towed into my shop for such things.......... +1 - good story though!~MaVriK~ "The Greatest Accomplishment in life is actually Living it" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madhatter 0 #14 July 28, 2009 Quote I would say that the neutral saftey switch did its job by not letting you turn the engine over to start it in drive...you just bypassed it to start it in drive...which I do find very funny I had friends that got AA to jumpstart their car a few times because the "battery was dead." I waas in the vicinity when the same situation cropped up - EXACTLY the same situation A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! D.S # 125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #15 July 28, 2009 Control rod from the column to the trans is either disconnected or gone. But if you turn the cowl on the column as it exits the dash it will not allow the key to turn. Really good anti theft scheme. It used to work wonders in the city. They could even remove the ignition and still no luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 900 #16 July 28, 2009 Cable in this case. I have noticed it's touch out of adjustment...sometimes hard to find reverse. This weekend I found out the horn doesn't work, nor the cruise control...or the overdrive switch on the shift lever...column issues in the past? Fucker does 120mph smooth as can be though. I also dig the reserve...errr....dual gas tanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
