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jamesqf · 10-25-2015, 01:01 AM

So I took the dogs out for a hike this afternoon, about 15 miles from home, 5 of them on basically untravelled rough dirt. (And of course no cell service.) Got back to the truck, and it was completely dead: not only no start, but no dash lights, headlights, nothing.

Now your average person would be walking home in the dark. (And did I mention that there are bears up there? Saw one just a couple of weeks ago.) Me, I poked around under the hood for a couple of minutes, and noticed that the hot wire from the battery looked funny. (Not the starter cable, but the smaller wire that powers everything.) Pulled off some insulating tubing, and yeah, it was broke. Used a pen to strip some insulation, twisted the ends together, and drove home :-)

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jamesqf Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Earth Posts: 5,209 Thanks: 225 Thanked 811 Times in 594 Posts	Why it's a good idea to know something about auto mechanics. So I took the dogs out for a hike this afternoon, about 15 miles from home, 5 of them on basically untravelled rough dirt. (And of course no cell service.) Got back to the truck, and it was completely dead: not only no start, but no dash lights, headlights, nothing. Now your average person would be walking home in the dark. (And did I mention that there are bears up there? Saw one just a couple of weeks ago.) Me, I poked around under the hood for a couple of minutes, and noticed that the hot wire from the battery looked funny. (Not the starter cable, but the smaller wire that powers everything.) Pulled off some insulating tubing, and yeah, it was broke. Used a pen to strip some insulation, twisted the ends together, and drove home :-)