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<blockquote data-quote="John6185" data-source="post: 3673894" data-attributes="member: 25679">When I was an idiot kid, I had a 1953 Ford that was not in good shape and when I was almost home I heard a squeak and then the front wheel outran me.&nbsp; It twisted off the entire spindle and went down the road because it needed a little grease.Later in life I was in the military going through Weatherford Okla at 3 AM and the window was down since I had no A/C and I heard a squeak, squeak, squeak as I went around a curve.&nbsp; I knew what it was and pulled over and I had tools and a can of cup grease in my trunk and pulled and greased the wheel and I was on the road again.&nbsp; I felt like Willie Nelson!]Later in life-a few years, I had a &#039;66 Ford&nbsp; and going from Oklahoma to Lubbock doing the speed limit and the cooling fan sheared off the shat of the water pump and did some major damage to the radiator.&nbsp; Again, I had my tools and a Highway Patrol came by and I asked him if he&#039;d take me to a parts house in a nearby town which he did.&nbsp; I bought a new water pump and asked him if he&#039;d mind taking me back the 4 miles or so to&nbsp; to the car and he said, &quot;I&#039;m not a taxi service&quot; but he took me anyway.&nbsp; I replaced the water pump and tried to pinch the torn tubes in the radiator, bought some radiator sealer and made it from station to station for water back to Lubbock where I bought a ne radiator.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never forgotten what the Officer told me, he was right but it would have been a long walk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John6185, post: 3673894, member: 25679"] When I was an idiot kid, I had a 1953 Ford that was not in good shape and when I was almost home I heard a squeak and then the front wheel outran me. It twisted off the entire spindle and went down the road because it needed a little grease. Later in life I was in the military going through Weatherford Okla at 3 AM and the window was down since I had no A/C and I heard a squeak, squeak, squeak as I went around a curve. I knew what it was and pulled over and I had tools and a can of cup grease in my trunk and pulled and greased the wheel and I was on the road again. I felt like Willie Nelson!]Later in life-a few years, I had a '66 Ford and going from Oklahoma to Lubbock doing the speed limit and the cooling fan sheared off the shat of the water pump and did some major damage to the radiator. Again, I had my tools and a Highway Patrol came by and I asked him if he'd take me to a parts house in a nearby town which he did. I bought a new water pump and asked him if he'd mind taking me back the 4 miles or so to to the car and he said, "I'm not a taxi service" but he took me anyway. I replaced the water pump and tried to pinch the torn tubes in the radiator, bought some radiator sealer and made it from station to station for water back to Lubbock where I bought a ne radiator. I've never forgotten what the Officer told me, he was right but it would have been a long walk. [/QUOTE]

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