Just One More Reason....

In our neighborhood, we're pretty much known as the family with, what we like to call, "The Fleet", of junker cars/trucks sitting in our driveway. Mind you, they're ALL functional vehicles. They're just old! Our newest one is the 1997 Grand Caravan. Chris' "testosterone challenged" truck is a 1993, and our "Big Blue Whale" (that we paid a WHOPPIN' $500 FOR) is an '87!!! But guess what??? Thanks to my AWESOME, self teaching husband, they all run perfectly!! They don't just clunk their way from point A to point B. They really do run top notch.


NEVER, in the history of our marriage, have we paid a mechanic!! Chris has never taken shop classes, he just bought the Chilton manuals for each vehicle and taught himself. I'm so grateful that he's so willing to do that! He has saved us THOUSANDS of dollars.

Our latest issue is the van. It just quit one day...totally dead. He did some diagnostic tests and figured the problem to be the starter, which he replaced only a few years ago. A little stumped as to why he'd have to be replacing the starter again already, he took it out to replace it. But rather than just run to Checker to buy a new part ($60), he took the old one apart to see if he could see a problem. The fix ended up being quite simple. The contacts that the current runs through to engage the starter were REALLY grimy, greasy and dirty. So he disassembled it, cleaned it all up with rubbing alcohol, made look all shiny and new, and wouldn't ya know......it worked!!!! What seemed to be a horrible problem because the van wouldn't start AT ALL, ended up not costing us a penny to fix!!! So, as he finishes up ANOTHER auto job on one of "The Fleet", I just had to snap this picture!! This is just one more reason why he is my HERO!!