Vein of my existance

 

Love this rig, but for the last three weeks it has been a real pain in the ass to contend with.

Serpentine belt and tensioner pully shredded ,and of course that needed replacing, then the alternator crapped out, and of course the one the previous mechanic ( and I use the term loosely here) put it was a dud.., that meant that the battery was totally discharged and only pushing out about 1-2 volts. So of course the jeep can't run...Having been ghosted by not one, but two mechanics now,  Deb had finally found a guy right up the street that has a mobile business and comes to you...great.. So I have been sitting here waiting for this guy since 10AM as that was the time he was to come. He did however at least call me to explain he was running late at his full time job, so I guess that is at least worth some points, considering I never heard from the other two after saying they would be by or back to do the work. So we ended up having to purchase the belt, the pully, the alternator, and a second new battery. HOPEFULLY, this is the end and he gets it running proper.. I was seriously considering throwing in the towel on this one..

In addition to this, our other vehicle the Focus lost the starter about three months ago and has not run until this past week having had that replaced by the guy coming today.. So in total we have not had a reliable/running vehicle for almost a month now..  They say when it rains It pours  or in this case Poor's as we have spent way to much on these repairs already...

If it weren't for the fact that I owe so much on it still, I considered trading it in for a newer, reliable truck, hell, I might still do it anyway if I'm gunna owe, might as well owe a bit longer...