What was the scareiest close call you've had?
I remember in early 80's I was on a job Surveying for a hydro project upstate NY. We all drove big 3/4 ton Suburbans. Anyway I was going to grab a bite at the diner about 10 miles form the hotel. It was dark & I was doing 50-55 down a 2 lane undivided. I reached for the radio & accidentally hits the auto shift on the tree. It dropped into neutral & the engine really reved. I heard a loud bang, got it back into gear & cheaked the gauges, Oil, temp, alt ok, so continued on. Well I go to pull off into the Diner from 45-50 & make a sweeping turn into the parking lot full of trucks & cars; hit the brakes & the pedal goes to the floor! I had about 300 ft to work with, swerved through the lot, hit the parking (emergency!) brake & dump it in park, only to stop 5' from the front window of the diner! You should have seen the look on the customers faces. I almost sh%%t my pants!
Turns out the loud bang? was the flex fan snapped a blade off & cut both (all) the brake lines that were running along the chassis rail next to the radiator.
Holy cow!
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I remember in early 80's I was on a job Surveying for a hydro project upstate NY. We all drove big 3/4 ton Suburbans. Anyway I was going to grab a bite at the diner about 10 miles form the hotel. It was dark & I was doing 50-55 down a 2 lane undivided. I reached for the radio & accidentally hits the auto shift on the tree. It dropped into neutral & the engine really reved. I heard a loud bang, got it back into gear & cheaked the gauges, Oil, temp, alt ok, so continued on. Well I go to pull off into the Diner from 45-50 & make a sweeping turn into the parking lot full of trucks & cars; hit the brakes & the pedal goes to the floor! I had about 300 ft to work with, swerved through the lot, hit the parking (emergency!) brake & dump it in park, only to stop 5' from the front window of the diner! You should have seen the look on the customers faces. I almost sh%%t my pants!
Turns out the loud bang? was the flex fan snapped a blade off & cut both (all) the brake lines that were running along the chassis rail next to the radiator.
Holy cow!
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