Thursday, August 12, 2010

Helped by a nice old lady!

Well, I have a little story here: It was a hot 100 degree day I decided to take a spin in my MGB and didn't realize that my the positive cable post on MGB wasn't tightened. I was about a few miles from house in Roseville California then suddenly my car died. Sounded like I was out of gas or running out of gas.
Anyways, there I was up at a small hill where I started to push my car towards the downhill part by the steering wheel with one hand jumping in then jump starting going downhill which worked! While doing that I dragged my left big toe on the pavement banged my other toe on the pedals (black and blue ouch!) Made it downhill turned around and came back stalled again almost at the top.
An older lady with an old faded blue Nissan pickup came along side me and asked if I need a push? I said sure! She then backed up behind my car pushed up against my rubber bumper MGB and started to reeve up her engine and began pushing my car up the hill and into a business area where a bar was. I was able to park the car and she parked her truck. She asked if I needed a jump. I told her I could call my fiancee to do that. I thanked her and then she went into the bar.
Well after about a half an hour of call attempts to reach my fiancee, I decided to take that offer to jump start my car. I went in the bar which was dark inside and very few people were there. The lady was at the bar enjoying a drink maybe a brandy and before I could say something she offered to help me again. She was a rare breed not to many people would do what she did.
She got in her truck backed up near the back of my car and I was able to hook my jumper cables and got the MGB started.
From there I was able to leave and we parted ways, she told me laughingly "to be sure you tell your fiancee that a beautiful lady helped you to get home!"
Well all this trouble turned out to be the alternator not charging at all and I was running on battery power all along!