Men it's like people say
" When you think nothing else can go wrong--That's when it can, and it did.
In spades.
All prep work was done, multiple phone calls, three trips to see the car by my friend.
Called the insurance company to switch everything over,
my friend all ready to pick up the car today at 4PM.OK,
let me back up.
My friend told me when he first checked out the car that he didn't have heat at idle from the defroster ( car sitting )
Said all other vents were fine, plenty of heat, and then when driving the car the heat seem to be better at the defroster.
Let me add that my friend told me more than once the car was in great shape ( was a great looking car, very clean )
My friend Brad spoke to his mechanic and he said it's either the radiator or the blender box
( think that's what he called it ) I called Ford and spoke to the service manager, he said fluid low in radiator,
Could be the radiator needs replacing, told him the fill bottle was full. then he said could be the blender door.
I called the guy selling the car and told him about the problem and he said he would have it checked out.
He called me last night and said it was all fixed and that it was the thermostat, and all was good.
I asked him if he checked it at idle after the car warmed up cause that was the problem, and he said no.
So I said how do you know it's fixed if you didn't recreate the problem ?
Said he didn't have time, but said he trusted his mechanic and the car was fine.
that's when Julie switched everything over and told brad to pick up the car at 4 today.
Well this morning the seller called back and said he couldn't sleep last night, and this morning he started the car and let it sit while it warmed up. He turned on the defroster and got cold air, at least 20* colder than the heater.
He said it was more than likely the blender door/blender box. couldn't be fixed till next week and the cost would be passed on to Julie and I, That cost could be 700 t0 $800 because it's a 6 to 8 hour job.
I'm leaving out all the internal stress to Julie and what's going on here.
At this point all the money that was raised by all my great friends here was needed to do the deal and then some from my next month S,S, check. It would be tight but we thought we could get it done.
Now I don't no what to do, Julie had a flat yesterday with the old truck and the sway bar came UN-done.
She is scared to all out even to drive it, ( I sure don't blame her )
I asked him if we could split the cost ( Don't even know how we would cover that amount ) but I asked anyway.
He said he would have to ask the lady that he is selling it for, and would let me know.
So I am on hold, For what I don't no,
can't seem to afford what we thought we could afford.
It wouldn't be so bad cept hours and hours of frustrating time has been spent just to find this car.
Some folks said to let them know how things work out and if we needed a little more help.
Men how do I do that ? people have been so good up to this point, we thought everything was worked out, my wife was so happy she even posted pictures of the new truck on a different post.
75 years old is not a good time to go through this, ( not that anytime is OK ) believe me I got that.
I have to ask you all, what do I do ?, do I try to continue with this ?, do I ask for more help ?
Do I walk ? At this point all I know to do is to see if he will take some of the fix cost off the added money.
Added money we don't have.
Folks if you have had it with us I don't blame you one bit, I know there is only so much you all can do for us.
So this probably to long post gave me a chance to let you know what's going on,
A chance to vent, and most importantly to ask your advise.
I truly apologist in advance for even having to say all this.
I feel like I have failed at being able to take care of my family, something no man should fail at.
Sam
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Originally Posted by waarp8nt
