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Car Troubles
Nov. 24th, 2008 06:42 pmMy car won't start, but I have a lot of Thanksgiving travel needs.
I think it won't start because the metal strap is insufficiently tight on the negative lead of my car battery. The outside of the nut is so stripped from my struggles to remove it, that it is more like a cylinder than a hexagon. I bought a new nut, a can of WD-40, and locking pliers with a tightening vise screw, and today that finally loosened it. But previous attempts to remove the nut wounded the bolt with deep grooves across the threads. So the nut spins freely to the end of the bolt and gets stuck beyond all my force.
I have a ratchet wrench that is deep enough to reach the nut, but the nut is so mis-shapen that none of its attachments fit.
I think it won't start because the metal strap is insufficiently tight on the negative lead of my car battery. The outside of the nut is so stripped from my struggles to remove it, that it is more like a cylinder than a hexagon. I bought a new nut, a can of WD-40, and locking pliers with a tightening vise screw, and today that finally loosened it. But previous attempts to remove the nut wounded the bolt with deep grooves across the threads. So the nut spins freely to the end of the bolt and gets stuck beyond all my force.
I have a ratchet wrench that is deep enough to reach the nut, but the nut is so mis-shapen that none of its attachments fit.
