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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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Let's play a game

Funny story tonight... not so much funny just very inconvenient. So I'm driving back from Burlington Mall after seeing Iron Man 2. Just as I'm about to exit I-295 my car dies, lie everything died, no gas no hazards only headlights worked.... so i manage to pull it to the side and start to cry hysterically... except not. I look underneath to see if anything was leaking, nothing was. I pop the hood so see if there was any obvious problems. Nothing out of the ordinary.

I found the problem... since I'm writing this now.

BUT I want to give you guys a chance to try and figure out what had happened. So go ahead post your answers. Then I will post what it was and how I fixed it.

It might be easy for some if not all to figure out.
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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Ran out of gas?
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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is this mark summers? lol
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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Re: Let's play a game

Nope, full tank.

Originally Posted by skirkland1980
is this mark summers? lol
That's the secret word!...
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Old May 10, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Re: Let's play a game

the key was off?
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Old May 11, 2010 | 01:17 AM
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Re: Let's play a game

vatts
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Old May 11, 2010 | 04:20 AM
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Re: Let's play a game

Battery cable wasn't properly fastened and it came loose and fell off? With separate wiring for the headlights?
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Old May 11, 2010 | 04:42 AM
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belt broke or altenator got lazy
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Old May 11, 2010 | 04:57 AM
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Fuse able link fried.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 07:25 AM
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Operator error?
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