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Comment by NJ Navy Mom Ship 03 Div 115 on February 24, 2014 at 4:08pm

B'sNukeMom - Just so you know - the train leaves from Albany which is about 20-25 mins from Ballston Spa and NYC is about 2 hours from Albany.  If you decide to do that, call me as we live really close to NYC and I'd love to meet up with you if we could arrange something.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 23, 2014 at 1:48pm

Ktrsb - just got on - sorry to hear about your sons car troubles. I wish there was something I could do to help (if only I wasn't in CA). Please keep us updated and I'll say a prayer for him.

Comment by Laura on February 23, 2014 at 9:53am

Sounds like a plan..I reached out to two moms on Navy for moms, don't know if they are active. At least he is near Air Force base ! Might be helpful if he needs shelter while waiting on computer part.

Comment by ktrsb CVN-75 on February 23, 2014 at 9:31am

All, many, many thanks for the suggestions about what is wrong. I have the identical vehicle, am a former mechanic, and spent about an hour yesterday going through the electrical system with him.  I am certain that it either needs a new engine computer (which needs a dealer to reprogram the replacement) or a very unusual wiring problem.  So fixing the vehicle today is probably out of the question, unless someone knows a dealer shop foreman in the area.

I do have the DE USO director's number, so if he can't get it started this morning, she  might have some options.

 

Comment by Laura on February 23, 2014 at 8:30am

Penny that's a great idea..Often they will cine out to car,listen while you start up and give valid suggestions/help. Depending on franchise owner or employee come out with tools and help.

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on February 23, 2014 at 2:58am

Any possibility he can find a auto zone or auto store where he can find a replacement fuel filter for his vehicle?  There may be a couple but they can tell him where they are located on his vehicle.  It is one of the first things to go after a car has sat for a bit (besides the battery).  Unfortunately, the ethanol (corn syrup) in the gas gums up the injectors and filters and can be a problem.  Fuel filters are also the cheapest thing to replace out to make sure it isn't a more difficult problem.  

Comment by ktrsb CVN-75 on February 23, 2014 at 12:00am

Patti, he didn't.  Everything closed earlier in the day.  The car was doing ok, and we were hoping it would just need for him to stop every couple of hours.  And then it died after running only about 10 mins.  Still, he got it to the hotel, so we are hoping that he might get another couple of couple-hour runs tomorrow.  But I have the Delaware USO number, so if he gets stuck in the boonies, he might have some backup. 

Comment by ktrsb CVN-75 on February 22, 2014 at 9:41pm

Help! I've been on navymoms since my sailor was in Boot Camp.  Well, now he is headed to the USS Harry S. Truman, driving his car from prototype in NY to Norfolk.  He left it for 3 weeks to come home, but it started up just fine last night.  He spent the night with a buddy in Saratoga Springs, and left this morning. 

Soo, his car's broken down.  It's stalled on him about 3 times, each time restarting, but each time running for less time, and taking longer to restart. Finally not wanting to chance it overnight, he stopped in Georgetown, Delaware and is spending the night.

Anyone by any chance know anyone in that area, or who is passing through that area?

I'm really at a loss as to what to do.  Any he's only 20, so not sure he could even rent a car.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 21, 2014 at 12:59pm

My son called this morning (when he got off his shift) and we have come up with a couple of different weekends near the end of April.....going to look into those.  He said the weather was beautiful - it was 35* and he was outside in jeans and a t-shirt - yikes!  I told him it was 60* here (and even warmer inside and I still have on my jacket and a scarf!)  I'll probably freeze - but oh well!  Hopefully we can make this work ;-)  He also mentioned his class might change from MARF to S8G....but all that is still up in the air!

 

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 20, 2014 at 2:10pm

Patti - I will check the hotel you recommended - thanks!  I looked at flights last night and geez they are expensive - they range from about $700-$1000 per person for the end of June!  I texted sailor this morning and asked him to look for some other dates (before summer) that maybe we can visit....It's just hard with him not having a set schedule yet.  And now he is hearing it might not be until April that classes start.  We have a (small) Southwest Air credit that we have to use by 7/24 - maybe we can go sometime in April or May and fares will be less. I just hope we can spend some time with Sailor while we are there!

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