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Mind if I ask what the trouble was all about?
Not at all. I went to my (formerly) only living grandparent's funeral Friday & heard a sound as if we had ran something over on the way home(we didn't, I'm certain... because I was driving)

Come to find out the noise was a bolt snapping off on the caliper bracket of our '02 Ford Windstar. The caliper was now freely grinding against the rotar.
My wife had a CT scan appointment @ the hospital (recently diagnosed w/ degenerative disk disease) so she took our '03 Pontiac Grand Am while I was repairing the caliper on the van. She calls from the hospital saying as she was entering the parking garage smoke (later determined to be steam) was pouring out from under the hood of the Pontiac & the power steering had failed. I had to arrange a ride to the hospital as I had the van up on a jack stand & pieces of the brakes disassembled.
I get to the hospital & learn that the radiator cap was not secure & it caused coolant to leak onto the engine creating the steam. I topped off the anti-freeze, bled the air from the line & drove it home just in time to fix the caliper on the other vehicle & make my way to work.
When it rains...it pours.

Edited by CopperCastle
11/03/2015 12:00 am