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summers_place

Sending Up A Flare...

Apr 29, 2013 23:47

Okay, I'm going to bring this to the LJ hive-mind, because I can't think where else to bring it. I don't know if anyone here will have any ideas for me, or anything else for that matter, but I need to tell my story on the off-chance someone does.

For those who don't know, my marriage ended in the spring of 2011, not long after my father entered a ( Read more... )

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Hugs... anonymous May 1 2013, 02:29:37 UTC

I wish I could do more for you than pray...let me know if I can.
-Beautiful_Dreamer

Re: Hugs... summers_place May 1 2013, 04:43:40 UTC

Thank you!

From TPL (Bnet) anonymous May 1 2013, 04:12:47 UTC

I'm really sorry to hear the situation you are in (although at least you have a few bright spots - a good relationship with the ex, a place to live for now, nibbles in the job market, a cooperative mechanic, friends all over the US)... the last few years for me have been tough, although I've been lucky to be employed the whole time (although without student loans, I've have been homeless ( ... )

Re: From TPL (Bnet) summers_place May 1 2013, 04:20:27 UTC

The world really is a scary place in this economy, that's for sure.

The symptoms you describe are exactly what my Jeep had been doing for a while leading up to this. And yes, I switched to 10-W 40 but that didn't make much difference. Not even a new oil pump made a difference. Be wary lest yours do to you what mine's done to me. I've seen this problem described on the Jeep forums as well. Basically, mine did this that bit with the oil pressure intermittently for months exactly as you described, and my mechanic thought it was just a misbehavior of the sending unit that feeds the gauge, since every time he checked my oil pressure the pressure was fine and he couldn't reproduce the problem... until I got back from Maryland.

Best of luck to you, and I hope yours doesn't get like mine!

Re: Sending up a flare anonymous May 3 2013, 05:55:43 UTC

This is Cold Fuzz. The good thing is you've got the big priorities in mind, especially transportation. I know things are rough but hang in there and don't give up.

I know that public transportation can be cumbersome in getting from one place to another, but maybe that could be an option if and when you find work? As for work, I'm going through that whole rigamarole myself, and despite a couple of temp assignments, I stil have no steady income. Thankfully, I've been keeping myself afloat. It won't be this bad for me forever, and it won't for you either. :)

Re: Sending up a flare summers_place May 4 2013, 21:18:36 UTC

I already have (and have had) work, and the good news is that I have been offered a better-paying position. Neither job, however, is readily-accessible by public transportation. The problem with our bus system here is that it can take up to three transfers and three or more hours to navigate from an apartment in one suburb to a workplace in another -- and that's three hours EACH WAY, giving a six-hour round-trip commute for an eight-hour workday when the same round trip might be less than an hour by car. Not to mention that many of the best jobs aren't on the transit lines at all.

I'm not unemployed. I work forty hours a week. I'm just transportation-challenged. At present I'm looking into ways I can just bail on the Jeep and acquire a different vehicle without going completely broke in the process.