AZCooWhip
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- Rick
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My wife and I woke up to one hell of a surprise here in Death Valley this morning. I was backing into a parking spot and notice a “small” clunk noise as we arrived at our hotel for evening. In morning with more light I checked out the situation and was shocked I had lost the upper front passenger caliper bolt.
Death Valley. No parts stores. No vehicle repair shops. No hardware stores. Nothing. Very little phone service and spotty Wi-Fi at hotel.
Luckily we came across a small Jeep rental place that the owner was able to scavenge one off of one of his Jeeps. If not, we were screwed.
Closest parts stores were hours away and they had nothing. 5 hours from LAX or Las Vegas. Last resort was to have Mopar to UPS on to Death Valley when they opened on Tuesday and would have gotten in when we did.
Folks, check those bolts. I will be following up with Jeep upon our return.
We were VERY lucky today.
Death Valley. No parts stores. No vehicle repair shops. No hardware stores. Nothing. Very little phone service and spotty Wi-Fi at hotel.
Luckily we came across a small Jeep rental place that the owner was able to scavenge one off of one of his Jeeps. If not, we were screwed.
Closest parts stores were hours away and they had nothing. 5 hours from LAX or Las Vegas. Last resort was to have Mopar to UPS on to Death Valley when they opened on Tuesday and would have gotten in when we did.
Folks, check those bolts. I will be following up with Jeep upon our return.
We were VERY lucky today.
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