So I spent most of the last two days messing around with the jeep. I found a note in it too, above the sunvisor.

"Heard the sirens, didn't believe till we saw a mushroom cloud to the south so we're leaving with the Mennonites for the national park, can't get the jeep to start back up anyway.

Jill and Jimmy"


So anyway, I learned that it runs on diesel, or any reasonable substitute for that, dunno why I thought it ran on just oil, dad was talking about bio diesel and using it at the farm a couple months ago I guess I just sorta forgot with the apocolypse and all. It took me five tries to figure out how to push start it, I'm really glad the road wasn't filled with cars, I guess things were pretty quiet when it all started. I then started figuring out what exactly was wrong with it out front of the napa store.

Put a new alternator and starter on it, battery still has a charge and the amperage is where it should be, I also replaced the inline fuel pump, after a bit of work I got the ignition to work.

The electrical harness is shorted out, the good thing is the engine is an older cummins and doesn't have electronic fuel injection, not to mention is no more complicated than the tractors I worked on at my dad's farm.

 I grabbed a spool of electrical cable an electricians kit that has cutters, strippers and fuses and a few other odds and ends and used the old harness as a template. The new one works and the jeep fires up easily enough.


I'm not sure why but I think it's going to rain tomorrow.

I keep seeing that dog occasionally. I think it's stalking me.