Note: I thought Moro already took the truck there and Jerry met up with her in Mako's garage.
 

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"Then lets go." Jerry says to her.

Jerry walks out to to this store front and out the hanger it is in. He points out the hanger next door, "Drive inside that one and ask for Mako. Tell him I sent you. I'll be in later to talk with the both of you. I got to get a crew to get your things together. It should not take me no more than a minute."

Tonya: I trained for 4 years. We slept on the floor, ate moldy, rotten food, when they decided to feed us, everything was dank, damp, dark, and dismal. I met Karl there my first year. He was just getting out. He was trained as more of a boxer/brawler type. Karl was always a bit self absorbed but no one ever stood up for him. I'm ashamed of this but I saw him getting beat up once and walked away like everyone else. I told myself I was too little to make a difference and I would when I was bigger and older. Zoey taught me that was no excuse.
 
Zoey: really? I . . I just wanted to help. You were nice to me when I was scared and alone. I just wanted to be nice back.
 
Hondo: I'm missing something here.
 
Tonya: yeah. I met Zoey my last year there. I believe she was 4.
 
Zoey: I just turned 5 after I got there. They had me locked in a dark cellar with a bunch of others until I was sold. I was there for 4 months or so and in and out of other holdings when transported for almost a month.
 
Hondo: And folks let this happen.
 
Tonya: Who care? we are just a couple dirty wessen.
 
Hondo: Now, I won't abide any of that talk.
 
Tonya: No, I didn't mean . . I just meant that's how most people around here look at us. I know you, Fernando,  and . . .mom don't see us that way.
 
Hondo: I'm sorry. I just care about you two and don't want you two to ever be down on yourself for being different. And We will get her back, believe you me.
 
Tonya: I know. maybe this should wait.
 
Hondo: No. it may help. go on.
 
Tonya: ok, I know Zoey was one of the youngest there, younger than I was when I started there. I started late. Most students were there for 5 years, start at 5 get out at 10. Most are 5 before they get there. those that turn 5 after the start usually wait a year. Most wessen slaves children are't sold until 5 is why. human slaves, of which there are few usually aren't sold until they are 16. it's to keep the anti slavers quiet. more would join the anti slave groups if humans were treated like we are. Anyway, I was there 4 years because Horace wanted me by 10 even if I missed a year. Zoey was there only 4 years as well but that's because her original buyer defaulted on her training. You see wessen training schools are paid for by the owners. 5 years is usual as they get the most training for their dollar if they let us go that long. Some slaves go shorter and a few longer, but some don't send their wessen slaves at all.  Those wessen are often looked down on by other wessen, bring a whole lot less in the slave markets, don't perform as well as trained slaves, and the owners of unschooled wessen are often looked down on as well by the owners of schooled wessen. Zoey's owner wanted a body guard for his wife when she got older. He was also a bad gamble. lost all his money in a card game. He had to pull her out of school, but he still owed the school money. He tried to get a loan to pay them back as they were going to take Zoey as payment. I hear he was a kind man, though foolish with money and he wanted to keep her and raise her as his own after he had her at home a few days and got to know her. His wife wanted this too. After exhausting all means he went to the Pedigrews. Horace talked him into playing a hand of cards. If Horace won he got the girl, if he lost he'd give him the money to pay off his debts. Horace cheated. I saw it as well as the others did. The man .  ..
 
Zoey: his name was Louis Archer and his wife's name was Cynthia.  
 
Tonya: Yes. So Louis called Horace out on the cheating. Horace laughed and shot Louis through the head. The next Day Zoey came to live with us.
 
Zoey: you forgot about what happened at the school.
 
Tonya: I didn't forget I just haven't got to it.
 
Hondo: whats that?
 
Tonya: How we first met. I saw Zoey when she was dumped off at the school. I can't think of a better word than dumped as it was unceremonious and almost cruel. Her papers were put into a metal in box and she was dropped off outside without a word of instruction. Then the door was opened and the humans running the place started screaming at her, poking her, slapping her, like I hear the training Sargent in the army treat new recruits. they do this to everyone but if you are lucky you get dropped off in a group like I was. Zoey was dropped off alone so she got the full force of these assholes actions.  There was absolutely nothing I could do for her there, but I found a coupe of the older kids bullying her about a week later. they were trying to steal what little she had and were beating her for moving to defend herself then would beat her for not defending herself. they were merciless but they never had anyone show them any mercy. I stepped in and beat the shit outof all of them, helped Zoey gather her stuff and cleaned her up. I watched out for  her when I could but we were in very different classes so I didn't much but see her in passing after that.
 
To be continued . . .

Mako signals to his crew to Moro’s truck to take it to one of the work stalls where it is put up on a lift and raised up to about 5ft off the floor. The bad spare was taken off the truck’s bed while truck was slowly raised to its height.
 
As they begin the work, Mako asks, “What kind of add-on fuel tank would you want, how many gallons? In short, what kind of range are you looking for?”
 

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Note: Moro would be looking at 50 gallon tanks with a step or steps on them to get in and out of the truck easily without tripping on them. (Hope the image link works.) Something like this but longer to cover both doors and a step for each door. This would give her 1500 – 1800 mile range. Another questions, would she want all three tanks feeding the engine all at once or a switch to select which tank is being used? I would recommend the switch for several reasons. One most importantly, if somebody tries to poison the tanks, they would over look the tank in the rear of the truck and she would still have good fuel in the rear tank. This poses the question, would she want a locking fuel cap for them?
 
Fuel tank image:

 
Do note that the tank Moro wants does not have the bottom or top step of this one. It would also be longer to cover both doors so there would be an indented step under each door. And it would be more recessed under the truck's body but just enough to use the indented step to climb in with ease.
 
Would she want her hoses checked and replaced? I believe that was something Moro was thinking should be done as one of the hoses she noticed was “on its last legs.”

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Quote from Jeanette on Apr 29^th, 2017, 9:48pm:

 
Quote from Jeanette on Apr 19^th, 2017, 5:11pm:

 
Quote from Jeanette on Apr 20^th, 2017, 12:00pm:

 
This would denote as a radiator hoses looks bad and should be replaced if it is in questionable condition. Just because it did not fail in a short drive does not mean that it will remain intact in a long drive. It may burst...
 
 
Quote from Jeanette on Apr 20^th, 2017, 12:00pm:

 
In the same post as the one above, here is the problem – a second leak in the power steering that is not picked up by Moro. The first leak was found and fixed, this says that the leak was on the Power steering pump itself or on the metal clamps the hoses are on. But the second leak can be anywhere, from the steering box to the power steering pump and every part in between, primarily the hoses. In doing the wheel alignment, the leak would be discovered.
 
So there are hoses to be looked over and if needed replaced. For the radiator, it is simple, as the cooling system runs on low pressure. Power Steering requires high pressure hoses. I will state that the hoses are cheap and cost the same though the radiator hoses are fat and long and the power steering hoses are short and thin with metal caps on each end. A total of 4 hoses should be replaced; because if you fix one hose, the corresponding hose would give issues and problems so it is best to replace both. One set of two for the radiator hose and one set of two for the power steering. I will say a low price of $8 per hose for a total of $32. This does not include the labor to put them in, but again, low price.  
 
The question remains, why the low prices? This is a main hub town where the convoy originates. Price at other towns are higher because things are shipped over from the convoy, but since this where the convoy begins, everything is here. Supply is high so that drives prices low. Two: due to the politics of the town things are not as taxed. There are dues and legal fees to pay for various services even though it is not mentioned (Moro’s truck registration, Hondo’s girl’s adoption, etc.). But because of Fernando and Hondo’s action in solving a few issues, such prices may be overlooked. In Fernando’s case, he adds TIPS to the price being paid. TIPS = an added money gratuity “To Insure Proper Service.”
 
If parts and repairs were done elsewhere, the price would have been much higher.
 

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Mako writes down the order, looking over the truck: 2 50 gallon stepped tanks and associated hardware, a tank selector switch, 4 new tires, and a vehicle wheel alignment.
 
“Would you like us to check other things and fix them or let you know what we found and you can fix it later?” Mako asks.