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Get Eleanor back on the road: my school-run minibus repair fund

Eleanor's my school-run minibus is Eleanor's only source of income and needs an engine head gasket replacement costing $1,650.

🇺🇸 New York, United States2,336 views
Eleanor P. Hicks
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Buffalo
I make my living with my school-run minibus. 7 weeks ago the engine head gasket failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $1,650. Without the vehicle I earn nothing. I have been borrowing from friends to pay rent, and now I have run out of people to ask. I support my wife and our newborn. Before the breakdown I worked ten hours a day, six days a week. I have been offered extra shifts for the next three months if I can just get the vehicle working. I have a written estimate from a certified mechanic and will upload it here. All money will go toward the parts and labor on the estimate, with a small amount for road tax and insurance renewal. Where the $1,650 goes: • Road tax and insurance renewal: $330 • engine head gasket replacement (parts): $1,200 • Towing and inspection: $120 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
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Updates from Eleanor

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 64% funded and I made the first payment toward road tax and insurance renewal.

  2. 73% there. I made the first payment toward engine head gasket replacement. Thank you.

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  • Obinna Chinedu Zakari

    I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Manchester

    • Guy Eli Ben-David

      I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. Greetings from Kyiv

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        Hope you get there. Greetings from Moscow

        • Ethan Anderson

          Thinking of you and your family, Eleanor. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless.

          • Keith W. Ruiz

            Best of luck, Eleanor. Hope you make a strong comeback. Love from Ballarat.

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