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Help Zakaria replace the engine head gasket and return to work
Zakaria drives for a living in Glendale, and a broken engine head gasket has stopped all income for 4 weeks.
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I make my living with my food truck. 4 weeks ago the engine head gasket failed, and the mechanic says the repair will cost $1,550. 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 two daughters and my mother. Before the breakdown I worked twelve 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.
I'll pay the mechanic directly and show you the repaired vehicle in an update.
Where the $1,550 goes:
• Towing and inspection: $55
• Labor charges: $180
• engine head gasket replacement (parts): $1,315
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Good luck, Zakaria. Small businesses are the heart of Glendale. Hope you're open again soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Good luck, Zakaria. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Newcastle this morning!
Keep going, Zakaria. I'd happily buy from you once you're back up. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Looking forward to the next update. After 27 years in nursing I know how hard it's to ask for anything!
Thinking of you, Zakaria. Small businesses are the heart of Glendale. Hope you're open again soon. Wish I lived closer to Moscow so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Glendale
hang in there, Zakaria. Hope the shop reopens soon. Take care.
You're not alone, Zakaria. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best!
Thinking of you and your family, Zakaria. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Joliet but we're thinking of you. Blessings
Keep going, Zakaria. Looking forward to the next update.
Praying for you. Small businesses are the heart of Glendale. Hope you're open again soon. Greetings from Dhaka.
best of luck, Zakaria. It takes guts to ask. Well done
Praying for you, Zakaria. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.
You're not alone, Zakaria. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.
Hope it all works out, Zakaria. Hope you make a strong comeback.
Shared it with a few friends. Don't give up. Love from Joliet