The good news is I have something to keep me busy and from going crazy.
The bad news is that it's a money pit, and not terribly Kingdom oriented.
Anyway, my car has new tires (early birthday present from my parents). While it was in, they mentioned my front wheel bearings were bad. Or, translation, the wheel has some in & out play in it. Fortunately, not a big issue, just retighten the bolt that ties everything together (it's cotter pinned, but as things wear, it ends up a bit loose).
So, today, I spent most of the day with my younger brother working on my car. Ran the injector air bleed line, replaced the oxygen sensor, replaced the fuel filter, replaced the pulsation damper (has an annoying tendency of leaking & causing engine fires), plugged the oil injection holes with bolts, regrounded the ignition coils (remove, clean mount points to chassis, reinstall), and installed new plug wires. My brother was actually quite useful, and seemed to enjoy it. Hopefully I can convince my two youngest brothers that maintaining cars is worthwhile... as opposed to my next younger brother's "Uh... the brakes were squeeking for a while, now there's a horrible metallic scraping whenever I use them." New pads & rotors (and $700) later, it's fixed. Running brake pads to the metal isn't a good idea.
Anyway, it seems to be running well now. The new tires are nice & grippy, and the high speed vibration seems to be gone. I don't see a huge difference with the new fuel system & ignition parts, but I haven't had it on the highway yet (going up to Michigan tomorrow with the family for vacation), so I'll see what kind of fuel mileage I get. Hopefully with a new O2 sensor, new plug wires, and regrounded coils I get 25-30mpg.
I'm also going to be offline until Friday night. No internet on vacation. *shrug* I'll be in Ames on Sunday early afternoon. If anyone wants to help me move in, reply here or email me with a cell # (if I don't have it). I'll let you know when I'm in town, and you can help move stuff.
-=Russ=-
Posted by rgraves at July 25, 2004 09:40 PMYour new hobby can be kingdom oriented if you use your newfound skills to serve the saints. Which is what we are all supposed to do with our skills (ie, computer repair, etc).
Just a thought :)
Posted by: matt at July 26, 2004 08:37 AMOr, if you can support yourself in a minimum of time invested, it can also be kingdom oriented. I believe it was Dave B., Doug B., and some other guy that owned and operated "Three Brothers Car Repair."
Posted by: Tony at July 26, 2004 11:47 AMUm.. where are you moving agian?
Posted by: larfnarf at July 26, 2004 08:11 PM