The beginning of a long pause in progress
Rented garage space to keep 1800 off-site. Should allow me to do real work, taking apart car for more than six hours at a time.
Archive for March, 2004
One step forward, three steps back…
Oil change (10W-30)
New spark plugs
Quicksteel welding compound (putty) seems to have given up on the bumper mounts. Rattle is back, and right front wheel valance is as bad as ever.
Gas gauge also seems to be broken again, although fuel sender gasket is no longer leaking.
Added cheap antenna to get radio reception.
Brief entry today
Todo: Horn sticking?
Trial-and-error continues
Slight odor or gas inside trunk in the morning. Applied second coat of Seal-All. By 6 pm, gas leak indeed seems fixed.
Took car to car wash to degrease engine. Disaster! Water, water everywhere causes car to not start. After much searching, drying, etc., found water in fuel-injection wire connections and on starter itself (among […]
Persistence continues…
After work, overkill-sealed fuel gasket with Seal-All oil-and-gas-resistant sealant. Around midnight, crawled under car to apply Quik-Steel (temporary fix) to right-front wheel valance.
For some reason, left turn signal now out!
