Look what Im doing this weekend
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I Have Too Much Free Time
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Bangor, ME
Re: Look what Im doing this weekend
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bp chaser
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: LI, NY and I drive in Australia
Re: Look what Im doing this weekend
yesterday my jeep started running shitty, misfiring real bad. so i bought a set of plugs, and figured id change them 1 at a time and figure out which cylinder was missing.
I Have Too Much Free Time
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 16,024
From: Bangor, ME
Re: Look what Im doing this weekend
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bp chaser
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 85,659
From: LI, NY and I drive in Australia
Re: Look what Im doing this weekend
plugs - $24 thats ok
get home, pop the hood, i cant even see 1 of the plugs. its an inline 6 so i figured theyd be easy to get to like the oil filter. nope, intake manifold has to come off to change any of the plugs, and the header has to be unbolted to get to 2 of them.
ok take it to the shop, rather than having it sit in my driveway in pieces for 6 weeks. Finished my missions at midnight, get home, roll up my blunt, throw my mtn bike in the back of the jeep and head for the shop.
drop it off at 1 am, smoke on a nice relaxing bicycle ride through 1 am traffic. Why is there traffic at 1 am? I dont know.
8 am, phone rings, its the mechanic. Tells me what he thinks is wrong, which is exactly what i was thinking (good) and then the bad news - im looking at 4+ hours labor, and hes estimating 6-700 for the whole job
get home, pop the hood, i cant even see 1 of the plugs. its an inline 6 so i figured theyd be easy to get to like the oil filter. nope, intake manifold has to come off to change any of the plugs, and the header has to be unbolted to get to 2 of them.
ok take it to the shop, rather than having it sit in my driveway in pieces for 6 weeks. Finished my missions at midnight, get home, roll up my blunt, throw my mtn bike in the back of the jeep and head for the shop.
drop it off at 1 am, smoke on a nice relaxing bicycle ride through 1 am traffic. Why is there traffic at 1 am? I dont know.
8 am, phone rings, its the mechanic. Tells me what he thinks is wrong, which is exactly what i was thinking (good) and then the bad news - im looking at 4+ hours labor, and hes estimating 6-700 for the whole job
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Re: Look what Im doing this weekend
Everything is WAY over priced for used ****. not even that good of a deal if the parts were new. But I'm looking into the exhaust anyway. SL is all jacked up. Going to be a long day.
