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Events and car
May. 30th, 2008 04:07 pmThere was a funeral scheduled at the church today at 11AM, a 90-year-old woman who was born a mile from the church and lived her whole life in the Dexter/Chelsea area, and who's related to at least half the people at the church. A large crowd was expected so they asked me to get some PA speakers ready.
I didn't get it done last night, and planned on doing it this morning, but hadn't thought about the stores not opening until 10AM. I needed some 1/4" phone plugs to make a quick speaker cable. So I bought my connectors at Music-Go-Round (they had made-in-Michigan plugs that were quite nice for $2.99!), got to the church at 10:40 or so, was in the back soldering connectors onto some 18-gauge zip cord as people filed in, and got everything ready to go with 15 minutes to spare.
On the trip to Ann Arbor, the car started to misfire again. After all the events, I took a look and the #5 plug wire had come off again. It's weird because it DOES snap on firmly, there's nothing to pull on the wire, and there's an air gap around the boot so it's not getting blown off by blowby from a loose plug. I'll just have to drive it somewhere this weekend and see if it comes off again. I'd hate to buy an OEM plug wire set, they cost > $100, when this aftermarket set is really pretty decent and cost $30, but if I have to, I have to.
The scanner showed no codes other than the cyl 3 misfire code (0305) so I guess it's just that. It must be arcing to ground, otherwise two cylinders would be misfiring.
I didn't get it done last night, and planned on doing it this morning, but hadn't thought about the stores not opening until 10AM. I needed some 1/4" phone plugs to make a quick speaker cable. So I bought my connectors at Music-Go-Round (they had made-in-Michigan plugs that were quite nice for $2.99!), got to the church at 10:40 or so, was in the back soldering connectors onto some 18-gauge zip cord as people filed in, and got everything ready to go with 15 minutes to spare.
On the trip to Ann Arbor, the car started to misfire again. After all the events, I took a look and the #5 plug wire had come off again. It's weird because it DOES snap on firmly, there's nothing to pull on the wire, and there's an air gap around the boot so it's not getting blown off by blowby from a loose plug. I'll just have to drive it somewhere this weekend and see if it comes off again. I'd hate to buy an OEM plug wire set, they cost > $100, when this aftermarket set is really pretty decent and cost $30, but if I have to, I have to.
The scanner showed no codes other than the cyl 3 misfire code (0305) so I guess it's just that. It must be arcing to ground, otherwise two cylinders would be misfiring.
