Monthly Archives: June 2019
Well, Just Darn . . .
Well, I thought it was fixed.
Jan and I headed out about 1pm, first for lunch at SnoozeAM. Then it was off to her favorite nail salon to get her toesies done. And while she was doing that, I drove over to Lowe’s to get some stainless-steel screws, washers, and nuts for my next project.
So stay tuned.
As far as the truck, apparently it’s not fixed. It started out fine, running nice and smooth, but by the time we got to the light before getting onto the Interstate, it was running rough again.
And when I checked the code, the P0307 Cylinder #7 Misfire was back.
Bummer.
So when we got home, I let the engine cool down and then put the old coil back in, just to see what would happen. Once again, after clearing the code, I cranked up and it ran fine.
But I guess we’ll see tomorrow on the way to work. If I’m still having problems, then I’ll take a few minutes at work and this time swap a couple of coils around to see what happens.
I even went back online to double-check I was really looking at the right cylinder, and I was.
So now I may have to look at whether or not there’s a problem with the control signal feeding the coil from the computer, or where ever it comes from. I’ll see what I can find online.
Roger Kilgore, one of our readers, suggested that I go ahead and replace the rest of the spark plugs since there was so much wear on the one I pulled out. I guess that great minds think alike, since 7 more plugs were already on my shopping list.
Thought for the Day:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C.S. Lewis
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Fixed, I Think . . .
But I’ll know for sure tomorrow.
I spend most of the day at work trying to recover the SQL database for our old Tattoo Supply website, using some HD recovery software. I’ve made some headway finding some different parts of it that I’m hoping I can piece back together if I can’t find a full copy.
Normally Wednesday is a stay-at-home dinner for us, but we decided to go somewhere close by, which ended up being Los Ramirez Mexican over in Dickinson, but on our side of the Interstate.
This place really, really good. And really, really cheap.
An amazing combination.
Jan always gets the Pechuga Rellana,
with a whole chicken breast, a bunch of shrimp, and broccoli, all covered in cheese, along with half an avocado. And how much is this masterpiece?
Only $7.99
We’ve seen similar dishes at other places for $12.99, or more.
For me, I always get the Beef Fajita Taco Salad.
I’ve paid over $12 for one smaller than this, and not as good. And how much?
$5.59!
Our total bill, with drinks, was only $18.14.
You can’t beat that.
We got home about 5:30, and after letting the truck engine cool off for an hour or so, I went out to change out the spark plug and see how that affected my problem.
I removed the new ignition coil that I had installed yesterday and then removed the spark plug. It broke loose pretty easy, but it was hard to unscrew.
Finally getting it out, it looked like this.
Rather than the .040” gap it should be, it was about .070, almost twice. So after checking the gap, and coating the threads with anti-seize, I threaded the new plug in and tightened it down.
I decided to reuse the new coil to see what would happen with the new code I got yesterday. And after it was installed, and before I started it up, I use my Torque phone app to clear the old fault codes.
And when I started it up, it sounded fine. No ‘LUMP, LUMP, LUMP’ rough idle. I let it run for a few minutes, turn it off, and checked the codes.
All of the ignition error codes were gone, and the only two I had left were for the O2 sensors, which is my next job. But not a rush one.
But the real test will be our out and about tomorrow.
I’m still not sure why replacing old coil with the new one gave me a completely new code, and a much more rougher engine, and then worked fine with the new spark plug.
Since it only takes a few minutes, I may temporarily swap the old coil back in this weekend to see what happens.
Thought for the Day:
“Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.” – Winston Churchill
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