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Getting back into the work thing from a REALLY bad holiday season. On the 19th of December my father died of congestive heart failure, he was in the hospital trying to get him to lose 35 lbs of fluid weight. We buried him on the 22nd. The grave side service was full military and was nicely done. I had one friend tell me he needed to show the honor gaurd from where he lived so they would how a military service should be done. On Christmas Eve we had to admit my mother for anxiety to the hospital, but she was released on Christmas Day. After getting my mother back into her house, I received a call from a good friend who had a big fright with his brother and had drank about a fifth of vodka, so I went and stayed with him until he sobered some. Then I got him home and got him to agree to start going back to AA which he has, tonight will be starting his 2nd week.
On New Year's Eve, Roger came by and installed new plugs into the car. I had a Check Engine light on and when accelerating it would flash. Roger told me it was a misfire. Took the car over to the dealership and they checked the codes and told me I needed a Coil Pack, a new transmission and my water pump was leaking. When Roger was installing the spark-plugs he checked the Coil Pack and told me it looked good, hardly any wear on it after 98,000 miles. Had 2 plugs which were fouled and when he checked the radiator cap, he discovered the gaskets were where I was losing the coolant not the water pump. I had the codes cleared and drove back to GA without any problems. I'm back to getting 28 MPG on the open road. Haven't decided what if anything I'll do about the dealership. I told them what the problems were but because I'm not a "trained tech" I must be wrong, just because I know when the problem started and when it acts up.
Finally got all but Julian's and Martha's presents delivered. I'll most likely take them down when I back in NC, that way I can pick-up the present he has for me. Martha told me she wanted me to decorate Julian's new house in Pine Bluff. Actually drove back from NC on New Year's Day.
On New Year's Eve, Roger came by and installed new plugs into the car. I had a Check Engine light on and when accelerating it would flash. Roger told me it was a misfire. Took the car over to the dealership and they checked the codes and told me I needed a Coil Pack, a new transmission and my water pump was leaking. When Roger was installing the spark-plugs he checked the Coil Pack and told me it looked good, hardly any wear on it after 98,000 miles. Had 2 plugs which were fouled and when he checked the radiator cap, he discovered the gaskets were where I was losing the coolant not the water pump. I had the codes cleared and drove back to GA without any problems. I'm back to getting 28 MPG on the open road. Haven't decided what if anything I'll do about the dealership. I told them what the problems were but because I'm not a "trained tech" I must be wrong, just because I know when the problem started and when it acts up.
Finally got all but Julian's and Martha's presents delivered. I'll most likely take them down when I back in NC, that way I can pick-up the present he has for me. Martha told me she wanted me to decorate Julian's new house in Pine Bluff. Actually drove back from NC on New Year's Day.