Well boys and girls - I found it! It was a bad pressure regulator on the side of the injector assembly.
I know. I know. I know.... I shouldda replaced the whole injector thingy - but remember that I'm old, cranky and gotta see for myself! Besides, it's MY money I'm spending here and this job is a NET-LOSS on my books.
And I am NOT a
501(c)3 [see footnote #1] charity. But --- even so, I will buy a new Phase Two Version Injector from a certain someone here on the site.
Anyway: The PR had to deteriorate in a big way for it to be a more consistent and obvious problem. Since this was not regular and predictable - it drove me nuts.
Well .... not really nuts ----> I just suffered mightily from my wife saying: "OK big time retired mechanic - can't you fix my car or is this the
'For Better Or Worse' part that I bought into?
Huh?
I refuse to be humiliated by SWMBO.
(She Who Must Be Obeyed).
I had another good day today in spite of SWMBO too - I towed a 1.25WD
[see footnote #2] flatbed hay truck out of the mud; I had to do it twice really, As soon as I got home he called me again.
$50.00 x 2. SWMBO might see that money. I'll tell her
Then I diagnosed a 1999 K2500 with a bad fuel pump and an aftermarket flatbed conversion over the tank! Yuck. Next week for him.
$75.00 diagnostic fee - applies to the repair. SWMBO will not see that money. Don't tell her
I had to cut the door hinge out of a 2001 Dodge (that hurts my fingers to even type! DODGE - yuck!) and weld in a backing plate in the door pillar and then rehang the door.
$200.00 + $25.00 materials. Hooray for crappy Dodge sheet metal hinge points! SWMBO will not see that money either. Well, maybe $50 or so.
Monday I have a John Deere coming in for a transmission repair and a bad hydraulic pump for the PS.
Can you say:
"$ $ $ $" ? SWMBO will not see that money. Don't tell her.
I'm too busy for being retired! I also make a lot of money for being retired. Good - it goes into my fishing fund which is a NET LOSS too.I buy a LOT of lures.
Then - here's the best part ---> I get a new total right knee replacement on the 21st. I'll be down for - oh, only 36 to 40 hours or so, then back out to splitting the rest of my firewood.
What's that, you say? I'll be down for longer than 36 to 40 hours?
Well -
I can't be down longer than that ----- 'cause the world will stop spinning if I don't get up at 4AM and kick start it to make it go 'round!!!
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FOOTNOTES
- The most common type of US tax-exempt nonprofit organization falls under category 501(c)(3), whereby a nonprofit organization is exempt from federal income tax if its activities have the following purposes: charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering amateur sports .
I qualify as a Personal Non-Profit Organization on several point there:
- I am a very religious and reverent person.
- I am in a constant learning phase of personal education - which I am going to take with me to my grave.
- I'm totally into the physical laws of the universe - GRAVITY is a law I obey: I never drop a beer!
- I can spel reel gud, so literacy is a big win/win here too!
- I am constantly making sure that my truck wheels don't fall off, it won't roll over and that the brakes work: I am working for public safety - it's a calling.
- Changing ball joints is an Olympic Event - and I deserve a Gold medal!
However, I did a great big digression - back on topic.
(but as it's MY post and I'm2 the OP - I can do what I want to it. Neener! Neener!)
2. The common mistake in buying owning or driving - and getting a new "4Wheel Drive" domestic truck
or SUV is just an assumption that it really has all 4 wheels providing propulsion at the same time.
What happens is this: Fred Q. Milquetoast goes down to his ___________ (insert a major vehicle manufacturer's name* here - any one will do since they are all the same in this regard) and he buys a shiny new 4WDTruck/SUV, and promptly decides to load up the kids and his woman (there's always a SWMBO in the mix) and tries out his new toy.
He's all grins and tickles!
The big eye-opener is when he drives offroad to a trail head campground and in some unseasonal wetness, slips into 4WD and proceeds to sink his truck/SUV up to the door handles because only one of the front wheels --- then one of the rear wheels --- alternately spin and just dig in deeper and deeper.
SWMBO is negatively impressed, all the time yelling that they are going to die and then the ravens will peck out her eyes. There might be bears or coyotes in the mix too. We'll see.............
You see ----> Fred has 1.25WD. Not 4WD!
Don't be a Milquetoast - have the salesman jack up the vehicle and make sure that all the wheels turn in gear. He'll like you for asking him to do that - since life as a salesman is mundane and boring, so you're just really helping him see some fun in his chosen occupation.
* see below: (in no particular pecking order)
VEHICLES SOLD AS 4WD, BUT REALLY AREN'T
- Ford
- GMC
- Chevrolet
- Isuzu
- MoPaR (Dodge to you Millennials!)
- White/Volvo
- Checker
- Peugeot
- Isetta/GoGoMobile/JAP
- Borgward
- Jeep/Fiat/Renault/Rootes/Rolls Royce/Rover (Gawd! I almost forgot them - I really TRIED to forget them!)
There may be others, as I'm sure there are!
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