Monday, May 17, 2010
Well... Shortly after praying for a miricle, a man named Scott who knows more than I about mechanics spent 30 minutes with me trying to diagnose the problem. Franke still isn't running, but it was really awesome of him to help :). We did eliminate some of the 'what-iffs' too. Then I called my mechanic chris and he walked me through several other tests. It was either a fuel or a spark issue, and after testing the fuel pump and making sure the injectors were getting gas, fuel was ruled out as being the problem. So I checked the cap and rotor for heat damage and everything in there was still like new, so we moved on to making sure the coil was getting power, which it was. Anyway, after much eliminating, we came to the conclusion that the coil is probably bad. Chris is about 90% sure that this is the problem... Evidently a common one in the air cooleds. So I searched for parts places in Phoenix and the first one I called had a used coil that works for only 20 bucks (vs. 120 for a new one). Plus the parts place was only a few blocks from where I was staying :). So I called nick, and his boyfriend drove over there and picked up the coil, and now he's trying to find someone to drive it out to me. If he can't find anyone, he will drive it out when he gets off work at 8. So even though I didn't get the instant miricle that I prayed for, things are working out :). I still need lots of prayer that the coil is in fact the problem... And I still have to replace it... Here I go playing mechanic again.
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