After having driven the Scion TC for so long doing food deliveries, the car started acting a little stupid. After having Auto Zone do a quick scan, the ole lady was told that the code that was popping up was from one of the cylinders misfiring, which she was told was either the spark plug or the coil. She was able to get a set of spark plugs but because the coils were more expensive at the store we went ahead and ordered a set. After they showed up I got to work on that.
With one bolt each, removing the coils was pretty fast. The thing is, in the process of replacing the plugs, some anti-seize grease should be used so the plugs won't risk getting stuck inside the cavities that they rest in. So anyway, when I pulled the first plug out, I was surprised at what I saw. The electrodes were burnt up pretty good on the plug. Apparently the plugs have gone for so long without having been replaced that the electrodes just burnt away versus getting caked up with carbon and other crud deposits like engines tend to get as they age and start running shittier. So with that I was impressed that the Toyota engine and the Bosch plugs are such a good system that they could run for so long that the parts will just burn away and still keep running until the parts can't sustain the operation of the engine. After pulling the plug and replacing it, I replaced the coil as well. Rather than try to test each coil to see which one may be bad, if any, I just went ahead and just replaced all the coils. I'll do a resistance check after researching and getting the specs on what I should get so I can determine if any of the coils are indeed bad and discard them otherwise I'll have a set of coils to use in case one does legitimately die. With the Scion back in business and ready to get back to running the roads in the name of food delivery and bringing us money I was able to go ahead and dump another load of gravel over the side path area, continuing to cover the grounds between the garden fence and the storage trailer. Even though the El Camino is parked where we wanted it, I'll still have to put some gravel under the car as we tore up the ground some in the process of moving it into position. Even as I lay the gravel down on the soft ground behind the Elco, I will end up still having to lay more gravel down as I mash the older rock into the soft ground, especially when we do go to move the other vehicles into position behind the Elco later on. The main thing is still getting the ground covered so as to make travel over the grounds more convenient and not having to deal with mud or having to cut grass over this area. Now that we're back we're able to play catch up and get things done that were put off while we were out of town. For a little while I'll probably be working extra trying to squeeze as much as possible into each day just to get to a point where I feel comfortable with where I stand on accomplished work versus the time of the year it is. Of course we have to recover from the trip financially so I'll be trying to do as much work as I can that doesn't involve buying anything or at least anything significant. Once I get to the point where I've run out of "free work" to do around here and need to buy something here or there in order to further advance on the bigger projects then I'll start getting back into ordering parts or getting whatever supplies I need from Lowe's and other suppliers.
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