for 2 sets of plastic bushings, plus many hours of careful disassembly and reassembly, but I have plenty of time now so that was OK. Dealership wanted some astronomical price to do it. The plastic gears were OK, but the bushings were crumbled up.
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Felt good about saving ~$10 in the short run...
the shower diverter was completely jammed up with mineral deposits...semi-filled a small plastic bag with vinegar and tied it up around the faucet spout making sure the diverter knob and spout were submerged in the vinegar....took about 10 minutes of soaking to get the diverter working again...cost was probably around 25 cents...wonder what a plumber would have charged?
This is why an old beater car is often realistically worth more to the owner than to anyone else (and, conversely, why I can't buy a "just as good" replacement car for the Blue Book price). These small known idiosyncrasies/problems have already been identified and their fix is often known (or you've figured out a workaround). Buying someone else's beater means you'll have to discover all the landmines yourself.I started up my old minivan, which has not been driven for a couple of months. I intended to take it out for a drive of perhaps 10 miles to exercise it, but had to return home because the engine ran rough.
Found out that another fuel injector had quit. The first one quit a couple of years ago. I reported about that here. Same quick diagnosis pinpointed the culprit. Same luck that this is another one on the same forward facing 3-cylinder bank of the V6. If it were one hidden behind the intake manifold, I would have to send the car to the junk yard, as it takes too much work for this old car. Darn, it only got 170K miles.
A replacement injector for $35 from eBay is on its way. Replacement should not take longer than 1/2 hr, same as last time.
. I had great fun fault taking my time finding it with my trusty multimeter and the service manual (thanks Mr Internet!). I even rigged up a temporary fix of a resistor bank to fool the defrost circuit into working on command while I wait for the part to come in (Samsung fridge parts are hard to source in my area).... Same luck that this is another one on the same forward facing 3-cylinder bank of the V6. If it were one hidden behind the intake manifold, I would have to send the car to the junk yard, as it takes too much work for this old car. Darn, it only got 170K miles.
A replacement injector for $35 from eBay is on its way. Replacement should not take longer than 1/2 hr, same as last time.
I started up my old minivan, which has not been driven for a couple of months. I intended to take it out for a drive of perhaps 10 miles to exercise it, but had to return home because the engine ran rough.
Found out that another fuel injector had quit. The first one quit a couple of years ago. I reported about that here. Same quick diagnosis pinpointed the culprit. Same luck that this is another one on the same forward facing 3-cylinder bank of the V6. If it were one hidden behind the intake manifold, I would have to send the car to the junk yard, as it takes too much work for this old car. Darn, it only got 170K miles.
A replacement injector for $35 from eBay is on its way. Replacement should not take longer than 1/2 hr, same as last time.
Awesome job. Extra points for the temporary fix. And people wonder what we do all day.Fixed our fridge that was failing to defrost. Contrary to the recommendations of a few fridge mechanics who have limited time to fault find, the entire evaporator assembly did not need to be changed out at great expense. Instead it was a $15 temperature sensor suffering from water ingress and telling the fridge computer that there was no iceberg
