Life of George

Life of George
Continued from something previous

Well, it finally got cool enough so I can work in my garage, so I decided to take care of Rumbling Julius.

I got a code from Walmart and AutoZone that said “Mis, #1 Cylinder”
I knew what a mis is, but I do not know which is the #1 Cylinder?
There are 4, I presumed running left to right, so I would start whatever I did with the left one.

I bought a Spark Plug Tester. It’s basically a rubber hose with a lightbulb in the middle. One end hooks to the Spark Plug and the other to the Spark Plug wire. Just like when the car is running only now there’s a lightbulb in the middle. If it does not flash you know something is wrong. Real handy-dandy gizmo.
Or at least it’s supposed to be.
Nothing comes easy in The Life of George.

The Spark Plugs are recessed.

Gad Zooks!

I mean RECESSED! I could hardly see the one I wanted. It was WAY down there!

I tried to put the tester on to no avail. It didn’t even come close.

So, I decided to pull the plug and see what it looked like.

I needed all of my socket extensions to get on it. And there was nothing left to turn. So I used a breaker-bar cause I could bend it up.

Note to self: Get long extension next time at Harbor Freight.

I got the plug out…it was fouled. It looked like I had the right cylinder. I went across the street to AutoZone, bought a new one. It came pre-gapped. I compared the gap to the old one and it was different. That was a good sign.
I put it in and everything runs good. There is no mis or engine light.
I’ll find out for sure tomorrow when I replenish.

If the vehicle blows-up don’t let me live as a vegetable.

Life goes on!

Cheers,
By George