"Tristan" (casselts)
10/02/2016 at 01:53 • Filed to: None
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"Tristan" (casselts)
10/02/2016 at 01:53 • Filed to: None | 1
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The Jeep let me down.
5:30 A.M., hop in to go to work, crank it up, idle for 10 seconds, stall. Won’t re-start. Hop in the WJ and head to work. Get home tonight, shove it into the garage and commence troubleshooting. No spark. Check codes: P0351 “misfire”. Ohm check CPS: good. Check distributor cap: gobs of corrosion. Clean it off, still no spark. Check coil: 12v? Yes. Ground signal from ECU? No... wait- yes? No... definitely yes. Plug it back in- fires right up. Hmmm... connections were all clean and secure. Just wasn’t sending a pulse one minute, the next it was. It’s nice that it ruins again after spending $0, but I’d feel better knowing I found a ”smoking gun”.
That’s the first time it’s failed to start in 7 years, but I’m a bit apprehensive about driving it to work tomorrow.
Birddog
> Tristan
10/02/2016 at 02:01 |
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You’ve owned it 14 years and this is the 2nd time it failed you?
Hmm.
I get it. Sometimes I need to dig for a cause too. As I get older though.. I just count my blessings.
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Tristan
> Birddog
10/02/2016 at 02:06 |
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Yep. Even when I left for basic training and didn’t touch it again for 2 years... Just threw a new battery in, cranked it up and drive it from Minnesota to Florida. She’s been good to me.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> Tristan
10/02/2016 at 02:20 |
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I remember a few weeks after I bought my first pickup, it actually stalled on the freeway going 60mph at 2am. There was thankfully no one else around and I was able to coast to the shoulder. I calmly sat in my seat for maybe 60 seconds. I had a shit job and no money, having spent every last cent on this truck just so I could stay employed. I turned the key and it started. It never died on me again.
DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
> Tristan
10/02/2016 at 02:23 |
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I’m jelly, I used to have a ‘92 Civic that let me down way more often then that in just one year. Although to it’s credit the worst one was my fault. After working on it one time I didn’t tighten down the battery lead that tight. When I parked at work one of them flew off, but I didn’t notice until I was leaving. I put it in reverse, clutch in, and tried to start it. Popped the hood and saw the lead was off. Put it back on and go to start the car with the clutch out, thinking it was in neutral which is normally how I leave it, and it was still in reverse. Not only did I kill the clutch, but I also managed to snap the passenger side axle in half :(
Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/02/2016 at 09:00 |
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This happened to my fam about 2 hours into a 13 hour road trip, moving across the country. Just died and started back up like nothing happened, which was great, because we had no home to go back to. I believe we ended up replacing a fuel line or something under recall/warranty.
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Tristan
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/02/2016 at 09:27 |
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A similar thing happened on the MN->FL drive. I was towing a too-large boat, I hit Birmingham, AL in rush hour, I was in a massive construction zone when a 4 lane merged to a 2 lane with NO shoulders, and no where to pull off. Traffic cam to a stop and began to crawl forward again when the Jeep just went dead. I had a micro cardiac arrest, reached for the key- it cranked right up and behaved perfectly for the rest of the trip.
Justino6969
> Tristan
10/02/2016 at 20:51 |
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Pretty Jeep you have there. Hopefully mine stays as reliable as yours.