Before I jumped to the worst case scenario, I needed to determine where the coolant leak was coming from. So I hopped on my scoot and rented a radiator pressure tester kit from the auto parts store.

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I went back and forth about whether or not I should replace the fuel pump roughly 102 times before I convinced myself to just do it. The old, “It’s just 2 bolts!” got tossed around by people trying to convince me it would be easy peasy but after replacing my starter, I knew better. “Just … Continue reading "Too Hot"

Now that Mander was all nestled into Gavin’s driveway, it was time to get to work. And by work, I mean immediately run to Home Depot and buy an air conditioner for Mander or I wasn’t going to make it out of SLC alive.

After doing a ton of mechanical work in Richfield, I finally felt like Mander would make the last 150 miles to Salt Lake City.

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After I made the long, harrowing journey across the street to Jay’s, I started on replacing the last four spark plugs. I was removing one of the spark plug wires when the tip broke off and stayed attached to the spark plug. I thought, “Well. I think I figured out why Mander has been running … Continue reading "Leaving Richfield"

I left the dirt parking lot to head to my exhaust manifold gasket appointment with Ross. Luckily, the shop was a short distance away because Mander was still throwing a fit.