It's ALIVE!!

Well, this may be my 2nd to last post about the car, but never fear, I will continue to keep this blog running as long as I have a project going, which will be...forever basically, I guess.

The car is running. I have only run into 2 mishaps since the first time it ran. The first one was my camshaft sensor. This sensor determines where the camshaft is and when to give each spark plug a spark. With no sensor the engine computer has no data and doesn't send a spark at all. The other problem that I still have is a vacuum accumulator that I don't exactly know how to explain how it helps the engine run but it helps it run much smoother. It is a tube that comes off the intake manifold and runs back to the brake booster. The tube has a small nozzle on it that connects to the Mass Air Flow indicator and this nozzle is broken, which means it will run but not smoothly. The dealer wants $112 for this part. Other than this, all i need is a another tube that connects the airbox to the valve head cover on the driver side (dealer wants $97) and i should be good to go.

My last post about the car will be all about the interior. I still have not reinstalled the headliner and there are some wires hanging around. I have not hooked up the radio either, because I still need to do a mod so that I can have an auxiliary jack for an mp3 player or something.

Until i replace the vacuum accumulator I will not register it or insure it so I won't be washing it or posting too many pics of the outside. I will try to post some engine pics of the completed job and the interior so far, it might be awhile since we are going on vacation next week for two weeks.
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