My spouse says I should really post daily, well it has all been quite serious so far. Prepare for some rather more mundane updates:
Darn it...
Dentist appointment this morning to finally do away with the retainer. Dentist is late then the wire that is supposed to go behind my teeth does not fit. Have to go back next month. So running late boss calls don't make it to work until past 10:00.
My 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV (say in a posh voice) decides now would be a good time to start misfiring and hesitating at low RPM. Pulled over checked for loose or aged vacuum lines etc... nothing visible to the naked eye. Could be a fouled plug as choke stuck on way to dentist but a fast run to work didn't cure the problem so could be plugs, wires, points, distributor cap, rotor or coil in IMHO. ARRRGH have laser session tonight and have to run out at lunch to do errands.
My girly activity tonight, pull and inspect all plugs in the 460, regap and install. I hate when I don't know exactly what the problem is. Anyone have a pair of pink coveralls?
Good thing the pink Eldorado is getting her exhaust leak repaired today, might need another car, sometime only nine cars will do.
It is times like these I question my sanity when it comes to old cars, I mean my daily driver is pushing 40 years old!!! Sometimes a source of pride and sometimes great worry.
Hugs,
Darn it...
Dentist appointment this morning to finally do away with the retainer. Dentist is late then the wire that is supposed to go behind my teeth does not fit. Have to go back next month. So running late boss calls don't make it to work until past 10:00.
My 1972 Lincoln Continental Mark IV (say in a posh voice) decides now would be a good time to start misfiring and hesitating at low RPM. Pulled over checked for loose or aged vacuum lines etc... nothing visible to the naked eye. Could be a fouled plug as choke stuck on way to dentist but a fast run to work didn't cure the problem so could be plugs, wires, points, distributor cap, rotor or coil in IMHO. ARRRGH have laser session tonight and have to run out at lunch to do errands.
My girly activity tonight, pull and inspect all plugs in the 460, regap and install. I hate when I don't know exactly what the problem is. Anyone have a pair of pink coveralls?
Good thing the pink Eldorado is getting her exhaust leak repaired today, might need another car, sometime only nine cars will do.
It is times like these I question my sanity when it comes to old cars, I mean my daily driver is pushing 40 years old!!! Sometimes a source of pride and sometimes great worry.
Hugs,
April
I do admire your cars, April. Didn't Cannon (the TV detective series about a very fat heavy but likeable detective) ride about in a silver Lincoln Continental of this vintage? Don't worry about your sanity. These cars may be uneconomical and perhaps showing their age now, but they have character and presence.
ReplyDeleteYou could never use such big cars in the UK. We didn't have the roads or home driveways for them back in the 1970s, and that's still largely true.
Lucy
As Lucy said, I admire the cars and your knowledge of engines, etc. I HATE to work on cars, lol. I did, however, in my younger days. Had to. No money to pay someone to get them fixed.
ReplyDeleteAnd you wife's comment about posting daily? So hard for me to keep up, but I do love your writing, April.
Calie xxx