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Old 03-15-2006, 10:22 AM
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when I am gone. A foot of snow feel here and I talked to my boss today and he said it took 60 man hours to shovel it when I was camping in the bayous. Another 7-8 inches is on its way for tonight, so he said hes gonna work my a$$ off tomarrow.

I tell ya, i'm not used to this cold. It was in the upper 80s with insane humidity the whole trip. Usually when its in the 60s in my house its comfortable, but i'm shivering. For any of you who want a fun yet bizzare and creepy experience I suggest camping in the bayous. Oh yea, my car runs like absolute ****.
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how'* your ride running?
Old 03-15-2006, 10:36 AM
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how'* your ride running?
Horrible. On the way down to LA it got real bad around Arkansas and in Texas it threw code P0306. Misfire on cylinder number 6. I bought wires, because it has to be as the plugs are only a year old. I don't even want to think about the damage done to cyl # 6. 2700 miles of nasty misfiring. :(
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Snowing like hell and wind blowing here in PA again also....was 67 degrees two days ago......My Park Ave'* 3800 seems to lose sparkplug wires once a year 'specially the rear ones and it doesnt seem to matter which brand
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My wires are original. Hopefully the new wires will last to 125K as well.
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My wires are original. Hopefully the new wires will last to 125K as well.
#6 must be kinda common. I replaced my originals at 180K, because of a #6 misfire. It'* the longest wire, might be why it'* the first to go.
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You think it caused damage to the cylinder running it like that for so long? Possibly foiled the plug?
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Originally Posted by fantastic88
You think it caused damage to the cylinder running it like that for so long? Possibly foiled the plug?
Doubt it, my #6 plug actually exploded when I got my misfire and had to run it a couple days in that condition.

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Man, we hijacked your own lounge post and turned it into real subject.
Haha, doesn't supprise me. I'm a horrible thead hijacker, even my own. So, let the hijacking continue. It was wierd how it would go. If the car sat for a day it would be almost normal for the first 20 miles. After 200 it would be hell. Almost necksnapping. I'm guessing the housing on the wire is worn out and the more heat soaked it got the worse the misfire. The heat would get to the wire and cause it to send too little power to the plug. does this sound about right?
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