I'm drinking tonight because I'm pissed.....

Well, I am happy to say I didn't drink myself into a stupor on Friday. I didn't even drink at all. One of my problems with the car is that I can't store it anywhere close. My parents have only half a garage, so the car sits on the street, staring at me. I need to get a car cover for it at least, so I don't have to think about it.

Broke my Craftsman ratcheting driver on Saturday morning while working on the car when I tried to take the advice of some here and on Moparts. On Sat. morning, it wouldn't even start. I actually still have the FOR SALE sign that I made for it that morning after breaking the tool.

I got some help from a local moparts member on Saturday afternoon, and after coming to the conclusion that I have an unknown vacuum leak that only hides itself once the car gets warm, I just decided to throw the choke back on so it'll balance out the A/F until it gets warm. Weve searched for the leak, but can't find it with a squirt bottle.

Anyway, the car runs now, so it's not wearing thin on my nerves. I don't really car what the car looks/sounds/feels like, as long as it runs. Once it's not running, it's a money pit paper-weight, and that wears thin on my nerves really good.

So I'm alright now. I can at least take it to a shop in the next town to see if they can track down my issues if I really can't find them. The best part about this weekend's fix though, is that I only had to spend maybe $20 on the temporary fix, not the $300-500 that others were suggesting. I want to do the $300-500 fix, but it's just not in my time-frame right now. Trying to pay off my credit card first.