lizmcl527

Just back from a sixty mile drive, and it ran like a champ up the hills and down again. I did notice, however, when fooling around with it the other day, that the plug wires were looking ratty, and found that the cap terminal for cylinder 6 was quite visibly blued and corroded, like it had been arcing. These were the wires that came with the car when I got it three years ago, modern carbon-fiber ones, and after reading thru some of the archives here I noted that a lot of folks recommend going with copper wire, so I put on a set of those before heading out. It didn't particularly improve things from what they were after the plug replacement, but I could see that terminal going bad fairly soon, so better now than later.
 
I ran into a rainstorm about a quarter of the way along the trip, and discovered that my windshield seal leaks -- as in, my ankles are soaked. Evidently I forgot to finish tightening the garnish molding when that seal got replaced. Oops. I can assume, though, that my vacuum is just fine since the wipers worked as well as can be expected.