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Putt-Putting Along

My poor little truck is going *putt putt putt ZOOOM putt putt putt putt putt ZOOOM putt…* right now :( I noticed it shifting oddly about a week and a half ago. I told Tom that it felt like it was driving funny but he said it felt ok to him (pfft. What does he know? :wink: )

So then on Friday it stopped accelerating well and started doing this putt-putt thing and I was like “… GAH!” and THEN the check engine light turned on and I was like, “.. AHHHHH DON’T DIE TRUCK I’M SORRY I HAVEN’T GIVEN YOU A NAME YET!!!”

… speaking of which, my truck needs a name, please comment with ideas for me, I’m stumped. Dark blue/purple dodge dakota. Kthx.

Anyhow, I went to JiffyLube to have them tell me why the light was on and the dude said “ok my computer says the light is saying that Cylindar 4 is misfiring. I have no clue what that means.” and I was like, “I don’t either but thanks.” then putt-putted back home.

So Friday and Saturday I didn’t really go much of anywhere. I drove down to a shop on Saturday but they were closed, so yesterday I took it to Tom’s dad and we checked the spark plugs (I learned something new! He told me about how they work, in layman’s terms. *BOOM!* teehee). He says that if I have the spark plugs and the wires replaced, that should fix the problem. We ran a little tester thing between them, and while the plug on cylinder 4 *was* firing, it didn’t look too stable. The truck ran better for a while, with us kind of resetting that connection.

So yeah, Tom is going to replace those for me tonight and then hopefully Nameless will be all better Now. Any name ideas?!

5 Comments

  1. Elaine Vigneault
    Elaine Vigneault Apr 16, 2007

    I like to name cars names that have the word “car” in them, like Carla, Carmine, Carmina Burana… But I don’t know what to do for trucks. Sorry :(

  2. Jess
    Jess Apr 17, 2007

    How about “Conky 2000,” after the robot on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse? Sounds like a good truck name to me.

  3. sonia!
    sonia! Apr 17, 2007

    name it SPARKY!!!

  4. Betty
    Betty Apr 18, 2007

    I would name it “Jim”… not sure why… first name that popped into my head.

    Good luck with the spark plugs. It’s crazy how such a small, inexpensive part can wield so much power, isn’t it?

  5. Melony Louise
    Melony Louise May 14, 2007

    Lesseeeeeee … Morrison, Christine, Awesome, Piplup!  Any of those four work.  :D

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