I didn’t expect it to take half the damned day, but I did get it back at last…
In hopes that things would go well I poured my last five gallons of fuel into D&L’s red Jeep, then brought two jugs to town because that didn’t do the trick. Took about four more gallons to top it off, but it is customary to return a borrowed vehicle with a full tank. A proper redneck is not a deadbeat – at least not if he’s hoping for future kindness.
Can’t say I’m all that impressed with the engine work done, in fact I have reason to fear that the complaint that most plagued me lately is not fixed. You don’t charge a guy for a “major engine overhaul*” and then leave the Check Engine light still burning – plus it started pretty raggedly after a brief hot soak at D&L’s place. But on the other hand that serpentine belt has been going to break at any moment for months, and now there’s a new belt and idler. And the Jeep certainly steers better than it has for years, so I’ve got that going for me.
All in all, not gobsmacked but also not angry. This place is what it is.
*Tune-up, I mean
Joel, do you have an OBD-II code reader? Failing that is there any auto McParts near you that would read the code for free? Let us know what it says.
I do, but I need to look up where they hid the connector.
Should that not show in the Haynes?
Have had many a mechanic leave the indicator lit. Now I need a fancier one that address the ABS and MIL indicators. Pox on all car engineers.
9 of 10 cars has the OBD connector by your left knee under the lower dashboard fascia, down where the old fashioned pull handbrake used to go on real cars, or slightly to the left of the steering column. This allows someone kneeling on the ground outside the driver door to spot it and hook up the plug. Then again, it is Chrysler, so I looked it up (grin) and it says: Right up under the steering column.