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I had to have my car towed home today. Even though I consider myself a capable mechanic, I always panic anyway. After cutting the customer's grass, the car was a crank-no-start. Tow truck ride cost me $120. I have to cut a lot of grass to earn $120. Please send me all your sympathy and well wishes.
 

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Praying that God will help you through this hard time. We struggle to understand these trials, but there is a reason they happen. Hang in there and just keep up the hard work helping others as best you can. Just as some days bring trials and bad news, others bring unexpected blessings and good news. Hang in there.
 

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I had to have my car towed home today. Even though I consider myself a capable mechanic, I always panic anyway. After cutting the customer's grass, the car was a crank-no-start. Tow truck ride cost me $120. I have to cut a lot of grass to earn $120. Please send me all your sympathy and well wishes.

That stinks big time. Is it getting fuel? Maybe fuel pump could be the problem.
 

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Yeah, that sucks, usually happens at the most inopportune time.
I've got 43 PSI of fuel pressure to the fuel pressure regulator, so I think the fuel pump is good. The little lightbulb in the spark tester is not lighting up. The ICM gets signals from the crank sensor and the cam sensor. I checked to see if the ICM was getting the signals and it is. That rules out the crank and cam sensors. It's looking like the ICM is bad. No surprise there because I've already replaced it twice. They usually only last 2 years. They give you no warning whatsoever. All of a sudden one day you'll have no spark.
 

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Uh, this is Clovis, CA. Might as well be Phoenix 🤣
I grew up in Clovis....not as bad as Phoenix, the Sierra National Forest and Kings Canyon National Forest are not that far away, so you can escape the heat....in Phoenix, you are just screwed....lol
 

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I grew up in Clovis....not as bad as Phoenix, the Sierra National Forest and Kings Canyon National Forest are not that far away, so you can escape the heat....in Phoenix, you are just screwed....lol
Grew up in Merced :p
Spent a fair amount of time in Fresno/ Clovis.
 

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Praying that God will help you through this hard time. We struggle to understand these trials, but there is a reason they happen. Hang in there and just keep up the hard work helping others as best you can. Just as some days bring trials and bad news, others bring unexpected blessings and good news. Hang in there.
Believe it or not I did say a prayer asking God to start the car. I figure why not, worth a shot.

Maybe I don't have enough faith is why the prayer didn't work.
 

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Believe it or not I did say a prayer asking God to start the car. I figure why not, worth a shot.

Maybe I don't have enough faith is why the prayer didn't work.
Prayers are not always answered in the way we expect or in the time we hope. Possibly through this time you will interact with someone helping them have a positive life experience that you might not otherwise have interacted with.
 

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UPDATE:

Car fired right up with the new ICM.

I should probably keep a few extra on hand at over $300 a piece.

Just remember, if you couldn't fix it yourself then you would be looking at probably over a grand having it fixed by somebody else.
 

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Uh, this is Clovis, CA. Might as well be Phoenix 🤣
I remember the first year Heinz was sponsoring a Winston Cup car. Dad spent 35 years with them and told the execs he wanted tickets to the Daytona 500 in February. He was joking but by Gawd they gave him a full VIP package. :D

He and his buddy took off for a one week vacation to sunny Daytona and I was left in the bitter cold and snow.
He really rubbed it in with the pics of the gals on the beach in string bikinis.
 
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