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So i decided to take MY car to go snowboarding this weekend. Took a chance because honestly i wasn't feeling 100% sure on my cars reliability yet.

sum this up real quick, valve cover gasket was loose (from what i researched on, it could have been because of the seafoam i used in the oil that may have cleared up some oil sludge under the valve cover that may have lead to leak) that caused oil to spill into spark plug valley and into spark plug (didnt know that at the time of course).

popped out the spark plugs, dried the oil off of them. drove another 10-15 miles down the road, pull over to check plugs again...DRY! awesome....i go ahead and continue to tighten them back in, when one breaks off completely! DOH. called up a tow truck, he tows me about 10 miles and tells me that he bets he can get that thing out.

HE DOES, thats when i pick up a spark plug..AND IM ON MY WAY! pretty awesome. I figured out why the spark plug broke also, since my extension tool for my spark plugs is just barely long enough, i tend to tighten it at a slight angle so it doesnt hit the top of the valve cover. Doing this puts an awkward pressure on the spark plug which caused it to break in half.


in Placerville


Circa 1935


truck on the bed


on the way home


realized i never had any shots of my engine bay, well here it is...very ugly but it works!