After a week worth of frustration, the ol' car is up and running again. After two failed attempts, we got the new fuel filter on. The hose we put on there kept kinking up, so we had to put in a connector with a 90 degree angle in it. My coat needs to go through the washer. It still smells like gasoline from getting sprayed by the pressure I'd forgetten to release before removing our first failed attempt.

After that fiasco, the engine was still not getting fuel, so we checked the fuel rail and the injectors. The result was inconclusive, so we decided to replace the fuel injectors. No one had 4 of them in stock, and we didn't have time to round them up and work on it on Monday, so we ordered them online (for about half that price). They came in yesterday.

My Dad installed them while I was still at work. Although, by the time he was done installing them, he was so frustrated that he left it up to me to finish getting everything back together.

I replaced three of the tires on Monday, but by the time I got home with the front tires, I was too tired and lazy to finish putting them on, so I'd just propped them on so no one would steal them. I got them on last night and finish getting engine together. Then I had to head to the car wash to get the layers of dirt of the windows so I could drive. Didn't take long and the car looks much nicer for the effort.

I was worried about my ability to drive the car, since it had been over a year and a half since I'd driven with a manual transmission. It's just like riding a bike, only easier. I only killed it twice, and one of those time was due to the incline in my driveway when I was first leaving.

Now, I just need an oil change and to get the muffler mounted properly. The only change is coming after work today, and the muffler will be fixed soon. I discovered, while changed the fuel filter, that some of the bumber will have to be cut out to allow for the muffler to go where it needs to, but that shouldn't be too much trouble.