Took her to work today, first time out since last October! IT FELT GREAT. At around three o'clock I started getting antsy for the ride home and said screw it and left early. I just had to share with my forum brothers and sisters since my wife doesn't share my passion for automobiles and will just roll her eyes. The car ran flawlessly, in fact better than ever. I think the new interior resulted in more HP!
As an aside, last weekend I replaced my side mount battery terminals with some brass ones that are extended with the accessory connections, then attached the ctek adapter. I cleaned everything real good during the install, and then followed everyone's advice here (THANKS) regarding tightening the terminal bolts. The operation was a success! For quite a while I had been getting a fluctuating voltage readout on my DIC and my radio display would flicker. This had been driving me crazy. Not anymore, the voltage remained a constant 14.2 for most of my drive. I guess they weren't quite tight enough before but I'm thrilled to have the problem resolved. Any chance that the voltage irregularities were causing it to throw the dreaded 1214 code for the last couple of years, or is that wishful thinking?!

 

Cant help with code but glad you got your car out

 

Life's good again!

 

Hope the ride was as good as i can think it was. My first ride this year will be soon, today it's 50 and the snow's melting the water's running. Weather man just said snow and rain for fri & sat. That Suck's

 

I hope to have mine out this weekend - but the potholes on Rts 93 and 495 are everywhere

Great weather today - Love this weather - hope it holds up for the weekend

bob

 

that you got a chance to get behind the wheel again after so long. And great that you solved the voltage issue.

Can't wait to get mine out - just have to get the new seat skins installed (next week) and then time to back her out of the garage.

 

Get it out on Saturday! Might hit 70 degrees, then more bad weather's coming.

 

I'm with ya bro...man it feels great. Woke mine up yesterday & the weather looks fine for the next four days.

 

Mine is flickering as well and the voltage is not constant, what is this brass thing you speak of and where do I get one?

 

 

I'm referring to the side mount battery terminals, you should be able to find them at any automotive store. The replacements that I bought were extended and are threaded to accept accessory connections, and are brass. You may not need to replace yours, just try cleaning and tightening the battery connections (don't over tighten). Here's what my new terminals look like, you can see how accessories can now be attached:

 

Called my insurance agent today - so all set for this weekend

Sat nite cruise up to Petey's in Rye for some fried clams - wifey can't wait - and neither can I - first Sat nite cruise of the season to Petey's followed up later with a cone at Hodgies ( altho they might not be open yet )

bob

 

Glad to hear that you got rid of the flicker!

Jerry