Tito told me this morning that the stars were aligned with the chakras and winter was in retrograde so I couldn't hardly pass up the opportunity to go for a #wednesdaywalk to Engine Bay.
I've been to Engine Bay many times but I can't say that I've ever especially enjoyed my visits but somehow I keep coming back. It's a small, cramped place with lots of things to do there but most of them are things you'd rather not have to deal with.
For better or worse it's right close, just out the door and down the driveway a bit. While I wasn't especially thrilled to make it back to Engine Bay it was unfortunately a bit of a necessity. The recent cold snap left my battery deader than a doornail and with how my car was parked it wasn't possible to jump it so that left me with little option but to yank it.
They'd changed things around a bit since the last time I'd been in Engine Bay. Damned newfangled dohickery. Used to you could loosen a couple things and pull the leads off and ol' Battry would come right out.
Not no more! If you can ignore me brandishing the airbox, you can see ol' Battry hiding halfway under the cowl. Don't worry, nothing untoward was happening here.
With ol' Battry playing hide & seek the only way to get at it was through the airbox so it had to go. Of course it was connected to leventy-eleven different other things which all had to be disconnected first before I could yank it.
Hey, that looks like a mass airflow sensor. Got to visit with it for a minute while I disconnected the wiring for it. Don't know if they built Engine Bay with superglue or just used an impact wrench but nothing wanted to come undone like it should. Good to know that hadn't changed any...
Engine Bay looks different up close. That wire is what I had to disconnect from the MAF in the previous photo. It always takes me twice as long to take things apart the first time, I'm never quite sure if a part is just being stubborn or I'm just doin' it wrong and about to break something.
With the airbox out of the way I was able to get at that mess in front of the battery.
Ol' Battry was really strapped in. Every time I thought I'd got everything unhooked I'd discover something else to deal with.
Seems like Negative Lead has starting growing toothpaste... With the strap across it removed I could finally move ol' Battry around a bit and start sliding it out. Dammitalltohell, still had one more thing to remove. Once I got that sensor to the left of the lead disconnected it finally slid out!
For as small as it looks that sumbitch is heavy. Nothing good to grip on it, had to rig a sling to actually lift it out . After all that I'd about had my fill of Engine Bay so we parted ways for the day. Now if you need me I'll be cleaning up a toothpaste farm.