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My 98 4.3 blazer is misfiring under load and having trouble starting. P0300 random misfire. P1351 but I'm pretty sure that's from the struggling to start. Cranks but doesn't start til I flutter the gas pedal a bit, then sometimes dies out immediately after. Also it sometimes starts great without a problem. No discernable pattern as to what or why. It misfires less while cold, misfires really bad while in any form above 2k rpm, or even below 2k rpm but going up a hill. Misfires at idle if I turn the a/c on. Misfiring on freeway is sometimes solved by letting off the gas completely and then slowly pressing it down again. Smells badly of gas whenever misfiring in the highway. Problem seems to be getting worse the longer I drive it.

New upgraded spider fuel injectors from a couple months back, new cap and rotor 3-4 months ago, brand new egr valve just now, new idle control air sensor couple months back. Cleaned out the throttle body when I did the injectors. Brand new plugs and wires.

What does that leave that I could reasonably try to diagnose in the middle of driving across the country for a new job? I also don't have money to parts cannon it. I have tools but not a lot of space or time to do a big job like a fuel filter. I'm gonna check the distributor to see if it rises at all when spun but I'm not sure what else to check. If it's the ignition coil, I could replace that but I don't know how to properly diagnose if it's fucked without buying a new one. Any advice would be really appreciated.

Hello! I'm travelling thru the area from Texas on my way to work in Ohio. I've got about 400 bucks in my pocket for the trip up there gas and food and everything. I'm in Little Rock today and tomorrow morning though. I've got a place to sleep but would love something cheap to eat as well. What's the cheapest possible meals I can get in the area?

Hello! I got a job in the Kent area starting next week. I have about 500 bucks to my name, most of which is going to go towards driving up to Ohio from across the country. This is more or less my single lifeline, so I'm gonna do what I have to.

I need a safe place to sleep in my small truck for about a week or two until my first paycheck drops and I need a place to take showers for the same. I don't have money to pay cancellation fees or a gym membership once I get my own place unfortunately and I can't find any cheap month to month gyms.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I've been going thru what's very possibly a bed bug infestation. Curious if there at dog detection services around the Conroe or Willis area?

I've been very interested in pursuing a career in cooking and restaurants and I have a rare opportunity timewise to get a bit of time in a kitchen and see how much I'd like it. Between college and a blue collar apprenticeship I did on a closed campus that had us working in the kitchen, I have some experience washing dishes and chopping stuff. I also cook frequently at home and am pretty good at it. I'm gonna go drop off some resumes come Monday but figured I'd check in here, any non-chain places in town hiring for dishwashers, prep, stuff like that?

Hello!

I've been interested in emergency response for a while and have met a few people who've worked in FEMA or state agencies who think I would be a good fit for it. I've worked in a lot of emergency management adjacent fields over the past few years. Specifically, I have 2 years of experience in refugee response and case management, a year and a half of work as a Merchant Marine including constant firefighter/emergency/terrorism/attack drills and training, a few FEMA/FBI training courses on rural emergency response and attack scenarios, and a minor in public health sciences from my university with demonstrated fellowships and published/conference presented articles in zoonotic disease transfer and human-animal interactions. That being said, I do not have anything under either my work or education that's "emergency management" aside from the FEMA and FBI courses.

All said, I have a robust knowledge of emergency procedures and systems. Unfortunately, my job applications are denied pretty much across the board without even an interview, and government agencies are hard to get ahold of to either appeal or ask for advice. I also, between work, family, and extant obligations and hobbies, do not have the time to volunteer in a local emergency response department.

Is there any way to get my foot in the door without pursuing further education? Am I entertaining overconfidence in my experience and it's application to the actual job? All the entry level jobs I'm coming across want several years of experience and a directly related undergraduate major. Am I missing some step in the process? Are there any jobs in emergency management that would be a good stepping stone?

Basic diagnostic: within 10 seconds of starting the vehicle, the fan starts running at 100%, and runs at 100% the entire time the vehicle is running. It does this whether or not the a/c is on. After the vehicle is turned off, the fan continues to run for about four or five minutes at what I assume is 60-80%, unless you turn the key to accessory and then it stops. Coolant is full.

Attempted repairs: a mechanic tried to replace the fan actuating unit, assuming it was sending a false signal to the fan to run at 100%. Nothing changed.

I'm posting for a friend who's family doesn't have money to just parts cannon this. Is it possible it's as simple as a relay getting stuck open? I'd think maybe the coolant sensor is sending false temperatures but I'm confused as to why it runs for 5 minutes after turning off, and then turns off when the ignition is turned to accessory? Could that be triggering a relay or such?

I'm trying to write a story on a little covered and very complex land rights story. In short, a government is trying to eminent domain some farmland. I went door to door in the area today and knocked on doors and I got no response for most of the doors I knocked on. The one of two responses i did get indicated to me that most in the community are viscerally opposed to the eminent domain that's about to happen, but that they don't want to talk to anyone, and I was lucky I didn't get shot. The other respondee told me that talking with me would get them in trouble with the government attempting to eminent domain.

My two and a half theories here are that either they're being threatened, and thereby are extemely wary of talking to anyone, or that they've banded together to try to extract as much eminent domain value as they can and therefore won't talk to me, or that some combination of one or both of those factors combined with a mistrust based on the assumption that I'm a bad faith actor is causing them to not speak to me.

The story of what's going on here is very absurd and deserves to be told, but now I'm at a loss. Does anyone have any experience dealing with situations like this? What would a next step be?

My insurance just ran out about 10 days ago. I was planning on going back out at the start of August, but I got into an accident and collapsed on my knee very badly, and three days in I think I have a torn miniscus and can't even straighten my knee at all. Im guessing since I haven't sailed since January I'm basically just shit out of luck on the union side of things? If this takes a few months to heal, is there any recourse towards not getting demoted from my B book?

Yesterday, on the way to visiting friends in California (I live in Texas at the moment) I injured myself in a fall where my knee collapsed with the full body weight on it. I have very severe pain that developed gradually over today and at this point, I can barely walk, and my knee buckled when I stepped off a small ledge with no support earlier. The place where my pain is points to a meniscus tear or potentially but less likely a legament sprain or tear. I think it would be really good to know how bad the tear is. I'm in California til the 27th. I'm pretty much unemployed right now and have no insurance. I'm supposed to get rehired to my usual physical labor job in Texas around early to mid August so I really need to know what's up. I'm ineligible for Medicaid by Texas standards. Is there anywhere in the Sac, Davis, Woodland area where I could get a doctor to look at it and/or imaging for a very very low cost or no cost?

Looking for something for me and my mom to do. Any info appreciated!

A while back me and a couple friends went thru Vicksburg and stayed the night in an AirBnB near Cherry and Lane in Vicksburg. Well we thought it was vicksburg so it was safe say compared to Jackson and what, but the next morning, my friends taking til 11am to wake up, I figure I oughtta go get some coffee, maybe take a walk through this charming town. I find a corner store about a mile or less away and get on my way. I walk down Letita and should've figured something was off cause folk on their porch were staring at me like, who is this? Not in a threatening way, just in a way of like, what's this fool doing here. I turn onto Speed Street and as I near some apartments there's a guy on the corner who sees me, grabs his crotch, and just mean mugs me the entire time as I walk by, rapping as I walk away "I'M GON' KILL YA, I'M GON' KILL YA," but like, very aggressively at me. I walk by some standard ghetto shit like broken windows on an old building, get to the grocery store, get a redbull or whatever, and walk back. As I'm back on Cherry Street walking to the place we were staying at, a dude walking behind me holding his pants up by the crotch says "this n**** don't know what's about to happen to him" and then fifteen seconds later yells at me asking what the time was. I wasn't wearing a watch, so I showed him and replied to him aggressively in a foreign language, after which he speed walks past me, occasionally glancing back at me over his shoulder.

Anyway, wtf? Isn't vicksburg supposed to be safe? How close did i get to getting my shit jacked and/or getting stabbed?

Hello. I've been working on cargo ships and oil tankers the last year or so. I've been working as the lowest level position in the engine room, so by and large my job has been wiping and mopping the engine room, but I've assisted with fuel and oil purifier/delivery repairs, pump repairs and replacements, and oil changes and fuel injector/fuel line repairs on main engines and our diesel generators. All to say, I'm not like an ASE certified years long mechanic, but I do know a little and have a bit of experience. I also learn very quickly and am very hungry for more knowledge. Would this be enough for a Mechanic or Tech position at BSNF?

I applied to the open machinist billet in upstate NY and received a rejection less than 24 hours after. I've been working in the engine room of cargo ships with similar diesel engines and hydraulic systems to trains for the past year and a half including the completion of an associated apprenticeship. Granted, I can't weld, and I don't have direct railroad experience, but I'm still surprised I got a rejection that fast. What are they looking for that I didn't fulfill?

I applied to the open machinist billet in upstate NY and received a rejection less than 24 hours after. I've been working in the engine room of cargo ships with similar diesel engines and hydraulic systems to trains for the past year and a half including the completion of an associated apprenticeship. Granted, I can't weld, and I don't have direct railroad experience, but I'm still surprised I got a rejection that fast. What are they looking for that I didn't fulfill?