About a year ago i bought a 93 Previa Minivan on the cheap. Recently it's been running a little rough, especially on startup. This morning, when my wife started it up to take it to work, it was running really rough and took it a minute to smooth out.
I figured at this point i should probably replace the cap, rotor, plugs, and wires. I figured this would be a simple job, even with the engine positioned under the seats. Boy was i wrong.
Of course none of this stuff was under the driver seat access panel, that would be too easy. Instead, i had to remove the passenger seat and associated trim, the door sill to pull the carpet up, the access panel under the seat (which was held in by like 10 bolts), and the panel over the plugs themselves.
What do i find when i get in there? I've got to get at the dizzy from under the car and the exhaust is right in my way. After getting the cap off, i see the rotor is screwed in. The bottom screw was easy enough but the top one needed an ever elusive stubby screwdriver to fit. To top it off, it was snowing/raining the whole time.
What would have been a 20 minute job on one of my old CRX's suddenly turned into almost 4 hours. Hopefully it fixed my problem (the plugs at the least did desperately need replaced), because if not i'm either going to set fire to it or pay someone else to do the work.
/rant
Jacques
