You’re right because diagnosing a car that is not in front of me in impossible. If I was as green as you and trying to diag my car for over a week with no results I wouldn’t hesitate to get a real diagnostic. Nothing wrong with being over we have all been there. My point is why waste your money on tools you don’t have and parts that you don’t need? Your time and aggregation is not worth $100? Mine sure. No different then when I paid a mustang shop to do my ring and pinion and subframe connectors. Why would I buy a welder or put a ring and pinion in on my back? Can it be done hell yes but not in a day like it was when dropped it off. I applaud your eagerness to learn but if you were really with out a car like you previously stated I’m sure you also wasted a lot of money on Uber’s. I’m just trying to read through the lines of what is the truth and what is bullshit from your posts is all.
You've raised a few questions so here goes.
My point is why waste your money on tools you don’t have and parts that you don’t need?
I plan on keeping this car for a long time, so buying tools, manuals, etc. for this car are an investment and it's stuff I should have anyway for basic diagnostics for stuff that will inevitably go wrong in the future. I've bought a code reader and I'm ordering a voltmeter and wiring diagrams. I already have a Haynes manual. As far as parts, all I've bought is an IAC and I have no plans to buy any other parts until I have a better idea of what's going on.
I'm in touch with two shops and I have a call in to a third shop that I've gone to before. The two shops I've spoken to (BBR and Steeda) are both booked up until at least August 12th, but the people I'm talking to are looking into it to see if they can offer any advice beforehand. I did make an appointment for the 12th. And, like I mentioned, I also had my mechanic friend, who has been a Ford tech for a long time and has built several of these cars, come to try and do a basic diagnosis or at least to try to find any glaring issues.
I applaud your eagerness to learn but if you were really with out a car like you previously stated I’m sure you also wasted a lot of money on Uber’s. I’m just trying to read through the lines of what is the truth and what is bullshit from your posts is all.
If you want to know the full history of me not having a car, not like I owe you an explanation as it's not relevant but here you go since you've accused me of being full of ****:
The foxbody started having this issue when I was driving home from the gym in the middle of May. I parked the car and did not drive it after that (it's not my "true" daily, but I drive it mostly every day to the gym and just locally). On May 24th, I broke my foot, and could not drive for approximately 6 weeks, and couldn't do much to try to work on the car as I was non-weightbearing for 4 of those weeks which made things difficult.
On Friday, July 16th, my Corvette's alternator failed, so I parked that car and made plans to have it repaired by a dealership as I have an aftermarket warranty on that car. Since then, I have been working from home (I can work remotely), and have been getting grocery deliveries via Instacart. Otherwise, my girlfriend has helped me out getting places when I really need to get somewhere. It's been a huge pain in the ass not having a car, but that's what I've been doing. I've had to postpone a couple meetings with clients due to not having an operable vehicle, and I have also had to postpone physical therapy appointments for my foot due to not having a car.. The dealership anticipates that the Corvette will be done today or tomorrow. There is only one guy there that is allowed to work on "specialty" cars like mine, and he has been backlogged by several very big projects.
Since the Corvette was out of commission, I wanted to see if I could get the fox body drivable so I could at least go to the office and go to the gym and stuff like that. I also don't like not having a car in case I have some kind of emergency, for obvious reasons.
Hope that clears it up for you. I'm not sure why it's relevant to anything, or why I owe you an explanation, or what you're hoping to accomplish by accusing me of posting "bullshit" in my posts. Do I really need to have an explanation for why I want to get my car fixed?