When I woke up today, Dave was already in the living room with Jimmy. The guys looked at all the signals the van was putting out. The both decided that the starter was the problem. So the two of them started working to remove the starter. I even took a couple turns at the ratchet... it was hard to get all the bolts off. Elaine wanted to help, but there wasn't much she could do outside of holding the instructions. I gave her a screwdriver and Elaine "helped" by tightening the screws on the license plates.
All of us have scraped up arms from working in the tight spaces. The boys got the starter out and ran it to O Reilly's. The previous owner (that lawyer guy) evidently installed a re-furbished starter. Dave bought us a replacement one. the boys got it installed, but the Van still didn't start.
Dave dismantled our steering column because something was spinning loose when Jimmy turned the key. With the front dash taken half apart, Dave was able to start the van with a flat head screwdriver. That was a good sign. The boys went and Jimmy bought a new ignition cylinder ($50). They installed it and everything works fine now.
Dave had stuff to go do, so he left and the rest of the family went to the grocery store. It is soooo nice to have fresh produce in the house. We were out of milk, meat, tea, coffee, sugar, and all vegetables besides an onion. I wrote a list from the sales circular the other day. Our shopping cart was overflowing with food. And I saved $33 (according to the reciept). That's including two free gallons of milk!! After Krogers, we made cheeseburgers at home. Then Jim drove us out to the playground for the kids to get out of the house, since they missed church and are kinda stir crazy.
I heard from Pamela today. She's giving me matching suitcases. They'll be great when we go to Jacksonville for Christmas.
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