fiat spider

Spent about an hour tonight, trying to get the oil drain plug out. It's hex and I don't have an Allen wrench that size. So I tried vice grips for a while, to no avail. And since I started so late, the stores are closed and I can't go pick anything up.

But earlier I finally dropped off my oil. Those guys at Kragen are such dicks. I called Autozone first, they went and checked (without me asking) to see if the vat was full. It was. So I called Kragen. They wouldn't check it, even after I explained that I didn't want to make the trip down to find that it was full. Jerks. Anyway, I dumped my oil at Kragen and then drove (the Spider) to Autozone to buy a few things. Heh.

I also spent a bit of time trying to identify why the head of my 1608cc 125BC engine has a head with 124AC000 stamped on it. It must be the series of the car because that number has no significance. The numbers 124A000 identify a 1197cc block with SOHC head. If it said 124AC040, then I'd be worried I had a 1438cc block. But my block has 125BC040 stamps all over it. And the car is stamped with 124BS1, which is also correct according to this and this. Oh well.

Tomorrow I go to Sears to get some large allen wrenches and finish up the oil change job.