Damn
Rich, I'm sorry.. that is the making for one hell of a bad weekend
I'm awful sorry to hear about all that.
If it makes you feel any better, both my cars are acting up, one way or another. The Integra is not acting up too badly.. I changed the worn tensioner pulleys for both the alternator and supercharger with new polyeurathane units, and then retightened my belts. This gave me some very enjoyable boost, but in a single 80 to 110 mph run at 15 psi, I snapped the belt
And then yesterday, I swapped headers with a buddy of mine (he has an Integra GS), and because of custom fabrication fitment issues, the header now makse my resonator vibrate against my undercarriage, intermittently at any rpm while driving, and most of the time while idling. Fantastic...
The Marquis is another story. Since last Sunday, the thing has been idling erratically, rpms rising and falling, and making miniscule power. We had had some moderatly heavy rain the night before last Sunday, so I thought perhaps it had gotten some water in the gas tank. Three bottles of dry gas and numerous road miles at low speeds (on uphills, as bad as 15 mph in 65 zones, in the shoulder, with flashers) later, I decided the problem must reside elsewhere. I changed a bunch of spark plug wires, fooled around with the distributor extensively, blah blah blah blah blah, what a pain in the ass. Still nothing has helped her any. SO, most of my plans for today revolve around more spark, fuel, and electircal trobleshooting to see if I can't sniff out the problem (as my friend Craig said, it's probably one
STUPID little thing that is causing all this trouble). Just really, really annoying
But, not as bad as what happened to yours, man. Good luck.