Well, in everything a person does, (but mechanics especially) you only have so many times to make an absolute fool of yourself before you loose any credibility you might have. I have definitely used up one of my free passes this time. After many sleepless nights thinking about how much money it would cost to take it to the dealer to get it fixed, I finally got it in my head to put 26 $ of gas in, going on the hunch that just maybe the pickup line in the tank was bad or something. And after pouring the much needed fluid into the tank, it started up and ran like it did..... well, when it had gas in it. Thanks guys for trying to help people like me dayly with what sometimes seems to be a lower than normal iq
. It sure is an awesome running sled now that the tps is in spec. I don't know if I'll replace it or not yet but I think I'll just ride it for a while before the snow goes.