Thanks to you good fellas, I took off the air filter and intake cover, and just sprayed some intake fluid (which somewhere i read is good to check for vacuum hose leaks), and, voila, it started right up.

I'm sure that's a cheat to get me by and that's all I need for now.

I just didn't want to burn out a starter from so much unproductive cranking. This was recommended as a short fix until I can get the vacuum hoses looked at in a few days.

Thank you for the Dallas referral for reliable repair.

Your explanations and suggestions made even this girl who just came back from the beauty salon able to get to work enough to pay the mechanic I see in my near future.

I want to get my own manual (hard copy) so I can dog-ear it. You can't do that with a DVD or CD.

Much thanks to all of you who wrote me back.

Looks like I'll be able to make another dollar tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.


Kaye