Well today was a great day for me for a couple of reasons. first time working on a car since my accident 4 years ago, nice to get dirty and twist the old wrenches again. Was a little hard standing for long periods of time with the brace but Was a productive day. did the
valve cover gasket set and
plugs and all
coils. There definitely was a hack in there before doing the
coils. all 6 bottom top
coil cover bolts missing , 1 heat shield bolt and air box bolt missing. 2
coil wire connectors broken,1 silicone together , 1
coil connector not even close to begin on tight. 7 of the 8
spark plug tubes full of oil, impressed that she even ran before lol. Sad thing is gives mechanics a bad name because the lady that owed it always took it to a local independent garage. So tomorrow look to see if i can get the connectors and bolts needed to finish the job. Even with the old crappy gas in her she runs 90% better already, not on 5 cylinders. Wednesday will hopefully have
parts to finish that job and move on to
fuel filter and check air con, service brakes and so on. Fun Times
Hi Everyone
Today was the second day for me in the shop and was long ( i am definitely alot slow working out of a wheel chair and in crutches then before the injuries) the name Slowwalker definitely suits me now lol, but was fun and rewarding. I really did miss getting dirty and fixing stuff. First job was last night my good friend Dave put it on the
hoist for me, and I serviced the brakes at all four corners and freed up L/S rear parking brake cable .(was a little slow to return), greased any fittings i could find and did a oil change. then removed the
fuel pump fuse (#17 in trunk) cranked to remove fuel pressure and took access covers off to re and re
fuel filter. Then on to air con problem, checked power at
compressor then pressures. empty so sealant and recharge, with that off the list i installed all cover and put tires back on and set air to 30 psi. Then last item for safety was to clean, sand and buff
headlights. Last changed cabin and
air filter and wiper blades. I took the car for a spin now that i was done the important stuff. With 8 new
coils and
plugs,
valve cover gaskets were better running but it was starving for fuel. With the filters all done even with bad gas in the tank it goes like a scared cat .I guess i could of changed the motor like her garage said but i am just to old and lazy lmao. I decided i would pull the
cd player out because it wasnt working and i was putting in a aftermarket kennwood system i had sitting around. Good thing i did because i needed to order a couple of adapters for my 5 1/4
speakers to use in the doors. $16 bucks plus tax from crunch fields. Cleaned up and went home and disassembled the
cd player to check about the error code, found 6 dicks in 5 trays so now i know why it jammed. Tomorrow i will visit the old owner and give her her disks back she figured she would never see again. My buddy needs his shop back this weekend so i guess i wait until Monday to finish the
coil job, new
coil connectors and assorted bolts came in tonight to correct the hack job that i found on Monday. Speaker adapters will be in by then and i can wire that up and put the interior back together and take it in town for the safety inspection. Getting close now
Update
So I got to work on the car yesterday, I put the aftermarket
head unit in and put the dash back together. I'm still waiting for my adapters to show up for the
aftermarket speakers so I put the factories
speakers back in until now. Next job was to replace the two broken
coil connectors and 1 injector connector, install the
valve cover coil covers now that I had replacement bolts. Gave the car quick wash and loaded on the car trailer to drop off at the garage today. Scheduled for Thursday for a safety inspection. So if all goes well I should be driving it Thursday. Then get the full tank of bad gas out of it down the highway LOL. Then next stop will be to get the door dents and stone dents removed from the body. One really noticeable one on drivers door and 4 smaller ones on passenger door and quarter panel. Once that's done ship it over to the detailer to work on paint I think it will need to be compounded then polished. I tested just with wax and the shine does come back but I want to get all the little scratches removed or as much removed as possible. Even though the car has 317000 km on it I would still like it to look as good as possible
Hi Everyone
I just got in the door, passed safety no problem and my buddy and I took it for a cruise and I just got home so about 200km on it. First time driving one quite impressed with how it drives considering the mileage. Obviously I've got a bunch of little things still to do and I'm hoping it's just residue from doing the
valve cover gaskets and stuff but I smell a little oil burning off the motor. Sticky Servo motor for one of the blend doors, little light in the front end if you're doing 160 km an hour LOL. Even with bad gas it moves it pretty good. Tomorrow's job is head to the door ding shop and get a quote for the five defts and then get a quote to compound and polish the paint.
Hardtop is on the cart and not going to put it on until Monday when I'm back up there doing more little jobs on the car. Well we saved another one from going to the Wreckers, and it's a pretty cool car to drive that's for sure. Thanks for everybody's support and info for my newbie questions
fun car to drive. did a little more cleaning and a wax, installed driving lights and
new speakers. Now going to driver her all weekend lol
