Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
This week/weekend I gotta pull the engine out of that Geo and then move a bunch of stuff around and get the Father in law's Cavalier in and start swapping that engine out and the replacement back in.
What are you working on?
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71ChargerRT
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Hit the JY today to grab some rocker arms for that 350 I'm FINALLY putting back together, (waiting on them to make a move). While I was out there I saw this and paid $35 for it!
Now comes a little work, sand blasting and painting. Eventually I'll add some extra brake lights and a nice pair of spot lights so I can see where I'm backing
Also saw this, damn shame. I would like to have it, gotta nice 5.9 Magnum looking for a home.
Now comes a little work, sand blasting and painting. Eventually I'll add some extra brake lights and a nice pair of spot lights so I can see where I'm backing
Also saw this, damn shame. I would like to have it, gotta nice 5.9 Magnum looking for a home.
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Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
Damn, love that wagon!
Almost blew my back out pulling this monster out by hand.
Almost blew my back out pulling this monster out by hand.
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
Got the New engine for the Cavalier picked up and the old one pulled out already.
New engine was $300 and came from a wreck that only had 23,000kms on it, I bought it from one of the re-builders that deals with our shop.
A little back story on the car, it was abandoned at the shop I work at after the customer couldn't pay for the work we did on it so my father in law bought it from the shop for the amount owing on it at the shop and the previous owner signed the car over to him.
It had 182,000kms on it when my father in law bought it, it has 188,500kms on it now and my father in law changed the oil and filter in it twice in that 6,500kms before the timing chain tensioner lost oil pressure, let the chain go slack, chain skipped and valves were bent.
The previous owner owned the car from 25,000kms to 182,000kms and I believe the oil was changed about 5 times.
Enjoy.
As it sits now.
The "New" 23,000kms engine. The ceramic around the electrodes on the spark plugs are still white and the oil is gold.
The old engine, now keep in mind the oil drained from this engine as well as the filter only has 1,500kms on it.
The pan.
The oil filter.
The oil filter housing.
Needless to say after this car is back up and running the transmission fluid is next on the list of things to change.
New engine was $300 and came from a wreck that only had 23,000kms on it, I bought it from one of the re-builders that deals with our shop.
A little back story on the car, it was abandoned at the shop I work at after the customer couldn't pay for the work we did on it so my father in law bought it from the shop for the amount owing on it at the shop and the previous owner signed the car over to him.
It had 182,000kms on it when my father in law bought it, it has 188,500kms on it now and my father in law changed the oil and filter in it twice in that 6,500kms before the timing chain tensioner lost oil pressure, let the chain go slack, chain skipped and valves were bent.
The previous owner owned the car from 25,000kms to 182,000kms and I believe the oil was changed about 5 times.
Enjoy.
As it sits now.
The "New" 23,000kms engine. The ceramic around the electrodes on the spark plugs are still white and the oil is gold.
The old engine, now keep in mind the oil drained from this engine as well as the filter only has 1,500kms on it.
The pan.
The oil filter.
The oil filter housing.
Needless to say after this car is back up and running the transmission fluid is next on the list of things to change.
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
Nice filter!
Pretty nasty for only having 900 miles on it eh?
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
New one going in looks much better inside. It has also received the updated timing chain tensioner that has a built in ratcheting mechanism. :dance:
In case you were wondering the oil pan between an '04 Cavalier and an '05 Cobalt are different as well as the fuel rail and throttle body so I did some swapping.
In case you were wondering the oil pan between an '04 Cavalier and an '05 Cobalt are different as well as the fuel rail and throttle body so I did some swapping.
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dodgedifferent2
hung like a stud field mouse and
spent some time tinkering with the photo frames today. I had to alter Madison's skating picture to make a frame for it. I think it came out nice and the other one i decided to put temporary pics inside till i get the final results from the dart. I felt happy with my custom frame work 
thrashingcows
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing...so I'm
Yup looks really good. I really like your before and After pic with the Mopar logo...Might I steal your idea?
thrashingcows
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing...so I'm
I currently doing the tile back splash in the kitchen....I hate tiling!! And the one the wife chose...lots of long rectangular titles, Glass, stone and terra cotta....make it even funner!! I'm so happy right now. 
dodgedifferent2
hung like a stud field mouse and
go for it! I kind of wish i opened it up for 2 before and 2 after pics now because i had a hard time choosing photo's
I really wanted the pic of maddy driving it when i first got the dart home and my current avatar
Diplomat_Wagon
Hiding In The Bushes While
How did you spend your Friday evening?
I'm bushed.
I'm bushed.
Yer lookin a little bushy.
thrashingcows
Drowning deep in my sea of loathing...so I'm
Fire is your friend when pulling those bushings...
i just finished tiling the kitchen backspalsh the other day, and grouted it all today...now I have t wait a few days and seal everything. Then it's paint, moldings, and new fixtures and lights. Gotta store up some brownie points with the wife again....been working too much on the cars and truck.
i just finished tiling the kitchen backspalsh the other day, and grouted it all today...now I have t wait a few days and seal everything. Then it's paint, moldings, and new fixtures and lights. Gotta store up some brownie points with the wife again....been working too much on the cars and truck.
restoman
The paint fumes have cleared so I'm
This got painted yesterday. '32 Ford five window.
I didn't paint it- bossman Pat did that - but I sure enough did the massive amounts of bodywork and blocking.
Cell phone pics sure are sucky.
I'll get some better ones as it goes back together.
Single layer solid Black. As straight as straight can be.
I didn't paint it- bossman Pat did that - but I sure enough did the massive amounts of bodywork and blocking.
Cell phone pics sure are sucky.
I'll get some better ones as it goes back together.
Single layer solid Black. As straight as straight can be.
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Not A Duster
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I was just thinkin' how cool it would be to have one of those things in black...