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Well got a second Geo
Topic Started: May 29 2010, 12:38 PM (916 Views)
Barton
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Bought my fist one for $100 dollars and I have put about 5K or so in it averaging about 30 to 34 mpg which is better then the 12.66 my Jeep gets :smackface . I did a compression ten and found 80-120-30 dry wet I got 120-140-90. Well that explains a lot! My body is shot no rocker panels and my front lower is gone I jacked the car up to check the front brakes and the body twisted so now the doors don't close all the way :shake Also rear sway mount were rusted off of the car!

Any-who so today I pick up a rolling chassis for $60 front mounts look fantastic, minor rocker rust little on the doors. Heres the kicker it's a 5 spd car and a 96, however no trans hoods in the back seat engine sitting on the back seat crank, cam, distributor, and fried mains laying on the floor. Well for a $60 roller I can live with it lol.

So part of Sunday and Monday will be figuring out what needs to be done to the rolling chassis and I have to take the cooling fan out of the 96 to put in the 95.

I will put up some pics by Monday I hope :rocker
Edited by Barton, May 29 2010, 12:39 PM.
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Coche Blanco
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You put 5k into a Metro, and it wasn't engine swapped or turboed? wow
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GeoStalker
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"Chicks dig me and guys think I'm cool."

$5000 dollars or 5000 miles?
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Coche Blanco
May 29 2010, 01:45 PM
You put 5k into a Metro, and it wasn't engine swapped or turboed? wow
Coche Blanco,

I think he was saying that he has put on 5K in "mileage" since getting the car.
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Coche Blanco
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I was thinking the same thing but the phrase "put about 5K or so in it" confused me.

Anyway, glad you got a 2nd Geo.
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Barton
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Lol yeah typo 5,000 miles sorry.
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Here she is in all of her glory
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Barton
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A little update I got the head off of the engine and took the valves out and started to get thing in line but found some bad things. A burnt valve to start with, the egr was really plugged I had to drill it out of the head and ran a reamer through it.
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I got the head cleaned up pretty good I'm going to get it resurfaced it's got so pretty good pitting on it.
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And the usual rust :(

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So I started to weld things up.
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I was on a role welding with my new welder and then I ran out of wire :shake The under coating was doing a good job of hiding the rust the more I wire brushed the more it upset me lol
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