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The Red Baron; Restoration of a 1993 Geo Metro XFi
Topic Started: Feb 8 2013, 05:45 PM (19,101 Views)
nwgeo


Clean baby clean--- Thanks for the hard work and sharing the progress.
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Hydrojim
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It's a hot day here in Tennessee! The back end of the car is on the ground. My dad should be in tonight so he can help me with the engine rebuild over the weekend. Hopefully I can get this car running as good as it looks!
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Got my dashboard back in. I didn't put everything totally back together incase something isn't right. So I'll check that out once I get the engine and battery back in.

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I replaced the lower end gaskets with a felpro set and used evergreen for the head gasket kit. So hopefully nothing leaks or blows.

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Put all new non-stainless valves in with new valve seals. I rebuilt all hydraulic lifters but did not replace the valve guides.

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In the lower end I cleaned the oil pump but that was it. I'm sure I'll have to go back in when I get some more money saved up.

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I installed a bunch of stainless hardware, a new flywheel and clutch kit. I replaced all the normal stuff you would associate with a tune up also.

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I got a few more components to install and then she'll be good to go. Not bad for my first engine rebuild ever. Hopefully it lasts me for a little while
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Coche Blanco
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How on Earth did you miss the dozens upon dozens of failure stories of Evergreen headgaskets on this forum?
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Memphis metro


Felpro headgasket for the win. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones. ;)
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I'm feeling lucky ;)

But really I ordered this off eBay because I was in a pinch and I had no idea what was coming. Ended up being evergreen. Hopefully it can get me by for now.
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Plan on replacing it. (it should hold you on the way home though)
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Memphis metro


If the head is properly torqued down, it will probably be fine. I suspect many failures are due to inproper torqueing of head bolts.
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Aug 11 2013, 09:51 AM
If the head is properly torqued down, it will probably be fine. I suspect many failures are due to inproper torqueing of head bolts.
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I torqued the head bolts to 54 ft lbs and used the torque pattern found in the factory service manual. I used geo glenn's reusable headbolts so those should be pretty high quality as far as being even with how much they stretch. Or don't stretch :thumb

Good news is today I got the engine into the vehicle. Not everything is hooked up but the mounts are all bolted up. I scratched my engine bay paint pretty good :'( my geo has been in a front end collision on the driver's side so the transmission mount bolt hole was off by about a quarter of an inch so I had to push pretty hard to get it in there. But I got it in there and I'm on my way :drivin

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She looks good. I'm thinking I should have thrown some silver paint on the engine but I don't like when it starts chipping off so this should be good.

I can't want to get it going.
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Might want to rethink that cork oil pan gasket too.
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I've read no gasket on 96 and up and to use a gasket on 95 and down. I think this is because of the crank position sensor.
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Hydrojim
Aug 14 2013, 05:59 AM
I've read no gasket on 96 and up and to use a gasket on 95 and down. I think this is because of the crank position sensor.
No gasket on 96+, and it doesn't matter on 95 and down.
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hey man just want to say keep up the good work, this should be awesome when completed
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Bleeding the brakes as I write this. I'm almost ready for my first test drive! I'm experiencing a high idle in the engine so I'll have to figure that out.
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