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| Rolling Restoration; My attempt to restore a free car to nice condition while working in it daily. | |
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| MattWY | Oct 19 2015, 02:28 PM Post #1 |
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I've had my car for a little over two months at this point and have done nothing to improve it, just kept it running as it spits out a quart of oil a week. Due to past vehicle difficulties in conjunction with a job where it's very important, I just didn't have the psychological capacity to work on it until I thought of it as a project. Working on it so I could get to work meant that it was a part of my job and I wasn't getting paid for that. Now I can treat it like a hobby/challenge and I'm mentally up for it. We'll see if I'm technically up for it. Here are some starting pictures. Edited by MattWY, Oct 19 2015, 07:41 PM.
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| MattWY | Oct 19 2015, 02:34 PM Post #2 |
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Yesterday, I added three quarts of oil replaced a vacuum hose, tightened down the head gasket cover, and gave the engine compartment a preliminary cleaning.Next step is replacing all the fluids and evaluating if anything has to be done during the coming winter. I hope to do that at once, but I may have to go piece by piece. Edited by MattWY, Oct 19 2015, 07:42 PM.
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| evmetro | Oct 19 2015, 02:37 PM Post #3 |
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Hope it goes well. Can you post some pics? |
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| Metromightymouse | Oct 19 2015, 03:12 PM Post #4 |
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3 quarts would be basically empty. |
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| MattWY | Oct 19 2015, 03:19 PM Post #5 |
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That was pretty much my thought. After realizing how quickly it was leaking, I just started putting in a quart a week without checking. Apparently the loss was slightly higher and I lost the additional two quarts with out realizing it over the past six weeks. |
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| MattWY | Oct 19 2015, 03:20 PM Post #6 |
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I've got them all up there, they just don't post as images for some reason. Just says 'Posted Image'. But if you right click that and select 'View Image' it will take you to the picture alone from my Google Photos account. |
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| Stubby79 | Oct 19 2015, 04:15 PM Post #7 |
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Only if you sign in with a Google account, and I'm not sure if they'd work for accounts other then your own to boot. Does google not have a "public" link you can use to attach photos? Edit: Yeah, no...even signed in, the links don't work. Edited by Stubby79, Oct 19 2015, 04:19 PM.
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| evmetro | Oct 19 2015, 05:05 PM Post #8 |
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Here is the sticky thread from the Pictures section of the forum http://geometroforum.com/topic/629098/1/?x=90 |
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| MattWY | Oct 19 2015, 07:32 PM Post #9 |
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I thought that I had the album open for public viewing. I'll look into it, or get a photobucket account if I can't make it work. Fixed. Edited by MattWY, Oct 19 2015, 07:42 PM.
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| ZXTjato | Oct 20 2015, 12:26 PM Post #10 |
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i love blue 4 door cars, shes rough. and whats up with that steering wheel, looks like a mix up mash up wheel from 2 genres. but it has the metro logo hope you can make some good progress because this car is justlike my blue car and i love it
Edited by ZXTjato, Oct 20 2015, 12:27 PM.
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| MetroSport | Oct 20 2015, 01:27 PM Post #11 |
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It appears that the car is a lsi so that would be a lsi steering wheel. |
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| ZXTjato | Oct 20 2015, 06:25 PM Post #12 |
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didn't see until I got home but this 4 door has a tac and some other fancy trims, was this factory or did the PO have some knowledge in the geo market pretty cool. this car needs a lot of love and I would adopt it in no time I just love blue 4 doors
Edited by ZXTjato, Oct 20 2015, 06:27 PM.
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| MattWY | Oct 23 2015, 02:33 PM Post #13 |
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Just threw in some Seafoam and replaced another vacuum line (I'm just sort of randomly finding them split). Tomorrow I drain all fluids and replace (with some stop leak in the oil). Lost about a third of a quart since last post. |
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replaced a vacuum hose, tightened down the head gasket cover, and gave the engine compartment a preliminary cleaning.


hope you can make some good progress because this car is justlike my blue car and i love it
was this factory or did the PO have some knowledge in the geo market pretty cool. this car needs a lot of love and I would adopt it in no time
I just love blue 4 doors
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