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| yiffzer | Jan 31 2016, 06:33 PM Post #1 |
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Forgot His Manpurse
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I wanted to give a big thanks to every single poster here -- those who ask the questions and those who provide the answers. Those long time regulars who provide help are truly indispensable in getting my friend's Geo Metro back on the road. A friend of mine desperately needed a working car as he had no transportation. But he also had a very tight budget ($1,000 or less). He had long time admired how I kept my Geo Metro for a long time as a daily driver. I went on the search to help him out and I managed to find a 1994 Geo Metro automatic 1.0L hatchback with 109,000 miles that had all sorts of issues but looked immaculate on the exterior body: 1) Tiny hole in frame horn. 2) Paint bubbles on bottom of passenger door. 3) Rusted floorboard and hole on driver's side. 4) Rusted floorboard and tiny hole on passenger's side. Bottom exterior has rusted out rocker panel. 5) Internal of engine has some history of burnt carbon. 6) Check engine light. 7) Flat tire on front passenger side. 8) Stained seats. 9) Missing driver's side door handles (they use a string to open the door, lol). 10) It sat for 1 year without any maintenance so this car will require a full tune up. 11) It runs well but it would die in D or R. Vibrates at low RPM. At high RPM, no issue. 12) Car vibrates excessively. We managed to negotiate as much as we could down to $380 and took it home (barely). We were able to source a free tire to replace the flat tire, do a string alignment to get it as straight as possible, clean out the EGR system, replaced the PCV valve, did all the common tune up steps including new spark plugs, distributor, wires, Mobil1 and Purolator oil change, Seafoam treatment, air cleaner filter, re-circuit the IAT with some soldering, replaced the Denso EGR modulator (it literally blew up!), cleaned all grounds, got rid of the CEL (silly IAT connector was disconnected), sanded down rust spots, soda blasted cleaned the engine compartment, added internal frame saver (thank you Eastwood), some anti-rust paint in all frame horn spots (thank you Eastwood again!). So roughly some 5-6 hours later, we ended up with a perfectly running car with no CEL for some $100 and some change! Things we'll definitely need to do is replace the shocks, maybe add a front sway bar, replace engine mount if that's bad, replace exhaust hangers, fix that missing door handle (!!!), replace rear hatch struts, change automatic transmission fluid, weld the floorboard, and all that good stuff. But all in all, what an unbelievable bargan. A $500 car that gets you from A to B and runs so well! And this was my first time test driving a 1.0L automatic Geo Metro and I'm actually pleased with the engine's performance! It did return with compression results of 175, 180, 185 dry so that's reasonable. But truly, I wanted to give you guys a big thumbs up, big thanks, big hugs for providing all the great knowledge. It was helpful in educating me over the years. I know I don't post much but I do read a lot. All the best, Jeffrey Edited by yiffzer, Jan 31 2016, 06:33 PM.
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| pdqrunner | Jan 31 2016, 06:52 PM Post #2 |
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I have an after market right side outside door handle if you want it. (just shipping) |
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| Car Nut | Jan 31 2016, 07:03 PM Post #3 |
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Thanks for the thanks. I'm sure everyone appreciates it. Been wondering where you've been hiding. We seem to have lost a lot of the old regulars. |
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| 92blumetro | Feb 1 2016, 08:57 AM Post #4 |
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jack of all trades, master of two
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the ''dog-bone'' mount always fails on the automatics- I went thru 3 of them rather quickly, the last one I filled with polyurethane windshield glue, has been holding up for the last 2 years. I am rather surprised how peppy a 1.0 auto is |
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| yiffzer | Feb 1 2016, 10:29 AM Post #5 |
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Forgot His Manpurse
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I'll pass it along to my buddy -- I think he does have a working handle, but not the interior handle -- that thing broke like hell. ![]() Real life takes over whenever we aren't fixing our Geo Metros. In my case, I had been driving it daily but didn't really have to fix anything... until now. I have a lot of work to do on my 1992 Blue Jay. So many problems! 92bluemetro, so much thanks! I just looked up how to do it and it sounds pretty damn easy! I'll pass this along to him. I'm totally going to do it for all of my mounts as well. |
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| Murf 59 | Feb 1 2016, 11:06 AM Post #6 |
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Good to see you here again Yiffzer. Make sure your friend joins up. |
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| 92blumetro | Feb 1 2016, 07:02 PM Post #7 |
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jack of all trades, master of two
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don't fill all the mounts on a auto car- it will transmit HORRIBLE vibrations thru the car, when in gear at idle! |
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