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I did it!
Topic Started: Jul 12 2017, 08:41 PM (291 Views)
dmcdd
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I'm proud of me, and I I wanna brag. The Mighty Marshmallow is back on the road. I got reported in Colorado as a smoking vehicle. I lost second gear. Then to top it all off, I lost one of my three cylinders on the way to work. I was trying to nurse it along until a vacation, but it decided I needed to do the work earlier than that.

I pulled the engine. I rebuilt the bottom. I bought a rebuilt head. I bought a transmission to get a new second gear (and kept the old one for the next rebuild). I got it all back together, wired, plumbed, vacuumed, and bolted.

It runs again. I'm back on the road, with 130lbs compression on each cylinder. Oh, wait? that compression sucks? I'm at 8000 feet during a low pressure system.. It's not that bad at all, there's just no air up here to compress. I change altitude by 3000 feet on my daily commute, so this little Geo has to earn it's octane.

I did it. I got it back on the road, and I'm proud. :rocker :drivin :banana

BTW, it's thanks to the tech heads on this forum that I was able to do it. You all are an awesome group, and I appreciate all the how to threads.
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Turbo Dan-O
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AWESOME!!!!!!!! :rocker
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Mythstae
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Good job! :thumb
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evmetro


Woo hoo! I don't have much time for the forum these days, but this is one of the things I come here for...
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:thumb
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Johnny Mullet
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Awesome!
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Murf 59
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Cool pics or it did not happen???
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idmetro
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Congrats! Feels awfully good when you turn the key and she comes to life; doesn't it?
Edited by idmetro, Jul 13 2017, 11:38 AM.
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dmcdd
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idmetro
Jul 13 2017, 11:38 AM
Congrats! Feels awfully good when you turn the key and she comes to life; doesn't it?
Yeah, and better yet when you get the timing belt on the right tooth the second time you start it.
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dmcdd
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Murf 59
Jul 13 2017, 07:50 AM
Cool pics or it did not happen???
So how the heck do I take a picture of a running car? It'd be all blurry :P
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