Well I have a new project now. I couldn't resist when I saw the ad in craigslist. It was kind of a selfish motive-- since I wanted to get a hold of a turbo motor to have for my car later--, but I e-mailed the ad to my daughter at I.U. and asked her if she would drive something like this. I didn't know if a 19 year old would want to be seen in a car like this , but it was a nice 20 footer and it was an automatic with AC. She responded, "are you kidding me", like I was getting her a Ferrari:) It had some issues, but the car only had 90K miles on it. We took it for a drive and it it felt solid, but ran like s#*t. The kid told me that the Nissan dealer said it was the AFM, but he wasn't putting anymore money into it because he was going to college. He said he was probably going to cry when the car left because he loved the looks he got in his black t-tops.
Well I took the car home and the "project" has started. I need to get this car going and reliable in the next 2 months.
The good parts are:
New tires and nearly perfect snowflake rims
Low mileage clean not rusty eng comp.
Interior not tore up too badly-normal wear.
valve cover off -Solid Lifters-cam looks beautiful
Rust on body is managable
The Bad
The engine ran like s#*t
Bad afm 200$
Bad oil leak somewhere-I believe it was the oil pressure switch-35$
Water pump bad-the kid was close to a break down-that pump was shot
Rubber brake lines toast
Right caliper sticking-even though it's new
T-tops leaking
Rust in bad places-windshield-YUK
Frame rails beat to hell
Prior body work from collision done by hacks
There's more but I need to go. I only hope to make a reliable daily driver for my daughter that looks cool. I gave her a run down 95 Mercury Sable in HS, and I am trying to make up for that, because I am so proud of her. I'll post some more pics later