I've been a bit of a lurker over the past year and a half of ownership, so I figured I would introduce Lizzy to the forum for those interested.
So it begins, I have a Suburban that's draining my wallet on gas, and a Crx that refuses to run. It's time for a gas-saving, reliable, classic, Japanese car from the 80s/90s that has pop-up headlights.
Stroll in a Craigslist listing offering Lizzy up for 600$
Super clean, never been in a wreck, 378K on the dash, original motor.
It had sat for 2 years before it was listed for sale.
The original owner was a lawyer here in town, and daily drove the thing for years, taking religious care of his engine.
There's dealer papers in the trunk showing maintenance schedules, all the way back to 88 when he bought it off of the showroom floor.
He loved the thing and didn't want to get rid of it when the coolant fan switch didn't kick on and he overheated the engine..
After it sitting in his driveway, his wife essentially said to fix it or get rid of it, and we all know what route he chose. (He now drives a super nice, modern-day Porsche GT3 btw.)
So in comes me. Negotiated him down to 450$ with the promise of restoring his baby and letting him see it again someday.
I could tell right away from the cracked radiator, and lack of compression that this thing had a bad head gasket. With the miles it had on it though, I decided to just pull the whole motor and give it a rebuild.
This is when a "bad head gasket" turned into a huge ordeal.
There was a little bit more damage than I thought...
Part 1 of idk
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