DR. P. Proteus
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Need I say more? Picked up my fourth for 2k. Its well worn with 300k. It needs a few things, mostly normal stuff. Valve cover gaskets were leaking for some time. The engine is clean in this pic. I had taken the belt off to clean it, it was so nasty I have to keep mentioning it.
Also checked the T belt which seems fine although everything else was covered in oil, sludge and fibers from an old T-Belt. It was a nasty mess and I think it all came from the VC gaskets. It was hell to clean everything but its done and it doesn't seem like anything else is leaking. I was scraping crude out of the upper intake must have been inches thick. I had been pouring Seafoam down the intake then spinning the motor then letting it sit as well as the outside of the engine. For a month it soaked both inside and out. Runs like a mother****ing top now.
Aside from that, which was the only really big thing, I found the rust. I had checked the frame and suspect areas before I bought it but hidden under years of undercoat I found it.
It started when the master cylinder for the clutch started leaking, and it leaked for a long time. It dripped down, soaking body parts on the firewall down to the floorboard. Nothing structural, it can be fixed, I was ready for it. You can see the clutch MC in the pic and get an idea of what happened. But other than that it very solid... well except for the expanda foam in the exterior body panels.
I am going to look around for a little car body I can put on the chassis. How about an Opel?
Also checked the T belt which seems fine although everything else was covered in oil, sludge and fibers from an old T-Belt. It was a nasty mess and I think it all came from the VC gaskets. It was hell to clean everything but its done and it doesn't seem like anything else is leaking. I was scraping crude out of the upper intake must have been inches thick. I had been pouring Seafoam down the intake then spinning the motor then letting it sit as well as the outside of the engine. For a month it soaked both inside and out. Runs like a mother****ing top now.
Aside from that, which was the only really big thing, I found the rust. I had checked the frame and suspect areas before I bought it but hidden under years of undercoat I found it.
It started when the master cylinder for the clutch started leaking, and it leaked for a long time. It dripped down, soaking body parts on the firewall down to the floorboard. Nothing structural, it can be fixed, I was ready for it. You can see the clutch MC in the pic and get an idea of what happened. But other than that it very solid... well except for the expanda foam in the exterior body panels.
I am going to look around for a little car body I can put on the chassis. How about an Opel?
