OldCarNewTricks
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- Oct 23, 2016
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- Oregon
Hello,
Here's my "finally" project thread. I decided after much thought to keep my 242 and truck and enjoy them separately instead of trading both in for a wagon.
The story with my 242 is that I bought it back in 2016, and it was my first project car. The PO taught me little bits like brake service, and even allowed me to ruin the car by painting it flat black in his shop! He had owned this car for a good long time, and during his ownership, someone rammed into the side of the passenger quarter panel while he was parked. After owning it for awhile, I had an accident in my apartment parking lot where my accelerator got stuck and I rammed into a chain link fence. Little damage happened, but after that I decided to get a different vehicle. My friend used it for some time, but it spent most of the next few years sitting, until I purchased it back earlier this year.
It wasn't running when I bought it, and I had to do several hours of troubleshooting which eventually led me to opening up the ECM case and finding that the resistor that powers the injectors was shattered. There was also moisture in the case, which was likely what caused something to happen to that resistor. I drove it home from the field where it sat, and it is now sitting in my garage.
During my friend's ownership, he "gave" the car to his sister's boyfriend. During that guy's ownership, he was having issues with the transmission slipping. (AW71) He ran trans fix in it, as well as trying a filter change, etc. The actual issue is that it was leaking atf, and instead of repairing the leakage properly, the "fixes" he attempted only made it worse. I ended up pulling out the engine, replacing most of the seals and gaskets, and I also replaced the AW71 with an AW70. The M cam was swapped for an A cam, with an adjustable STS pulley advanced +4 degrees. The engine and trans are now working well.
I haven't driven it much at all since I did all that. The front wheel bearings have an incredible amount of play, and the brakes need serviced on all four corners.
<blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/lMOFAKj" ><a href="//imgur.com/a/lMOFAKj">242 Paint</a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Here's my "finally" project thread. I decided after much thought to keep my 242 and truck and enjoy them separately instead of trading both in for a wagon.
The story with my 242 is that I bought it back in 2016, and it was my first project car. The PO taught me little bits like brake service, and even allowed me to ruin the car by painting it flat black in his shop! He had owned this car for a good long time, and during his ownership, someone rammed into the side of the passenger quarter panel while he was parked. After owning it for awhile, I had an accident in my apartment parking lot where my accelerator got stuck and I rammed into a chain link fence. Little damage happened, but after that I decided to get a different vehicle. My friend used it for some time, but it spent most of the next few years sitting, until I purchased it back earlier this year.
It wasn't running when I bought it, and I had to do several hours of troubleshooting which eventually led me to opening up the ECM case and finding that the resistor that powers the injectors was shattered. There was also moisture in the case, which was likely what caused something to happen to that resistor. I drove it home from the field where it sat, and it is now sitting in my garage.
During my friend's ownership, he "gave" the car to his sister's boyfriend. During that guy's ownership, he was having issues with the transmission slipping. (AW71) He ran trans fix in it, as well as trying a filter change, etc. The actual issue is that it was leaking atf, and instead of repairing the leakage properly, the "fixes" he attempted only made it worse. I ended up pulling out the engine, replacing most of the seals and gaskets, and I also replaced the AW71 with an AW70. The M cam was swapped for an A cam, with an adjustable STS pulley advanced +4 degrees. The engine and trans are now working well.
I haven't driven it much at all since I did all that. The front wheel bearings have an incredible amount of play, and the brakes need serviced on all four corners.
<blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/lMOFAKj" ><a href="//imgur.com/a/lMOFAKj">242 Paint</a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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