Help! Reply #15 – August 25, 2010, 10:21:17 PM This just gets crazier.Fished out piece of what looks to be a Piston Ring from the oil pan w/ a magnet.And i still cant get the oil pan off!!! a bolt is starting to round on the tranny to engine. >.<I can hear more stuff clanking around in the pan, and when i hand cranked the engine one of the times while the oil was drained~I heard something drop into it. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #16 – August 25, 2010, 11:11:47 PM fished out another nearly full piston ring...*Update:Holy shnikeys!I just fished a big chunk of a piston from the pan!!!Anyone wanna buy an Aerostar? LoL. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #17 – August 26, 2010, 12:15:58 AM Quote from: Romeo2k;333507fished out another nearly full piston ring...*Update:Holy shnikeys!I just fished a big chunk of a piston from the pan!!!Anyone wanna buy an Aerostar? LoL.....I might decide to pass on that one....! :)Sorry to hear it's toast, good luck on finding a new vehicle.P.S. Pics or it didn't happen! Quote Selected
Help! Reply #18 – August 26, 2010, 12:36:17 AM rofl,I didnt take any but i didnt put anything back together either~I'll snap some tomorrow.Real problem is, Like i said, This WAS our only road worthy vehicle of the moment.T-Bird aint gonna happen anytime soon (Engine is all apart).Volvo is the only other vehicle on the property.It was put out a couple years ago from a front end collision, I've been slowly working on it~I think i can get it worthy in the few days but we still need another vehicle. (which we cant afford) Quote Selected
Help! Reply #19 – August 26, 2010, 12:50:52 AM im a little late, but the engine is an interferance motor so im assuming you crashed a valve to. this is prob what started it all. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #20 – August 26, 2010, 02:24:00 AM :hick:Thanks though guys! At Least i learned stuff from all this i suppose~But shes a goner, To us at least. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #21 – August 26, 2010, 01:42:44 PM She may already be sold, That was quicker than expected.Got an offer of $300 today, We only payed about $400 at an auction a couple years ago. :mullet: Quote Selected
Help! Reply #22 – August 26, 2010, 08:09:14 PM Sweet! I actually sold a 94 T-bird like that, she was all ragged out, but I posted for $400 and had an offer of $350 by some parts yard the next day. I figured I would end up selling it for s price! Quote Selected
Help! Reply #23 – August 28, 2010, 03:28:05 PM WooHoo!Guy came by today, Towed her away and left behind 3 crisp $100 dollar bills. :hick:Got to keep the good wheels and tires, new starter we purchased for it and dist module i took of the T-Bird also.Sounds like he is gonna try and fix it too. :eek:That oughta be a pain to do, He would have to pull put the engine and like the whole front end.I cleaned up the Volvo and fixed a few things, She is running great now. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #24 – August 31, 2010, 05:00:10 PM We have a chance at an immaculate '94 AWD Astro Van for $250 that just needs a head gasket...Would this be a good or bad idea? Quote Selected
Help! Reply #25 – August 31, 2010, 05:24:52 PM Quote from: Romeo2k;334272We have a chance at an immaculate '94 AWD Astro Van for $250 that just needs a head gasket...Would this be a good or bad idea?Good idea. Buy it,fix it,flip it for a big profit,then invest in the Fox. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #26 – September 01, 2010, 01:47:59 AM Think they need a family hauler... For 250 and needing a HG, you can';t go wrong. You can sell the trans and whatnot for that, at least. Quote Selected
Help! Reply #27 – September 01, 2010, 10:32:54 PM Well we just heading out to pick it up, When the seller tells us to hold out for an hour or 2~And check out the local news...Turns out there is a 5 Mile backup and the freeway we would be taking is closed due to some jerk wrecking then shooting at police and running. Here is the pics the seller provided to tide you guys over ;-)http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/dNoMore/1994%20Chevy%20Astro/ Quote Selected
Help! Reply #28 – September 01, 2010, 11:01:29 PM that looks clean! I don't much like doing head gaskets, but that seems like a pretty good deal. How many miles on that sucker? Is the trans verified as working? Quote Selected
Help! Reply #29 – September 02, 2010, 03:47:49 AM She's home!Auto trans shifts so smooth.Has a nearly full tank of gas. :hick:Tires look almost new.Brakes very nice.I can definitely hear a compression leak around 50mph coming from the pass side, And there is some low end weakness sometimes.White smoke like a chimney at first startup and at idle.Even despite all that (Head Gasket) She hauls Ass for a 200hp 4.3L V6.Turns out shes got just under 240k miles, But you wouldnt know that looking at her. (I sure didnt)The bad:HG's of course.Needs a good wash, Has weird caked on dirt in crevices.Has a fracture/crack down the pass side windshield.Needs battery, 2 Cells nearly didn't have any liquid in them... Needs new dash lights.Needs a radio, Had an after market installed and is missing.Needs tabs.That's about it that i noticed tonight on the negative side of things. Quote Selected
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