My car died today

[StageLeft]

LOL you really do have an engine in your closet

 

[Carrot44]

Originally posted by: Eli
Cool. That means it's not really dead yet.

I bet it has another 20,000 miles in it.

Yea the problem turned out to be the ignighter about 385 at toyota or 6 at a junk yard hummmmmmm decisions decisions

Actually the engine is dead I just finished pulling the valve train out of it and will pull the head tomorrow then I will finish putting the other engine together with the extra parts. The installed engine has a striped plug hole and a bad #4 cylinder and won't pass emissioins. Just got to love emissions :roll:

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
pours some engine oil on the ground.....for your car thats now gone....

I got a good chuckle out of that.

 

[p1800volvo]

How about this link...

http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/2002/20020322/interview2.shtml

Volvo has the title, and it will be a long time for anybody to beat it!

"For retired science teacher Irv Gordon, driving is an obsession. This Wednesday, March 27, Irv will drive his shiny red 1966 Volvo P1800 into New York's Times Square, as the odometer hits 2 million miles -- a world record. Irv is still driving with the original engine and transmission. How does he keep a car going for 2 million miles? Irv recommends changing your oil every 3,000 miles. His Volvo P1800 has had 667 oil changes, 400 spark plugs, 6,400 fill-ups at the gas station, 80 tires and -- get this -- he's only received two parking tickets."

 

[Carrot44]

This will probably be my last post on the forums. But I took the head off today and it looked great for as old as it is. Probably was another 100k on it. Oh well now off to putting in the new engine If I can ever get the exhaust pipes out. Stuck bolts (

 

[klah]

pics

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: p1800volvo
How about this link...

http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/2002/20020322/interview2.shtml

Volvo has the title, and it will be a long time for anybody to beat it!

"For retired science teacher Irv Gordon, driving is an obsession. This Wednesday, March 27, Irv will drive his shiny red 1966 Volvo P1800 into New York's Times Square, as the odometer hits 2 million miles -- a world record. Irv is still driving with the original engine and transmission. How does he keep a car going for 2 million miles? Irv recommends changing your oil every 3,000 miles. His Volvo P1800 has had 667 oil changes, 400 spark plugs, 6,400 fill-ups at the gas station, 80 tires and -- get this -- he's only received two parking tickets."

Good god, that carcould have went around the world 80+ times. Well besides the whole water thing.