bad car-ma

[gacyota]

I did not have a good week last week. Friday morning i was on the way to work, heading down the highway at 60mph, and the engine on my Honda went BOOM! Threw a rod on I-75. So I borrow my mother-in-law's Intrepid that she's trying to get rid of, and the alternator goes out. :cry: Later that evening my wife wanted me to go to the store to pick something up and I told her NO! I am not destroying anymore vehicles today.
The alternator is fixed on the Intrepid and I have an engine for the Honda. Hopefully I can get the Civic back on the road quickly

[re-tired]

I was wondering where my little black cloud had floated off to . you can keep it. :shock:

[gacyota]

[smilie=pdt_bur2.gif] Still here - the intrepid tried to overheat on me today :evil: :evil:

[gacyota]

I'm doing the engine swap on the Civic this weekend. I bought a junkyard Civic for $150. When I pull the engine out of the junkyard car, I will replace the following: Water pump, Timing belt and tensioners, valve cover gasket, spark plug tube seals, both radiator hoses and belts, cap, rotor, wires, plugs, PCV valve, thermostat and gasket, clutch and flywheel ($235 in parts) Anything I'm missing?

[way2old]

BEER AND BOURBON :twisted:

[gacyota]

There will be plenty of beer on hand, I was talkin about for the car though :lol: :lol: :lol:

[driver540]

GOT RICE ?

[gacyota]

I almost forgot about the rice!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Here are the 2 cars together

I thought it would be great if I could just get a magic wand and swap the powertrains in a matter of seconds.

Unfortunately her magic wand was "out of pixie dust or something"

[gacyota]

The Honda is running again. I will take pics of the old block and post them, it blew a hole straight through the block.

[gacyota]

Took her delivering pizzas for the first time since the engine swap. She did GREAT!!! I can definately tell the old engine was on its last leg when I got compared to how this one runs! :lol: :lol:

[chief]

Mr. Gacyota, how do you pronounce that anyway? i always wonder that . i know about bad carma man! seems like one thing after the other, if we all had thousands of dollars to spend and purchase new vehicles we probably wouldn't deal with it. but then you wouldnt get a chance to use tools either :cry: because we would just take it to the shop for the problems. Thats all nice but where's the fun in that? . I would much rather keep the spice in my life . i love greasy hands, the smell of oil, sludge, WD-40, anti-freeze, gas[ if its the right kind :lol: ], and the occasional fix all " Duct-Tape", cant be a handy man without it! :wink: .
I envy you to be takin your youngster out, I cant wait to be able to do that, He's only a little over 3 MOS. he came to us just a few days before my father passed. When the family looks at him we can see where the void has filled.

Good luck, Chief

[gacyota]

You can pronounce it any way you want. I pronounce it gack - yo - tu. It's actually an achronym for Go Ahead Caller You're On The Air (from back in my radio days)

[way2old]

Hey chief. It is pronunced BUCKEYE!!!!! [smilie=pdt_crazy.gif] [smilie=pdt_ho.gif] [smilie=pdt_ura1.gif]