The Dude Abides

I need help not jokes funnyman.

So because guido is down, bills are due and the truck drank so much fuel i resorted to drastic measures. Sold the truck, paid off some bills and saved some money asside for guidos repair bill. So what now, well i had to get something to get me to work, bus doesnt run at 1 in the morning. Friend of mine had this thing. 1992 Buick Lesabre with 3800 motor. To say this thing is a turd is an understatement. Ive just began sorting through the cheep problems. 1st off it had no brakes because its been sitting for a few years, was covered in tree sap and leaves. Inside was grungy, cd player had a cd stuck in it, no door or trunk key, only 1 working window. So first thing we do is take it over to my buddy rons house and work in the brakes. After replaceing a master cylinder which was so rusted on i thought that was gonna be it right there we start pumping up the brakes and bleeding them when pow a brake line up front ruptures. Teriffic so another parts store run and 2 hours latter due to rusty connections thats back on but all the air went to the back now so forget it well mess with it another day. Im looking this thing over all weekend to try and see why it has such a bad miss hopeing its not the expensive coil pack. Started notice coolant leaking only to discover the rad has a pinhole crack on the side of it. Teriffic, and i took off a plug wire only to realize i only needed to remove 1 to see the problem. There is enough carbon on the plug end to stop a lightning strike from going through, and the plugs look like they were on there since cliniton was in office. All in all the only good thing about this thing is that it does have working a/c and despite all the problems it still does run and drive somewhat so it can atleast get me to work. Heres a photo of it after a much needed bath, and believe me this picture makes it look alot better then it is.

I dont know whats broke, but its definately broke.

Good luck on your project, its def not as bad as others ive seen.

Sold the truck today, so now i just wait to find out what dennis says is wrong with my turd.

Probally want to coat the inside and outside of your wheels as well. Nothing like getting a nice 5lb pound wheel weight driveing down the highway.

They wont let you take a saqzal in the junkyard. That sucks

sold it, nice.

Only because i cant find a legacy around me cheep enough. I dont necessarly like white but that seems to be what the color is. If its rusty like it looks ill pass, i dont want to deal with rust anymore. Especially if im buying it out of town.

My brother is going to go look at this for me. http://denver.craigslist.org/ctd/2385173643.html

Woa Woa Woa, it aint THAT kinda farm.

Come down and find out.

I should of listened better because 20 bucks got me 5 gallons of gas and i dont think that will last me 4 days.

What do you guys use to restore the black on moldings and bumpers.

On a side note, my wifes brakes in our van failed last night. And i didnt want to ruin the new rotors i put on a few years ago so i worked on it right in the parking lot. I got ***************ed at and i was like, im not leaving any fluids on the ground, im trying to save what good parts are on this and it wont take long. Including the mixup with the parts store it took me an hour to do one side. Yea i dont know why they *************** so much but they do. My subaru is registered with the front office so they know about it, they just dont like it when vehicles dont move or you cant prove they move. There real hardasses here because of all the lowlifes that live here.

Na i wont junk it unless it breaks in half. And it took me a while to get that lift and those pugs so yea i would't do that. That car would be stripped of any usefull part then sent packing. I had a local member pick it up and take it out to his farm so he can look at it. He has alot more time and experience with these then i do. Plus he has like 3 parts cars so he can try used parts on it to see if he can track down the culprit. No, i didnt junk it but i do still miss it

Not that you need this, but just a sawzall and a junkyard car you could cut up a new front end off and have someone weld in a new one.

I miss my subaru

Front or back. Either way there are a couple good writeups on here when others have done it. Its not super easy the 1st time you do it but it can be done. Use the search function and look up wheel bearing. You should find lots of results.

Bye Bye Guido.

Its just getting beyond me, it will be happier in its new home.

"This is beyond my skill to heal. He needs Elvish medicine."

Complex manager came out today. Basically told me to move it or lose it. At least i can jocky it around the lot to different spaces.

Ok checked power to the fuel pump today. There is no power going to the fuel pump. Multimeter to 20dc grounded negative to the body and positive to the power supply on the pump. Nada, whats next.

http://www.sjrlift.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=161&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=100054 Im not a rep for SJR but these guys make alreadymade 6 lug hubs. You just swap them out. On a side note i put hugs instead of hubs the 1st time and just thought it was funny.