I love my car!

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm

Well I went for a drive yesterday ~150mi because a bunch of shit has been going on recently, when I'm heading back through the last town, I start to smell antifreeze, don't think anything of it because I know that I keep it a little overfull just in case, then I start to smell ATF and I get worried. I'm not too far from home so I decide to just baby it home. So I'm heading up this hill and get stuck at a red light. Light turns green and It revs to 3k before it finally catches and chirps the tires and takes off. Well I get stopped in a school parking lot, shut her down and look behind me and see a trail of fluid from where I went. I pop the hood and see antifreeze all down the firewall. I think I blew the head gasket at this point. Then I start the car back up and check the tranny fluid and its empty. I think great, my sealant from when I serviced the trans last week is screwed now too.

Turns out the radiator blew and my motor is now full of ATF. I got most of it out tonight guess I'll finish it up tomorrow. I got a new radiator to throw in tomorrow. Shelia and I will be terrorizing the streets in no time!

Sorry for the wall of text I just need to vent.

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:45 pm

Hopefully, everything will be ok! What did your temp gage read?
Losing all your trans fluid can't be good for the trans, either...

PioneerUrban · Post by **PioneerUrban** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:02 pm

Damn sorry to hear that! Hopefully you'll have her up and running in no time!

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:11 pm

Temp gauge didn't read any different so that's weird. I got her all cleaned out with some hot water and a pressure washer. She would have been running to day, but one of the ends for the trans cooler was messed up with threads missing halfway down and I couldn't get it started.

I have to wait until Tuesday to get a new one. And if the trans is bad I'll be getting a loan and buying a wrecked RT with a good motor trans and suspension for $650 and swapping the tranny in and shaving the head and decking the block and building that from there. We used to run a used car dealer and we got a lot of parts from them. Other than the time aspect and loss of work I wouldn't mind if the trans is shot.

03_SXT · Post by **03_SXT** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:23 am

I had the same problem about 3 weeks ago... Replaced the radiator, thermostat, some seals, and flush the trans/coolant. Car works perfectly fine again!

~Amit

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:02 am

Damn. I love my car, too.

Maddog · Post by **Maddog** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:13 am

aperson wrote: And if the trans is bad I'll be getting a loan and buying a wrecked RT with a good motor trans and suspension for $650 and swapping the tranny in and shaving the head and decking the block and building that from there. We used to run a used car dealer and we got a lot of parts from them. Other than the time aspect and loss of work I wouldn't mind if the trans is shot.

See, here is your solution. With this opportunity, you can't go wrong. Do a drive train swap from the wrecked R/T, and you are completely set. Motor, trans, pedal set, wire harness, it's all right there, ready to be pulled and dropped in.

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:35 pm

Maddog wrote:
aperson wrote: And if the trans is bad I'll be getting a loan and buying a wrecked RT with a good motor trans and suspension for $650 and swapping the tranny in and shaving the head and decking the block and building that from there. We used to run a used car dealer and we got a lot of parts from them. Other than the time aspect and loss of work I wouldn't mind if the trans is shot.
See, here is your solution. With this opportunity, you can't go wrong. Do a drive train swap from the wrecked R/T, and you are completely set. Motor, trans, pedal set, wire harness, it's all right there, ready to be pulled and dropped in.

Oh how tempting it is, and I plan on buying the car once I get at least half together which isn't a problem if everybody else didn't need money too. My parents have run into some trouble from when my dad wasn't working and my sis and I have been helping out, and then this happens. And even better after resoldering the tab for the rear defroster onto my mom's van, my dad closes the hatch, then a couple minutes later the whole window shatters. Oh well, guess I'll be finding a ride to work tomorrow. Or maybe not...

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:55 pm

Well got the new radiator and the car runs great. This is the second trans flush in 3 weeks. It shifts a lot better now too. I'm soooo glad to have Shelia to take me to work instead of my sisters F-150 and my moms Windstar. God damn I hate driving those things compared to my car, they both have more power but feel really really sluggish compared to my car.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:59 pm

Glad you got it all worked out without having to replace the engine.

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:53 pm

Yeah and tonight I took apart my brakes to find out while the left front is squealing. I still don't know other than the rotor is worn and rusted to shit. The right side wasn't far behind. I had a spare from when I got the car that I turned and put on so it stopped it on that side. Then I go to check the other side and the freaking pad falls off the backing plate! Fortunately I had a loaded caliper lying around too and got it put back together. She now runs and stops, but I gotta get the front brakes done after this. I may start saving for coilovers because all thats left to go is the stock struts. At least I'll know that everything is being done right!