Resurrecting the wagon
Well its been quite a while since I've been around, almost 2yrs, and I'm finally getting around to putting the wagon back on the road. Why has it been so long??
Just about every one of my freeze plugs had went out on me down to the last two under the mounts. Id replaced all accessible plugs, even the ones on the back of the head, then the ones under the mounts start leaking... so... I filled them with all-steel as best as I could, worked for a week or so, then started leaking again. Another week goes by and while driving home from work, one of the plugs blows out completely...white smoke, coolant everywhere.... conveniently I was right across from a liquor store, not the worst place to breakdown. I pull in, pop the hood and wait for everything to settle down. Once I can get a look at the plug, I see all that's left is the outside ring....no hope for immediate repair so I call the tow rig and settle down with a tallboy......
The following weekend I found an '86 accord hatchback on craigslist for $500 and long story short, the wagon hasn't been in commission since.
This was all back in mid '10 and now I have a total of 4 cars; the wagon, and the accords, 86hatch, 87sedan, 89sedan parts car. So... as you can see Ive had my hands full of 3geez and put the wagon on the back burner.
But now the time has come, to get the wagon back on the road again..... V8 power and an automatic tranny, tons of room and comfort, and 4000lbs of steel surrounding me........ I miss the big old girl, and besides... the accords don't tow the boat very well.
Any tips for these bastard motor mounts? I've got an engine hoist if that will be better than a jack and 2x4.
Just about every one of my freeze plugs had went out on me down to the last two under the mounts. Id replaced all accessible plugs, even the ones on the back of the head, then the ones under the mounts start leaking... so... I filled them with all-steel as best as I could, worked for a week or so, then started leaking again. Another week goes by and while driving home from work, one of the plugs blows out completely...white smoke, coolant everywhere.... conveniently I was right across from a liquor store, not the worst place to breakdown. I pull in, pop the hood and wait for everything to settle down. Once I can get a look at the plug, I see all that's left is the outside ring....no hope for immediate repair so I call the tow rig and settle down with a tallboy......
The following weekend I found an '86 accord hatchback on craigslist for $500 and long story short, the wagon hasn't been in commission since.
This was all back in mid '10 and now I have a total of 4 cars; the wagon, and the accords, 86hatch, 87sedan, 89sedan parts car. So... as you can see Ive had my hands full of 3geez and put the wagon on the back burner.
But now the time has come, to get the wagon back on the road again..... V8 power and an automatic tranny, tons of room and comfort, and 4000lbs of steel surrounding me........ I miss the big old girl, and besides... the accords don't tow the boat very well.
Any tips for these bastard motor mounts? I've got an engine hoist if that will be better than a jack and 2x4.
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