Posted by Agent Skelly I think you need a nice car with a Mopar engine

Jeez, you're onto a new bandwagon faster than you can say "Magic Wagon"

Posted by bandi Jeez, you're onto a new bandwagon faster than you can say "Magic Wagon"

I like to think of it as I learned to love Mother Mopar again.

Posted by Agent Skelly I like to think of it as I learned to love Mother Mopar again.

you're odd.

I was thinking that, too.

It took you guys 5 years to figure this out???

well i test drove another grand prix tonite, an 01 fully loaded (dual zone AC). they were asking 2000$ so i knew it would have some issues, but there was nothing not blatantly obvious on this one. the funny part of the test was it was a Hyundai dealer that had it. Bright shiny fancy dealer. the salesman tells me its at the warehouase, so he takes us there. Its like this super secret car storage lair! its an old pratt and whitney plant. As we are driving he hits the door opener button and we enter this door. well turns out said door ware for an old really long indoor loading dock. right in line with the door is a ramp up to the floor level, they had hundreds of beaters in there, it was really really cool!

Sounds like the giant repo car warehouse in Seattle I once went to for an auction. It was like if Costco started selling cars...

it was eerie, cus my uncle took me to this building years ago when they built aircraft engines there!

well the quest for a new grand prix continues. i know the impala is the same car, but its boring lol

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! i know the impala is the same car, but its boring lol

eh? i guess there's no price tag on style... the Gran Prix always struck as the Batmobile.

still shopping but i figure, heck im gonna try change the head gasket myself, if i fail im out what 50$

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! still shopping but i figure, heck im gonna try change the head gasket myself, if i fail im out what 50$

not so fast... you never just buy the head gasket. It's a kit, with bolts and in the case of my 3100's... it was $254.00 US.

through rockauto.com, the kit is $127.00US... BUT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD BOLTS WHEN YOU DO THIS JOB. The replacement bolts are $23.00 or so. (US $ of course)

Posted by Samurai not so fast... you never just buy the head gasket. It's a kit, with bolts and in the case of my 3100's... it was $254.00 US. through rockauto.com, the kit is $127.00US... BUT YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD BOLTS WHEN YOU DO THIS JOB. The replacement bolts are $23.00 or so. (US $ of course)

i know sam i did a head gasket on my sunbird, at least this one is a pushrod job, no timing to worry about. my guy here at the autoparts store got me the kit for 50$

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! i know sam i did a head gasket on my sunbird, at least this one is a pushrod job, no timing to worry about. my guy here at the autoparts store got me the kit for 50$

a holiday should be named for him then.

I'm gonna suggest something I normally wouldn't but have seen it used on throw away cars and it worked. Get ready. Block sealant in a can. Its expensive but if you follow the directions, I have seen it do the job about 50% of the time. They make it for head gaskets and cracked blocks. Why not give it a go?

Posted by jeepdave I'm gonna suggest something I normally wouldn't but have seen it used on throw away cars and it worked. Get ready. Block sealant in a can. Its expensive but if you follow the directions, I have seen it do the job about 50% of the time. They make it for head gaskets and cracked blocks. Why not give it a go?

its odd, im torn, the car has sentimental value and a ton of stupid problems, this engine really runs great, thats the biggest thing. it just pisses prestone out the back end

JB Weld? I shit you not, I fixed a old camaro with the 2.8 and a cracked block that was pourin out coolant and still see it on the road today. And that was 11 years ago.

Posted by jeepdave I'm gonna suggest something I normally wouldn't but have seen it used on throw away cars and it worked. Get ready. Block sealant in a can. Its expensive but if you follow the directions, I have seen it do the job about 50% of the time. They make it for head gaskets and cracked blocks. Why not give it a go?

the 3100 V6 in my Monte Carlo was packed full of that shit... what a mess.
no, there's no substitute for fixing it the right way.

Posted by Samurai the 3100 V6 in my Monte Carlo was packed full of that shit... what a mess. no, there's no substitute for fixing it the right way.

Oh, don't get me wrong Sam. I agree. But if its just a beater that I really don't feel like digging into and its either going to the crusher, or maybe I can pour this magic crap into it and it will last another year or 2, hell pour away. I only suggest this on a vehicle that you will never open up again as far as mechanics go.

well tomorrow im going to sign on a 2003 grand prix GT, gonna scavenge my 97 for the shit i changed this year, the 03 has dual zone climate and i just picked up a load of 134A for the AC in plattsburgh

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! well tomorrow im going to sign on a 2003 grand prix GT, gonna scavenge my 97 for the shit i changed this year, the 03 has dual zone climate and i just picked up a load of 134A for the AC in plattsburgh

I thought in Quebec you can get R134A over the counter unlike the rest of Canada?