getting it started

hey ppl i found a great deal on another maro, its a friend of mine...its been sitting in her yard for quite some time..iasked her about it and she said she just couldnt get it started..i looked under the hood, the engin looks clean and fairly new...she said she has replaced a few things like plug wires plugs..ect....any thoughts?

ask her if it has ran since she got all the new wires etc.... and ask her if it tries to start, backfires or just cranks

If its been sitting in her yard, on the grass, make sure and have a damn good look underneath to see if its rotten anywhere.

i went to her house to ask her about it but she wasnt home so i looked under it, its fine...even the hood was poped so i opened it and motor looked taken care of and clean...didnt have a battery in it...termis are fuk'd (i have sum no prob) and its a regular maro No RS/IROC anything...its the 2.8L if that helps any...they said she should be home in a few hrs i guess ill try back later?

unless you plan on changin out the motor i dont know how much you want that car. the 2.8 would be very disappointing...

unless you plan on changin out the motor i dont know how much you want that car. the 2.8 would be very disappointing...

:iagree: although it would be a good beater car... lol is it an auto?? if its a stick you can have a little fun with it, mine was a 2.8 5sp

2.8's isnt so bad...it has nothing on my IROC but it still isnt bad..im waiting on her to get home, its in awsome condition...she just cant get it started =\

how do you afford insurance on all these cars... by the way what the red one run ya?

2.8's isnt so bad...it has nothing on my IROC but it still isnt bad..im waiting on her to get home, its in awsome condition...she just cant get it started =\
try using a battery to start it??? how is it gonna start w/o a battery???

thats what i was wondering.

what are you talkin about man you dont need a battery to start your car

just like kyou dont need wheels to go anywhere right?

just like you dont need lights to see at night, and a steering wheel to turn and a driveshaft to go move and a shifter to shift gears and yea.........

and a horn to........honk

yea you can just stick your head out the window and say "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY BITCHS"

you could say that and not piss anyone off...but as soon as someone hears a horn i think automatically they get pissed off..

true very true, but i have a p/a system on my truck

damn, smartasses jacked my post :loser:

..anyway, common sense tells u she had a fukin battery in it when she tried to start it..so it wouldnt so she put the battery in something else?

EMPROVISE o.0

=X

so its totally dead when she tries to start it?

i dunno i didnt get to talk to her today she wasnt home all day...but lets assume its that...so??

if its totally dead then i would assume its something with the battery. i get alot of these at work. if its a good battery then i would think that the battery either has a bad ground or maybe the positive cable is bad. it could be worn through somewhere and grounding out on the body or the terminals could be bad. if its not the battery id be suprised. that is if its totally dead. oh and by the way...thats a kick ass car man.

my IROC? thx man :iceslolan

hey nail..i want your opinion....what color do you think i should paint my 68.. chevy orange or metallic blue.

i would go with the blue.

yeah...i just want peoples opinions. thanks!

well, you said the terminals were bad, maybe that's the problem. Ask her if she tried a sledge hammer.

f u geno

lmao

yea yea yea your just gonna keep pestering me about that arnt ya man... lol

ok i see you guys doin it a lot but wtf is the sledgehammer thing?

haha you would have to of read an old post a while ago

haha....ahhh...good times

lol yea anyways what happened to our little friend.... i miss his stupid ass

which one?

yeah he hasnt been around in a while, and anyone who missed that exciting time in ridges life, go back and find a rearend thread started by him, it will explane it all, (about 2 or 3 months ago maybe).

oh and to korndogg, look into a color called indigo(spelling) blue. its like a 97 chevy truck color. but if you put in a pearl it changes it alot amd makes it dark so that when the light hits it its a dark rich blue but below a body line where there in no direct sun it will look almost black. its what im gunna do. it looks great.

yah....how expensive is it...lol

are you talking to me about the paint?

yep

oh ok. umm, i dunno. it depends on who you have do it and what else they do. like if there is any body work. or if you do it yourself it will be less expensive. but you would have to have someone that will do custom colors. the car i saw it on was a 64 chevelle at a guys shop that i know. he had somewhere between $10,000 and $15,000 in the body work and paint. its been there for almost a year probably but it is staying there while everything is being done. but it was in bad shape before he started to thats why its so much, and the he makes it as perfect as it can be before he sprays so he has lots of hours in it. but if all your doing is paint then its probably not going to be much. just call around and get estamits.

well i have a little bit of body work like some bubbling in some paint and stuff and a very little amount of rust...im almost positive where the bubbles are there is bondo. so im prolly gonna have to get that filled in with steel. a guy i know said mayb 2 grand for body work and paint.

shit i just painted my van for a total of not even 100 bucks!!!

i want something show worthy though lol...my manager gave me an idea. he said that i should go to his buddies shop and say that ill put a sign up with the company name when i take it to shows if they do it for cheaper.

oo ok well i wouldnt say its show quality but good for my 1st time painting a hole vehical i didnt even clear coat it yet.... my camaros next...... its begging for paint

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booo ford vans! lol sorry i hate vans in general. good lookin paint though.

haha thanks, that bitch is nice, i like it, straight 6cyl 4sp manual, and its got posi, i had alot of fun in that thing

lol. yeah you could always do an experament and compare how much force two different objects of ruffly the same size can take withought being crushed, like your carrier and say something oh i dont know like a head or something. i wonder what one can withstand more force.

HAHAHA

but nice... resourcefulness lol