NOT the end of my '93 metro...Life after death! RINGS

[DOCTORBILL]

This morning I am going out and drive the car.

The old Distributor is going back into the engine and all of the components that
Crvett69 sent to me.
I will put my original spark coil back in also.

I'll have to retime it then.

I intend to summarize everything I have learned here in these TWO threads.
Remember, this thread is a second part of a previous thread.

I will try to remember all that I can.

However, it would be very nice if all of you who have been reading this were to
post what you think is important to remember and put in the summary...

In that way, any poor soul who has a Geo Metro acting up may be able to
find something useful to help them fix the damned thing!

So, please post those things you remember that caused me to make headway
in this endeavor.

For Example - always replace the MAP with the exact part number your
engine has in it.

I will then add them to the final summary - on a new Thread "The Flight of the PHOENIX"

DoctorBill

[DOCTORBILL]

I am hereby ending this thread.

It is getting long in the tooth....

Please add any further posts regarding The Phoenix on my new thread

The Flight of the Phoenix

DoctorBill

[GM Line Rat]

Originally Posted by stamar

09-02-2006 I cant keep silent

Im so glad you are fixing your geo.

I hope you learn a lot and gain confidence in yourself. And inspire other geo owners lets not forget.

I could find you a perfectly runnnign metro for way under 1k on the used market. I might even sell mine as I said but I might just keep it.

I would never recomend rebuilding the heads to your geo metro. Its a horrible idea. the value of one running fine is just so low. And I read somewhere in the middle here the project might fail, you invested in piston boring tools lol.
I mean I wish you all the best but I wish I hadnt been silent earlier. And I want to warn other metro owners ok. When the engine dies, ditch it. I mean im literally torn between changing the brake pads on mine or just buying another one I found for 700 and driving this one off a cliff. and i know how to change brake pads lol and it runs excellent.

youre not going to save 1000 in fuel over the life of your new headed geo. Theres some serious accounting flaw going on here.

Well, Well......What a difference a year and a half makes,... Hey stamar? No more finding that $700.00 complete good cond and running Geo Metro! Hell, JDM Replacement engines alone will cost you at least $500.00+ inc Shipping.
Lets not get into your comment about "youre not going to save $1000.00 in fuel over the life of your new headed geo.......Given the DRASTIC Rise in fuel costs over the last year and a half! Docs investment in the engine rebuild has been paying off nicely I'd say!.......My

[DOCTORBILL]

Here is my 2¢ worth....

My Metro gets about 45 mpg average over a year's weather conditions.

I personally drive about 18,000 miles in a year (75 miles/day) x 5 days a week etc.

Were I driving a 25 mpg car, that would be 720 gallons/year.

But my '93 Geo Metro uses 400 gallons/year.

That is 320 gallons LESS than your average car. @$3 / gallon, I save $960 / year....!

More if/when gasoline goes up....

If you have one of these, it may not matter to you....


Yes - try to find a good running Geo Metro for sale!

Most folks I run into wouldn't sell theirs ( and I ask!)....

Maybe some dip-brained Car Executive will decide to try selling them again...
although I doubt it - he wouldn't make money fast enough to suit the Corporation.

If an entrepreneur started another GEO METRO type car manufacturing organization,
the big Corps would kill him or see to it he (she) failed.

Now WHO would do such a thing......OIL, Big automotive Corporations, Parts
manufacturers, Environmentalists (it would take away their cause!)...

The US Government would also try to kill him - not enough silly "scientific" gadgets on it.
BUT - Maybe some senator could use the "Pork" for her state....Pelosi...Feinstein?

I sometimes wonder if I shouldn't buy one each of the big parts just to have
if my Phoenix craps out....parts may become harder to find !

Then - who knows, my Phoenix may become one of those Antique cars worth
a fortune just because it is older than dirt.

DoctorBill

Have a look at this site!
http://www.car-accidents.com/car-aut...ake-model.html

[Crvett69]

they still make the 94 metro down in south america. someone must have bought the molds and rights and is producing them down there. kind of like what they did with the bug in mexico

[GM Line Rat]

And I wont be getting rid of my 94 Metro anytime soon either Doc! I've got a engine in the garage that's due for a rebuild.......This summer it's getting done!

[DOCTORBILL]

I think my 5 speed transmission could use a change of bearings....

That scares the Hell out of me....like taking apart a watch and trying to reassemble it!

Buying a used transmission requires matching it to my engine AND a used one
could be no better than what I have in there now!

If I do it, at least I'll know that it is fixed - correctly I hope!

I just have to work up the nerve to do it....

DoctorBill

[70camaro]

Whoa... What???
They're still making the old style metros in mexico?!?
Anybody got any proof of this? I'd bring one up here just to have a new one!!
Any info would be interesting to say the least...

[Woodie83]

Not that I've heard, but they made them until 2004. You're not bringing anything in that can't be bought here. Customs won't have it based upon EPA and NHTSA rules.