Well, I rebuilt the engine in my '92 Metro, and had it just about the way I wanted it. Then my daughter had a head on collision with a Volvo. The Metro gave its all to protect her, cushioning the shock so that no one was hurt. However, the crash destroyed the front end, broke the motor mounts and pushed the engine and transmission back into the firewall. I concluded that from the damage the Metro was not rebuildable. However, the engine and transmission stayed intact and functional through all of this. My son in law found another Metro (this one a '91) with a blown head gasket, burned valves, etc. that hadn't run in 3 years. He picked that up for a song and gave it to me. So, this last weekend I pulled both engine/transmissions and put the good one in the intact body. So far, so good. The brakes are shot, so I still need to rebuild them, and one of the turn signals is missing, but after working through the weekend, I was able to drive it around the block. I must still transfer all of the goodies from the wreck, windshield, tach dash, cruise control, better muffler, but it looks like I will soon be back to driving a Geo.
10-26-2009, 09:51 AM
