Gogo's Tent, Got a motor. Lots of work to do. Options

[H8TRAIN]

Latest Update: Engine bay ready. Looking for an engine.

Update: Got engine out. Must be beginners luck.

Gogo has a tent.





It's not much but I'm lucky Gogo even has a tent. By this stage in my life I probably could have a garage with an S2000 or a restored 300ZX in it. But I don't. Life's not a fairytale and we don't always get what we want. I've never had a garage of my own. One day I will. But I'm tired of waiting for that day to stop talking cars and start doing cars.

As luck would have it, I currently have access to a sideyard! It's not too level but it's paved. And there's a small toolshed. I can put a damn tent up, scatter some tools about and it'll be like a garage. Close enough, anyway.

So all I needed was a car to start on. I chose a Toyota Celica because it was in Sega Rally Championship back in 1995 when things were good. I found one only 100 miles away with a freshly blown motor. I rented a car dolly and towed it home. This the first time I have ever dragged a car behind a truck. I was nervous about every step of it because I had never done it. After learning that is quite impossible to back up a tow dolly, my friends helped me push the Celica up and into the sideyard.







It's a 95 5spd GT. I named it Gogo. And put up a harbor freight portable garage - I like to call it a tent - over Gogo.







I have never changed an axle. I have never changed a clutch. I have never inspected a distributor. Never used a timing lite, or a bearing puller. I am a complete novice mechanic. I hate that. The point of this project is to change that. It's working already. For example: I didn't know what a wiring harness was or what one looked like. That changed quickly on Friday when I ripped the ugly mother****er out with my own two hands. Now I know.




6GC, I'm very impressed with your knowledge and your community. I joined the site because I want help. Me and Gogo both want your help.




This post has been edited by H8TRAIN: Jan 20, 2014 - 10:50 PM

[H8TRAIN]

HOLY CRAP




This morning (Saturday) I still felt like I had alot to do if I wanted to pull the motor tomorrow (Sunday). So I rolled up my sleeves and got to it. My friend came by to see how things were going. When I explained that "I thought" everything was disconnected, he insisted on pulling the motor right then.

The mounts came out easy enough. When it came to picking the motor, We followed presure2's description from ep2 of the podcast exactly. It went smoothly. I was suprised that I didn't forget to disconnect one hose, plug or accessory. I did go rather carefully, and it paid off that way. The ground was not level, so it took some extra shoving around, but everything was a success.

Huge thanks to countless posts from all of you here at 6gc. The biggest job I had ever done on a car was to change the filter in an automatic trans. By searching this site, I was able to find the detailed information to make many steps of this much much easier and more fun.

This post has been edited by H8TRAIN: Nov 10, 2013 - 4:09 AM