Ideas and Projects

By Tom, 2 months and 28 days ago

Spring Hill Springs a Leak

The first car project, my 1995 Saturn SL2 which I dubbed Project Spring Hill sprang a serious leak.  I took the car to Gene's Midwest Auto Sales and Service on West 7th Street in Joplin and had a compression test run.  Bottom line: engine was shot.  This ridiculously complex Saturn engine runs about $1,800 for a rebuilt engine (not installed), higher for a fully remanufactured engine and $1,600 installed for a used engine of dubious quality.  A used engine with a 3-year, 36,000 mile warranty is available for about $1,500 (not installed).

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By Tom, 3 months and 23 days ago

Car projects and blog project

The blog project

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