Getting a new daily driver

[mjeff87]

Pretext: see "blown engine, not my MJ" post below

 

Got a good deal from a freind to replace my 1994 Teal green, 1.9L, AOD Ford Escort with...............

 

 

........a 1994 Teal green, 1.9L, AOD Ford Escort :D

 

Yup, same make, model, year, driveline, and color :banana: The only difference is it's a 4 door with trunk, while mine is a 2 dr hatchback. BUT, the rear seat backs still fold down, and the lower seat is removeable so I can use it to haul crap in

 

Now I can start saving all that money I was spending in gas for upcoming work on the MJ! Not sure what I'm gonna do with Escort #1 yet.....I don't have room to store it and can't leave it sitting with no plates on it. Ideally I'd like to keep it for parts, or else to fix and resell.

 

I could donate it to the Kidney Foundation, who in turn would sell it to the junkyard...then I could go down there and pull off parts of my own vehicle and have to pay for them :nuts:

 

Jeff

[87manche]

sweet. Take all the useful parts and then scrap the old one.

[mjeff87]

Honestly, the only "new" parts on it are the rear struts/springs. Almost everything else that I replaced on it came from the junkyard, right down to the muffler :D The tranny has issues, as well as the #4 cylinder. I do, however, have a brand new set of wheels/tires stashed under the house I was waiting to swap on when the inspection was due for renewal (next month). I'll be able to use them now.

 

I'm going to look at it tomorrow. Buddy says it has a small exhaust leak and the only thing it needs is a donut for the exhaust where the cat meets the pipe (although there isn't a donut there :nuts: ). Ain't nothing I can't pull out of the 'yard to fix, or I could just swap whole exhausts between the two. I'll be able to fix the loose heat sheild on the cat while I'm at it (aggrivating as @#%$ listening to that, but it's too hard to get to unless you pull the whole thing off)

 

That and I'm gonna change the timing belt. It's got 130K on it, and he doesn't know if it's ever been changed or not :eek:

 

Jeff