New text. New pics. Same old car.
http://www.geocities.com/doctorsvt/newcavpage.html
Let me know how bad it sucks, and share your tech articles and pictures with me. I'll post 'em up.
-Daryl Scott
*1986 Cavalier RS convertible
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IF u ever need me to send pics of work done as u know has been ALOT I can send them to you.Or if u want to go to my cardomain some are there.Http://members.cardomain.com/ronsoldcav hope it links for u.Other wise I kinda rolled thru ur site,enjoyed it.I am planning on replacing my half shaft seal soon,its kinda like leaking.But other than that I have not done much as far as my front end suspension work yet,hope to do it b4 winter so,it will be done with that part of my car.Thx
Daryl - great site. I'm in the process of doing the head gasket on my 86 right now. Have any tips?
Ron - I have done 2 complete suspension rebuilds. I can provide any help in the form of advice that you need. Either shoot me an email or post here. I usually read the posts once or twice a week.
-Tom
Tom- Never had the pleasure of taking the head off my 2.0. It does need a valve job so maybe this winter I'll be in the same boat. I swear by Fel-Pro "Print-o-seal" head gaskets though. Used them on Quads and Ford 302 motors with no problems. Napa's Victor Reinz head gaskets are great as well. The only other advice I would have is replace the head bolts. I might be wrong, but I think the stock bolts are torque-to-yield bolts that stretch after they're initially torqued down. Someone might know for sure, but I'd replace them just the same.
Good luck with your 2.0, and if you need any pages of the GM shop manual scanned, drop me a line.
Thx Tom but I think I should be ok for the most part on the front end stuff.I am going with monroes quick strut,which includes the strut,spring,and mounts as a package deal.IT will cost me about 170.00 per assembly to do.The rack and pinion is only about 10 yrs old but it only has about 50,000miles on that.The car sat more than it was driven,so that won't be a issue.But if anything comes up once I begin I will keep u in mind,thx for the info.Nothing like doing ur self and truley appreciating it once finsihed.
I like the site a lot! interesting story = good read
Hey thanks!
I need to get back in there and revise some things, but for now I'm happy. I'm a cheap ass with dial-up and no knowledge...so I'll take it
