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[Camurai]

however i thought about setting up a push/bull bar for the cb7 on the rally car but there isnt any way to mount the bar to something rigid unlike a frame type vehicle.

my friend's ford ranger, his push bar is welded directly to the frame so if he ever hits something, its gonna put some damage somewhere.

btw: a cam seal is easy.

BTW: a cam seal is not so easy 20 miles from home with no tools in a bank parking lot.

[Camurai]

Really can't blame the deer on the car... and they were probably the bulk of the expense.
Still, I understand your frustration. Good news is you have a car with about a third as many miles as most of us that you can actually afford to fix when it breaks.

Soldier on.

I really can't afford to fix it. I'm putting money into the car that was earmarked for other bills. I'm already pretty deep in the hole, and every repair makes it worse.

[wed3k]

BTW: a cam seal is not so easy 20 miles from home with no tools in a bank parking lot.

i doubt that much oil is going to pour out between those twenty miles. at least not compared to a main seal.

[Camurai]

Well, I picked the car up tonight, and there's definitely something seriously wrong. There's a hell of a racket coming from behind the timing cover, the valves are knocking and the car pings like crazy. My guess is the main bearing is going. Also, I think the asshats that did the work don't know their elbows from their assholes and couldn't time a car to save their lives. This is rather quickly becoming the money pit. And to forestall any good-natured suggestions on what everybody thinks I should do, I'm going to drive it as is and save up my money until I can afford an H22A. I'm swapping the bitch out. To hell with it. If I have to replace the engine, I may as well do what I hoped to do in the future anyway.

And wed3k, ENOUGH. I DIDN'T limp it home. You don't need to continue to try to tell me how easy it would have been to do so. That's called beating a dead horse. And since I suspect a main bearing failing, my guess is with it hemorrhaging oil the way it was, I wouldn't have made it 3 miles, nevermind 20. LET IT GO.

[eulogy_1981]

considering theese cars are 18 years old things are going to break especially if alot of parts are original. dont look at it like a curse thing of it as a blessing if you had some domestic junk iron that was new the same shit would happen and you would be more pissed because the car is new. when something breaks on my cb i just up greaded to a better after market part. my f22 head gasket blew! i didnt fix i just upgraded to an h22. if you keep fixing broken crap over and over again of course it's going to break again and again.

it's the equivalent buying used tire they always blow or go flat. but then you complain the car is a piece of crap it's not the car it's the owner that should be taking care of his car. im not rich i just save my money so i have money for thing's. ( if you love your cb. you cb will love you back)

[Camurai]

but then you complain the car is a piece of crap it's not the car it's the owner that should be taking care of his car.

I only bought the car about 6 months ago. I am typically meticulous in my vehicle maintenance schedule. And if you'll note, I'm not complaining that the car breaks down. Every car is running on used parts, and every car breaks down. I'm fairly well aware of this particular phenomenon, as I've been driving for almost 20 years. My complaint is that it never seems to happen when I'm anywhere near my house, where I have access to a decent amount of tools and it will cost me considerably less money to have the vehicle towed. If I really needed to, I could tear the engine down and rebuild it in my driveway, and would probably gleefully do so without complaint. In fact, that would give me the opportunity to add a few parts, such as a cam regrind, Blacktrax IM spacer, Bisi IM gasket, etc. I'd have a tough time choosing between that and an engine swap though.

[Dani Filth]

considering theese cars are 18 years old things are going to break especially if alot of parts are original. dont look at it like a curse thing of it as a blessing if you had some domestic junk iron that was new the same shit would happen and you would be more pissed because the car is new. when something breaks on my cb i just up greaded to a better after market part. my f22 head gasket blew! i didnt fix i just upgraded to an h22. if you keep fixing broken crap over and over again of course it's going to break again and again.

it's the equivalent buying used tire they always blow or go flat. but then you complain the car is a piece of crap it's not the car it's the owner that should be taking care of his car. im not rich i just save my money so i have money for thing's. ( if you love your cb. you cb will love you back)

whats a domestic piece of crap? if its a car built in america then its not most domestic cars. half of the domestic cars on the road today are asian cars rebadges. most of the japanese cars on the road today are built in america. what are the first three characters in your vin number? 1HG or JHM?

[C91BLX7]

whats a domestic piece of crap? if its a car built in america then its not most domestic cars. half of the domestic cars on the road today are asian cars rebadges. most of the japanese cars on the road today are built in america. what are the first three characters in your vin number? 1HG or JHM?

More Jap cars are made in America than most domestic.

Alot of domestics are made in Mexico or Canada

Thats not what that means, EVEN if it was built in the US it still is an IMPORT

Yes most domestics from our time (90-93) were SHIT.

[Dani Filth]

i see just as many old cavaliers and neons on the road today as i do accords and civics

[C91BLX7]

i see just as many old cavaliers and neons on the road today as i do accords and civics

Most of them overall are in worse condition. Plus not as easy to work on or as cheap to get parts for.
Neons are shit

The first year for Neons was 1995, way after CB's

The Sundances and equivalents were even more shitty.

Anyway, seems like you just like to argue, and I don't feel like arguing.

[Dani Filth]

not really arguing. its just that my statement is a fact. i see a lot of old domestics on the road. your statements as well as the statements of the guy i first replied to are opinion. your statements are not fact but are presented as fact. just pointing that out. i really dont care what you think

[foamypirate]

i see just as many old cavaliers and neons on the road today as i do accords and civics

# of Neons made >>>> # of Accords, Civics made...

[Gyuri87]

Well mine isn't Rosewood but maybe cursed. Driving it all the way back from Florida didn't cause any trouble. Only when I get back, the clutch master cylinder starts to leak badly. When that is fixed, the slave cylinder does the same thing. The funny thing is that it only happens either before or after I go/come back on/from a long distance.

Last time me and my friends planned to go on a road trip to Virginia Beach, the day just before we were supposed to leave, the distributor breaks down and the car won't even start.

[Dani Filth]

# of Neons made >>>> # of Accords, Civics made...

really


where did you get your information?

[Camurai]

really


where did you get your information?

X2. The Accord has been the best-selling car in the world for a long, LONG time. Add in the number of Civics sold and you could swamp a fifth of the passenger car market just with those two combined. Hell, even the Ford Taurus has outsold the Neon by a long margin.