First car!
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10-02-2010, 01:27 AM
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First car!
Well, I turned 17 in July and have been on a wild goose chase for 2 years roughly trying to get a car-or a job. I have had no luck with the latter. I'll stick to my reselling antiques for now.
Anyway, I now have the old family car, we bought it new. It is a 1998 Dodge Stratus with 265,000+ miles. It needs it's first transmission rebuild among other things. It kicked the bucket and was replaced last Nov. and sat, we moved, took the car with us and I decided to fix it. What a leap! Not so bad, last weekend, for the first time in almost a year, the car started up under it's own power. I turned in the old Mopar Power Pro 6 battery to a junkyard and for $30, I got a refurbished battery (basically the plates are cleaned) and it comes with 6-mo. warranty. Not bad! This weekend I plan tackle a complete fluid change. I DO NOT trust oil that sat for that long, I also have to put some fresh gas in the tank to dilute the rest of the old gas. The old gas is causing the car to idle terribly, I put some in last week, but it wasn't enough to balance out. Coolant, P.S., all will be changed. Some fluids haven't been touched in a long time. I may also tackle a bad cooling fan, which causes the car to overheat when sitting traffic jams.
Anyway, that is my story for now, hopefully this forum an help me with any questions I may have. I also need to find a parts car for a few things, but I can't now!
Anyway, I now have the old family car, we bought it new. It is a 1998 Dodge Stratus with 265,000+ miles. It needs it's first transmission rebuild among other things. It kicked the bucket and was replaced last Nov. and sat, we moved, took the car with us and I decided to fix it. What a leap! Not so bad, last weekend, for the first time in almost a year, the car started up under it's own power. I turned in the old Mopar Power Pro 6 battery to a junkyard and for $30, I got a refurbished battery (basically the plates are cleaned) and it comes with 6-mo. warranty. Not bad! This weekend I plan tackle a complete fluid change. I DO NOT trust oil that sat for that long, I also have to put some fresh gas in the tank to dilute the rest of the old gas. The old gas is causing the car to idle terribly, I put some in last week, but it wasn't enough to balance out. Coolant, P.S., all will be changed. Some fluids haven't been touched in a long time. I may also tackle a bad cooling fan, which causes the car to overheat when sitting traffic jams.
Anyway, that is my story for now, hopefully this forum an help me with any questions I may have. I also need to find a parts car for a few things, but I can't now!
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