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kx250rider

kx250rider

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Just got this machine home from Phoenix last night... For those who missed the original thread when I saw it on eBay and had to have it, here's the story: I'm a Diesel nut, and I collect cars & trucks from the 80s with Diesel engines, which are RARE in passenger cars and mini-trucks in the USA. This is a 1984 Buick with the VERY VERY rare option 4.3 Diesel V6. It's all there basically, and wants to run, but it's full of bad fuel from 1997. Probably also plants growing in the radiator, etc.

Today, I'll figure out how to get it off the trailer with 4 flat tires, and will put it back in shape over the winter. Maybe my 82 Cadillac V8 Diesel will mate with it, and we'll get a little baby Diesel Chevette! (at least that's the excuse I'll make, when I find a Diesel Chevette.

Charles
 
About a nanotesla of appeal for me. But you could probably harvest some of those radiator plants for a few miles of go. :D
 
fix it up with the 8 cylinder caddy diesel and maybe rw would hit it.
re-upholster the back seat and i bet racheal...lol would fly down.
keep it as is but put fuzzy dice, a tree air freshner, and lotsa
10,000 maniacs and Yanni cassettes and bluebird will be your date
teehee
 
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It runs! No bad engine noises, and no foamy radiator water, and no metal filings out the exhaust pipe...

I had to bleed all the air and bad fuel out of the injectors and lines, and had to manually cycle the glow plugs (no power to main body feed; will troubleshoot later)... With a clatter that sounded like lightning hitting a tree, and a huge plume of black and gray smoke from the tailpipe rising above Ventura County, the Buick came to life! I ran it for about 5 minutes, but the heater core is shot, so the coolant started pouring into the carpet and steaming from the defroster vents. I'll have to bypass the heater, and will try again and verify whether or not the head gaskets are still intact, or if I need to do a top-end job on it before I go further.

The interior is so cooked from the Arizona sun, that I will probably be best off to buy another car to get all the interior from it. I did that with my '82 Cadillac, and it was a great idea. I can probably get a Buick like this one but with a gas motor, which flunked smog inspection, for under $500 in mint condition.

While I was out there messing with it, our neighbor (trying to sell his house), looked at the Buick with steam and Diesel smoke, and then panned across to my big yellow 1200-lb air raid siren, and just politely shook his head.

Charles
 
kx250rider said:
It runs! No bad engine noises, and no foamy radiator water, and no metal filings out the exhaust pipe...

I had to bleed all the air and bad fuel out of the injectors and lines, and had to manually cycle the glow plugs (no power to main body feed; will troubleshoot later)... With a clatter that sounded like lightning hitting a tree, and a huge plume of black and gray smoke from the tailpipe rising above Ventura County, the Buick came to life! I ran it for about 5 minutes, but the heater core is shot, so the coolant started pouring into the carpet and steaming from the defroster vents. I'll have to bypass the heater, and will try again and verify whether or not the head gaskets are still intact, or if I need to do a top-end job on it before I go further.

The interior is so cooked from the Arizona sun, that I will probably be best off to buy another car to get all the interior from it. I did that with my '82 Cadillac, and it was a great idea. I can probably get a Buick like this one but with a gas motor, which flunked smog inspection, for under $500 in mint condition.

While I was out there messing with it, our neighbor (trying to sell his house), looked at the Buick with steam and Diesel smoke, and then panned across to my big yellow 1200-lb air raid siren, and just politely shook his head.

Charles
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nice man
 
78HP? That's exciting! My Corolla Diesel is only 47HP. (but seriously, the torque will pull a house off it's foundation, just about).

I've been busy and haven't tried to drive it on the road yet. I got the last few things (new glow plugs, some hoses, etc) that I needed to make it ready to test-drive. Maybe Monday.

I'm going out to look at another Buick Century later today (one with a common, ordinary, ho-hum gas V6), which flunks inspection but has a showroom-condition interior. If I buy that one, it has all I need to make the Diesel one "perfect" physically, including factory radio with stereo 8-track tape player.

Now I hope everyone knows that I know, the whole point of fixing up this car, is to get laughed at in car shows ;) . Honestly, every time I do this, the laughter turns into "Wait a minute: I haven't seen one of these in running condition in (x) years... In fact I don't think I've ever seen one in person!" Then all of a sudden they think it's cool that somebody actually "saved" such a worthless hunk of junk from the scrap yard.

Charles
 
RottenWillow said:
Ok Charles how many times are we going to post the pic of our self in the Lambo?
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calveless wonder said:
maybe not gary sinise on second examination....hrmm. who does Charles look like? Def an actor
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I think that's a compliment... But I've never been in a movie or TV show.

My sister-in-law has that Murcielago, and a couple other Lamborghinis. Here's her garage: My wife is in the tie-dye, and her sister is in the pink shirt.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/th_KayLeanneLambos5-09.jpg

My garage is full of 1980s Toyota Diesels, and now a Buick Diesel. When I get a chance, we're going to go visit my sister-in-law, and drive this '84 Corolla Diesel up there... http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/kx250racer/th_BlueCorolla11-09.jpg

I'll take a spoof picture of the garage open, and one of the Lambos out in the elements, while the Corolla is parked safely inside. I'll have it made into a poster and sell them to Toyota owners :evil:

Charles
 
kx250rider said:
That's me, out-of-shape and looking stupid about 4 or 5 years ago. That pic is still floating around out there.... embarrassing! That car had a custom sub box behind the seat, and we took that as a spoof photo of how a 6' (20% body fat at the time, at least) man won't fit in the driver's seat.

Charles
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Looks like there's about 6" of room for the seat to slide back.
 
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