So about a month ago now, I took another 730mi round trip, but this time with a dolly trailer to get the car. I paid 200 for the rest of it giving a grand total of 300 for the car, and 175 for the trips. For the last month I've been pretty busy, but I managed to (try to) reinstall the camshaft that I took out on my first trip. I got the timing wrong (blowback into the carb when trying to start it). My father advised popping the engine out and rebuilding it if I planned on making it my regular car and intending for it to last a good long time. I agreed and managed to finally get it out this weekend.
Not too bad. The worst part was getting the hub nuts off to remove the CV axles - I should've come in with the torch right off the bat.
This leads me to a couple questions: I've been looking around for overhaul kits/parts for these engines, and there are quite a few options. Any experiences on what I should do here? Things to look out for? Bad mistakes to avoid?
I'm also thinking it would probably be best to get another body and do a swap (ECU included) because I was just thinking of how much of a money suck this project this would be after staring at this for a while
The windshield needs replacing, the frame needs welding, a few quarter panels need replacing, paint will be needed... everywhere. Are there any caveats (or even advantages) in throwing this engine and its ECU into a same generation metro? a same generation metro with an automatic trans? A newer generation metro? One of those 1.3l swifts with the awesome gearing??!
And one last question:
See those teeth in the tranny? Should I be able to see them? It looks like there might supposed to be a cover over that. To current metro owners: does your car have a cover over that?