What did you do to/with your van today?

JTalley · Post by **JTalley** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:04 pm

I finally got enough money to get that coil/distributor wire, thanks to a generous person giving me a Christmas card with a $10 bill in it!

Still haven't put it on yet, though.

SnoDrtRider · Post by **SnoDrtRider** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:01 am

Did an oil change (Valvoline Synthetic Blend 5-30), Trans Service and Front Shocks (Gabriel Max-Control), rear shocks will be here today and I'll install them and change the Diff fluids also.

BTW... researching the original owners paper work that came with the van I found that it got a NEW ENGINE @ 39k miles... so my engine only has 125k on it!

ihatemybike · Post by **ihatemybike** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:31 am

Green: Replaced the stock water pump. Only took 212k miles to kill it.

SnoDrtRider · Post by **SnoDrtRider** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:59 pm

Installed the new rear shocks today... I really like these Gabriel Max-Controls... Firm yet comfortable ride.

photo_van · Post by **photo_van** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:36 am

almost finished 242 install.

Cobra · Post by **Cobra** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:41 pm

yesterday:drove back from Montreal and heating system stopped working, got home popped the hood and it was frozen solid. So much ice had built up with my defrost on driving through rain/snow that the air flow got cut off.

JTalley · Post by **JTalley** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:53 pm

Pulled a code 15 AGAIN, plugged that wire in AGAIN to fix it, and used silicone on the plug to try to keep it from coming off again.

LiftedAWDAstro · Post by **LiftedAWDAstro** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:02 pm

photo_van wrote:almost finished 242 install.

And the pics are where?

97CargoCrawler · Post by **97CargoCrawler** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:15 pm

astroturf · Post by **astroturf** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:20 pm

Now that's a lot of Portholes...

Thanks for the update.

Jim

SnoDrtRider · Post by **SnoDrtRider** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:22 pm

Yesterday my Astro towed our sleds 350 miles to our cabin

Mr_Roboto · Post by **Mr_Roboto** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:50 pm

Fired it up, locked timing found out it's WAY off. Need to tweak that some I guess. Maybe I'm getting cross talk(?)

photo_van · Post by **photo_van** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:58 pm

LiftedAWDAstro wrote:
photo_van wrote:almost finished 242 install.
And the pics are where?

FINISHED!!!! Photos over on the thread!

P R Safari · Post by **P R Safari** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:55 am

Traded it ,

, the motor was going bad . It catched me by surprise , one day it decided to start making funny noises from the bottom , camshaft .

. But I think I got a good deal .

theotherandy · Post by **theotherandy** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:05 pm

^You wasted a perfect opportunity for a V8 swap?

Just kidding. Congrats on the new car

I spent yesterday and today tearing off the plastic cladding and replacing the spark plugs and wires. Looking better, now I just gotta figure out how to get all this tape off the sides.

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