lowlevel's Proteg 5 Rescue
I've really been enjoying all your build threads and kind of wanted to do one... but I'm not really building so much as rescuing.
The car belonged to my good friend Paulo, who bought it new in 2002. The last time he tried to start it (over two years ago), the alternator seized and the belt shredded and flew off... then it sat... and sat. I'm hoping to do a lot of work on the car myself as a learning experience, and at the same time use it to commute to work and save some gas over using our other vehicle for hopefully a couple of years but we'll see. So far I've just been farting around town in it with my dog Fergus... he whines whenever he's in this car though. (lol)
Paulo was pretty good about changing the oil.. used Amsoil most of its life except for the first couple years of dealer service...
He's had repeat issues with wheel bearings, and brake calipers... he's done some mods... some I know about, some I have yet to discover.
There is a lot of rust. Typical rear fender area.. door sills.. rockers... floor boards... hoping to clean it up a bit and stop the rust from killing the car.
To transfer the ownership and get the car on the road I had to have some work done... a re-built alternator, belt, new oil pain, patched up floors and a safety certificate. $1300 so far... not terrible I guess considering my friend gave me the car for free...
Car still has lots of issues.. seems to have very bad bearings, EGR's still getting stuck open(new egr purchased), lots of suspension noises and metal on metal sounds! Clutch slips a little bit.. well, quite a bit actually.. radio isn't picking up any stations(replaced)... rear wiper seems broken.. car is pretty dirty too... should be lots of fun
Here are some pics:
I've really been enjoying all your build threads and kind of wanted to do one... but I'm not really building so much as rescuing.
The car belonged to my good friend Paulo, who bought it new in 2002. The last time he tried to start it (over two years ago), the alternator seized and the belt shredded and flew off... then it sat... and sat. I'm hoping to do a lot of work on the car myself as a learning experience, and at the same time use it to commute to work and save some gas over using our other vehicle for hopefully a couple of years but we'll see. So far I've just been farting around town in it with my dog Fergus... he whines whenever he's in this car though. (lol)
Paulo was pretty good about changing the oil.. used Amsoil most of its life except for the first couple years of dealer service...
He's had repeat issues with wheel bearings, and brake calipers... he's done some mods... some I know about, some I have yet to discover.
There is a lot of rust. Typical rear fender area.. door sills.. rockers... floor boards... hoping to clean it up a bit and stop the rust from killing the car.
To transfer the ownership and get the car on the road I had to have some work done... a re-built alternator, belt, new oil pain, patched up floors and a safety certificate. $1300 so far... not terrible I guess considering my friend gave me the car for free...
Car still has lots of issues.. seems to have very bad bearings, EGR's still getting stuck open(new egr purchased), lots of suspension noises and metal on metal sounds! Clutch slips a little bit.. well, quite a bit actually.. radio isn't picking up any stations(replaced)... rear wiper seems broken.. car is pretty dirty too... should be lots of fun
Here are some pics:
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