theluketaylor

Edit: just saw the other thread, pls delete

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I drove the car very gingerly over to a shop and the left motor mount is indeed broken. Not a particularly hard or expensive fix, but I'm going to want to do something about the throttle as well.

I didn't spot anything obvious that could be connected to hold everything in place, but I'll take a look tomorrow. It certainly seemed like there should be something extra

Finally got some plates for my 2002 and took it out for a spin. The throttle linkage popped lose 6 or 7 times while shifting into 2nd gear (or running 1st into higher revs). It seemed to fit back in pretty firmly each time, but at the next roundabout the engine would lurch in lower gears and the linkage would pop right back out agin. I limped the car over to a buddy's house and got a ride home, but I'm curious if others have experienced a similar issue. I've added a picture with the linkage connection highlighted. Since the car is parked at a friends I won't be able to add more pictures until tomorrow at the earliest. I didn't see any obvious spot a cotter pin or similar would be positioned to hold everything in place. Since it's a weber hanes isn't any help. I'm sure it really doesn't help I'm rather unpracticed at manual transmissions and am quite jerky taking off from standstill, but I'm wondering if one of the motor mounts is broken and it's allowing the engine to move so much the linkage comes out. This idea is largely based on the converstation over in this thread:

The battery for sure needs a test, but I think it's pretty good because after some consistency driving it started much better. I think it was a little down from the car not being used as consistently. I do like the tiny size of the battery and having the full trunk available. Unless it's really dead I think I'll keep it as is.

I actually appreciate the criticism, I need to know where to focus my efforts on keeping an eye on the car. The shock towers themselves were previously repaired but it has been a long time. I poked and prodded them and it seemed quite solid. Not the most cosmetically appealing fix, but it seems to be holding up. I do think it looked better in person. The right one especially is more a lighting issue in the photo than any actual degradation as far as I can tell. I have no idea what the 3 lights are. I meant to ask the previous owner and forgot. It does now have a cover of some kind and I assumed it was some kind of parking garage opener or toll road transponder, but those were just guesses. I'll send him an email and see since it was kind of driving me nuts on the drive home not knowing.

It does seem like a long shot, but I'm running out of places 2 quarts of oil could have gone with no obvious signs. It did seem to mostly disappear in one day (tuesday) since we put a quart in both during the morning and evening. Wednesday after driving 3.5 hrs the level was still pretty much full. I'll leave some cardboard under the car once it arrives and watch the level carefully once I drive more in 20-30 minute sprints rather than 250 miles at a time. I suppose it could just be normal, but it seemed like an alarming amount to go through so quickly.

I wondered how long it would take someone to ask for pictures . In the all the excitement of the transaction, logistics of travelling to the mid west partly by plane and my father following by car and then getting organized to see the eclipse totality it completely slipped my mind to actually take any. I do have the shots from the add though.

Last friday I purchased a 75 2002 from St Louis MO. After parking it for the weekend and watching the eclipse my Dad and I convoyed it to Detroit so it could be imported into Canada. It should arrive on a trailer late next week. It happily cruised along at interstate speeds, though with the 4 speed it was around 4000 rpm. Temperature gauge was rock steady apart from a slight rise during 30 minutes of stop and go traffic in Indianapolis which is really good. I did put 2 quarts of oil into the engine which seems concerning in 1000 km. There was no noticeable oil drip and we couldn't spot any blue smoke to indicate it was burning that much oil. The coolant didn't seem to have any oily film in it either. I'm interested in thoughts, but I'm planning to degrease the frame rails to see if a drip shows up and check the transmission to see if it's leaking into there. Anything else I should be looking for? It drove fantastic, though I did my best to let it down. I've never really driven manual cars with any consistency; all my experience is farm trucks and tractors. They all have so much low end grunt you don't need to ride the clutch or feather the throttle. I stalled a number of times pulling away from stop signs, but it always fired right back up. Once I was moving it was fine (though I did get 4th trying for 2nd once while going left at an off camber intersection. Learned my lesson and didn't change gear while not moving in a straight line). I got pulled over for the lack of plates on the first day. He just wanted to confirm my paperwork, which I had in order, but had forgotten to tape the temporary Illinois registration to the back window. It was the first time I've ever been pulled over for anything, so I very grateful he was nice and calm. He did seem a little annoyed at my Canadian habit of apologizing several times, but to his credit didn't let it affect the stop. It took about 10 minutes to get the whole story sorted out and then I couldn't get the engine started again. The battery seemed to be the issue since it couldn't keep cranking very long. The officer had a battery booster that helped me keep turning the engine over and it eventually fired up. I wasn't about to question it, thanked him and drove off before anything else could go wrong. Reviewing the facts later I think the actual problem was vapour lock since that seemed to be a somewhat common complaint among fellow owners of weber 32/36 carbs. It was very hot out that day and the car is still on the mechanical fuel pump. After that I bought a battery booster of my own and carefully planned stops that would either be really quick or include a long enough rest time for everything to cool down. The issue didn't reappear and it fired up quite easily the rest of the trip, but I'll be reviewing all the past threads on weber vapour lock and trying some of the suggestions. The previous owner Ben did a fantastic job with the suspension setup. The car handles beautifully, cornering flat and it even seems eager for more turn in. Despite this it was incredibly comfortable for 3 hour interstate blasts and handled pitted city streets easily. The stance is great, lowered but not slammed and suits the 15 in wheels perfectly. The ad described it as tastefully modded, which I heartily agree. Trim delete, 15 in wheels, a wooden steering wheel and a 3.5 mm audio jack for listening to music all make the car much more modern without changing the look much. The one thing I plan to do right away is get rid of the horrible US bumpers, other than that just drive it around and enjoy it. I also plan to do different colours above and below the belt line. I have seen a few cars like that in the 2002 beauty shot thread and think they look incredible. It's already not a factory paint colour so I feel a certain freedom to experiment. Maybe do it as a vinyl wrap first to try out out colour combinations. I'm certainly open to suggestions.

They are quite flexible in what you can write into the policy. I just got a quote and you could specify daily driver, occasional car that still included some commuting, weekend car and very occasional. Your use case would fall under their occasional use quite easily.

I'm looking to acquire a 2002 before the end of the month and I'm looking for some suggestions on reliable shops here in southern ontario that would be able to help with any of the bigger repair questions that may be asked of me. I'm located in waterloo region but the car I'm planning on currently drives fine, so I'd be happy to bring it elsewhere. I suspect shops will be much more common in the gta. I'm also planning to import the car from the US, so if anyone has experience with that process I'd love to hear any lessons learned.

Those flat rate boxes are handy since you can skip the weight and measure steps, but I'd at least get quotes based on the specifics from USPS, FedEx and UPS. When I don't care much about a specific delivery date I have also found DHL to be pretty cheap but very slow. I haven't used them much for packages from the US, but I've gotten both deliveries from both asia and europe to ontario without breaking the bank.

This car has been floating around hemmings, kijiji and ebay for a while. I gaze longingly at the images every few weeks since it's already in Canada, but a lot of the issues mentioned here hold me back from doing anything about it. If it was closer to Toronto I'd likely have given it a drive and a closer inspection already, but Ottawa is a 6 hour drive. There are some really nice museums there, so maybe when the weather is better I'll take a couple days off and go. I love Canada and could never live in the US, but I do envy your easy access to cars that have lived their life in dry, winter free climates. Importing is a huge pain and Canada is not kind to old cars.

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Yeah, between the exchange rate, import fees, and sales tax a US car gets expensive fast. 7k USD quickly becomes $11,000 CAD on the road here in Ontario. Any nice car I bought would find a loving, dry home from November until mid April. Hardly any good driving days anyway and old cars will just wilt. I saw a porsche gt3 driving around today and just cringed knowing how much damage that poor car is receiving.

Thanks for all the great replies. Buying a car with the best shell possible was always my plan since that seems like the most open ended cost and it's well beyond the scope of my skills and tools to do myself. I'm sure I could learn but that doesn't seem like a ton of fun. That's the feeling I get as well, but since they leave the bid history and comments up it seems like a good way to find a price ceiling on a specific condition car. Many of the price guides I've found tend to be pretty vague. Being in Canada does make a US car more annoying. I can import, but from my research it needs to be running and ready to pass a safety inspection right away. I have seen a few come up for sale here which would greatly simplify matters, but since road salt is applied copiously and continuously this country eats cars.

First time poster, but I've been lurking for a while and this is a great community. I'm considering diving into the classic car world and the 2002 is one of the cars I keep circling back to. If I did take the plunge I'd be looking for a car that would be my daily during the warm months. I don't do a ton of driving since I work from home, so any car I purchased would see the usage more like a weekend fun car. I'm happy to change oil, bleed brakes, and complete other simple driveway tasks, but if it involves welding it's going to be beyond my skills and available garage space (tiny). Should I keep the 2002 on the list? Or set my sights at newer classics that won't have quite as many age related ailments? I noticed bring a trailer has an m20 swapped 2002 up for sale today. I'm curious what the community's thoughts are on the state of this car. I'm mostly gathering knowledge about evaluating 2002s as opposed to considering buying this specific car. To my eye it looks like a decent example, though some of the final pictures look like the fresh paint is covering some body issues. The community's expert opinion would be greatly appreciated.