first off lets start off saying moderators please let this thread stay. i am not referring anyone to a new forum i just need some help and suggestions and cannot move my thread from a different forum to this one. please dont remove this.

if anyone will please go to lt1ls1.com and search for the thread (about to be new 89 T/A owner) without the parentheses of course. go and please read my thread and tell me what you guys think about it. i came here cuz i was and am a member of that forum and this one also but i was suggested i come here for answers because lt1ls1.com is not big on the 3rd gens.... so please go look and tell me what yall think..you do not have to sign up to them to read a thread. moderators i can not upload the pics and other things in my thread from lt1ls1.com or i would not be asking you to let this thread stay.

 

I think you should take a Valium
Being a new member and sticking it up long term members on a forum doesn't go down well as you found out.
Because these are open public forums you will get many differing opinions , ideas , myths , misconceptions and mistakes;
take whatever you can from it and don't abuse someone because they made a bad call .You will have to learn to do your own filtering as to what " facts" are relevant to you

In any case if you want 3rd Gen info you should be asking on here , THE 3rd Gen Forum

 

what are you even talking about... that long term member on the other forum if thats what your talking about came at me first. i made a joke and he didnt like it. i dont need a valium and i dont need to go head to head finding what could possibly be the only two a$$holes on these forums. look man i dont know why you even came at me. i only asked for people to go read my thread and tell me what they thought. thats it. if i would have known about 3rdgen.org i wouldve came here first. and im here now asking a 3rd gen question so why are you acting like you are. and the conversation between me and that member were i think resolved. and the conversation went smoothly.

 

So instead of directing guys to a post on another forum , start a new post here with your questions

Most of it is too confusing anyway
You just cut and paste the your words from your 1st post over to here , don't need the pics

 

f im on an xbox doing this because i had to borrow a family members computer to put my thread on the other forum... not everybody has money like you other guys on here so stop being a dichead and assuming please. if i had money to throw around like some of you i wouldnt be asking this question but merely buying it and building it. please understand where im coming from. a lower class family. but i want a nice car that ive always wanted and now have the option to get from an older gentleman that has been nice enough to hold the car for me for two weeks now till i come up with the money. please take this seriously and just help me out ok. thank you 3rdgen.org forum

 

And you want to buy a 20 year old car, with close to 160K on it? With all the fuses pulled??? Already needs exhaust, and a window? Do you have a place to work on it? Tools? Even if you are a novice mechanic, this place is an overwhelmingly invaluable resource to start learning......

I think before I handed over the cash, I would cruise in there with fistful of fuses, and a pic of where they all go, (in case the fuse block isn't labeled, or ya can't read it due to whatever reason...) put the fuses in, and make sure everything works. Take it around the block at least once, to make sure it does indeed move around under its own power decently. If you can't test drive it, offer him 800.00

 

thanks man. my father in law is a mechanical and electrical mechanic in automobiles. he has his own garage and his own tools and said he would help me... i planned on buying fuses on the way to get there. my dad said just buy a bunch of 20 amp fuses and put them in and drive the bitch home and he will look at it. he said whichever fuses are blown if any he will start there and check it out. he will let me test drive it so im not worried there. it doesnt need exhaust, its just the passenger side rear tip is a little bent up and not faces at an angle down like normal... probably from the dolly it was pulled over there with because some ppl dont know that in missouri you can drive 30 days without registration, but you have to have insurance. he didnt have insurance so he had it towed there to prevent a ticket.

 

Having a place to work, tools, and someone to lend a hand that is knowledgeable makes this project MUCH more doable. I would still offer him 1000.00 (count out 10 100 dollar bills.... have the others stashed in a different pocket, so if he doesn't take it, you can pull out some more.) and see if he takes it. Funny how the sight of a pile of benjamins can make folks jump on 'em.

 

i couldnt do that.. hes held it for me for the last two weeks and couldve sold it but i gave him a deposit on it to hold it. weve already agreed on the price

 

Ah, ok. Yep. If you have already agreed, then that's the price. Still and all, not a bad deal.

 

well 3rd gen.org i have an update on the car. its in better shape than expected. the guy obviously couldve sold for more money than i got it for. im glad he didnt do anything with it cuz he said hed charge more but..... i got there for the first time he started it. sounded like total trash. no fuses like i said except ignition and fuel inj fuses were in place. it was running horrible and missing and backfiring in the intake... he didnt know but luckily ive ran across something that sounded like this before. i looked and said man this is junk but body is good and tired brand new and interior in great shape and t tops dont leak. the car ...i found out through research and talking to prior mechanics that had worked on it that i found through receipts and such.. the car has a whole full new fuel system and everything and they couldnt get it running right... then the mechanic tells me its been sitting in a garage since 2004!!! so i was like DUUUHHHHHH its gotta be bad gas lol. i put 5 gallons of premium in it on top of the old 1/4 tank of bad gas with two bottles of fuel injector cleaner made with jet fuel to pump up the old gas a few octane points and fired it back up. let it run and had to keep it idling cuz it wouldnt idle on its own. held it about 3 1/2 grand on the tach for about 45 seconds let off and was running like a scolded dog. put all new fuses in there place and voula everything worked. they let it sit for 2 years in a garage and gas went bad... so they took it to mechanic and he couldnt fix it so they pulled fuses over the years that they needed for their dd and could never fix the problem.. damn bloomin idiots. it was just bad gas hahahahahaha. as for the exhaust it was just the hanger was broke so i have to put a new hanger in it. easy. window 50 bucks. just wanted to let yall know i got a helluva steal with this just cuz some dumb mechanic and previous 2 owners couldnt figure it out. hahahaha bad gas got me a cheap beast of a trans am. i did have to put a passenger front sway bar link in because it was GONE. and redo the driver rear sway bar link cuz idiots put the spacer bar on the bushing and washer under bushing. they put it on wrong. that was all. all thats left is to get blinkers working on passenger side and rear seal on the tranny. simple stuff. thanks yall. sorry so long post. just excited as hell