Hey guys, it's been a while since I posted in this thread. I'll give you guys an update on my life since I left.
CLIFFS: It has taken me way too long to rebuild my motor, and I need a good gas tank.
Last summer I bought a 7MGE from pull-a-part to replace my BHG'd motor in my 86.5. I got all of the parts ordered for the job (ARP studs and new head gasket kit), shimmed the oil pump, head resurfaced + full valve overhaul, cleaned and painted the block, and finally assembled most of the motor before the summer ended. Yeah, I know that's an awesome run-on sentence.
The night before fall semester started, I was coming back to Auburn from an auto-x in Birmingham and my life got tossed a nasty curve ball. Having put myself in a bad situation for driving (exhausted from auto-x + late night + empty roads), I fell asleep behind the wheel of my GTI and subsequently ran off the road into a drainage ditch. The car was totaled, but I thank God that I was able to walk out with just a sore shoulder. It REALLY sucked losing that car because it was my only working mode of transportation. I had also just replaced the clutch, and the car only had 55k miles on it. To make matters worse, that was the second GTI I had totaled in the past 3 years. Yeah, State Farm loves me :sadwavey:. And the icing on the cake, I was literally ONE HALF OF A MILE from my trailer!
I needed a replacement car quick, and I didn't want to have to rely on the unfinished Supra to be that car. So I bought a 1986 GTI to serve as my daily driver. It's been interesting so far to say the least.
Fast forward to January when I came back home for a co-op job at IP in Prattville. I finally got the motor finished and installed in late January. After battling a few starter and EFI problems I discovered a rusty fuel tank. Well, the pump died when it tried to ingest a bunch of rust scale. I have acquired a fuel pump, but the tank and lines still need attention.
In February, I dropped the Supra for a few weeks to do some front end suspension refreshing on the GTI.
So that brings me to the here and now. I still have an incapacitated Supra waiting for clean fuel. I got a quote from a radiator shop here in Montgomery to acid wash and line the tank with Redkote. The guy I talked to said the base price for that job is $125.
Does anyone in the surrounding area have a good fuel tank that I could have for less than that? I'll probably be getting a new gauge sending unit and gaskets too.
