Hello everybody. First post here so I'd like to introduce myself. I am 18 in November and I love to work on cars. My first project (Project Buick) was repairing my dad's 1993 Buick Park Avenue N/A with him after it had an accident. That was fun and turned out well, except for spray painting the hood from a junk yard. That looks awful. The other vehicle is a 2004 Toyota 4Runner with the 4.7. I love that truck. Super reliable, powerful, and a great offroader. I am on about 5 forums for that. I know everything about LandCruisers and 4runners. Of course, my dad and I maintain that too.
Anyway this is why I'm here. My mom has a 1987 lagoon green Carrera Targa (3.2, G50) tucked away in a garage. It hasn't seen the light of day in 4 years. Back then, it started to run very rough. She took it to two different mechanics and they both said that it was a fuel injection problem. At that time, we were not financially able to make the necessary repairs. We are even less able now. However, at my high school, there is an elective called auto tune up where the former mechanic teaches kids simple stuff about cars. Obviously, I am way past the rest of the class except for one friend. We are allowed to bring in our own cars to work on for lab days. This gives me access to a knowledgeable mechanic, all of the tools in the world, and many lifts. I am not going to let this opportunity slip away. I am determined to get this car back in driving condition. Whether my parents will let me drive it is questionable.
So this is my plan:
1. Go to the garage with a trailer. Will it start after 4 years? Battery will most likely be dead. Stabil was added.
2. Put car in another parking spot or favorably immediately into the school.
3. Perform leak down and compression tests to find out which cylinders are bad.
4. confirm that the fuel injectors are bad
5. order x amount of
these. Real tight budget.
6. Take out the old ones and put the new ones in. Do i need to drop the engine to do this if i have a lift? I read
this, but there are no pictures pertaining to the steps.
7. Burn out happily with a well running car
Does all of this sound right? Critiques are welcome.
P.S. I do not have any pics of the car right now.