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hey guys Chris fix here and today I'm

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going to show you how to complete your

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abandoned project car and this is not

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how I wanted to start off this video but

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here's what happened to my project car

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first off this is my first real

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hurricane that I've ever experienced and

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this car has seen better days just look

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at all this water now sometimes stuff

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like this is what you need to get

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motivated to restart that project that's

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been sitting and although this doesn't

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look good it kind of is so right here

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right now is the fresh new moist restart

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of the $300 turbo Delo project and for

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those of you who don't know here's how

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this all started so like any car guy I

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was looking for used cars online I use

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autot Tempest which allows you to search

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tons of car for sale websites all at

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once and I wanted to find a car with a

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bad head gasket so I can make a video on

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how to replace piston return Springs and

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it just so happened that one of my

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favorite cars as a kid popped up a Honda

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Del Soul and he was asking 1,000 bucks

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which was perfect so I went and checked

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out the car to hopefully buy it and

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seeing this car for the first time it

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got me super excited because this is the

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car I loved as a kid I really liked how

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you unique it was but as you could see

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this specific car was far from being in

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good shape the rattle can paint job the

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steel wheels dry roded tires and just

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tons of small broken parts everywhere

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luckily the owner was very friendly and

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looking back he was actually very honest

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about everything which is rare these

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days hey Chris hey how's it going my

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name's jinen man nice F to meet you yeah

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t all right so here I got you know my 93

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Delo uh to be completely honest with you

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it does have a blown head gasket at the

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moment control arm's a little squeaky

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here and there so it will need replacing

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the paint is good for now paint job in

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the future would be good and for you

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know to my knowledge that's really about

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it next Jensen gave me a quick tour of

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the car he showed me how to easily

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remove the roof and store it in the

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trunk and then roll down the rear window

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which is how this car got its name Del

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Soul that means of the sun in Spanish

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after that I went for a quick mandatory

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test drive even with the head gasket

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leak and right away I learned that the

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shifter is really worn out I wasn't even

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sure if it was in first and as I drove I

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noticed the car felt very loose and the

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suspension was clunking and banging on

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every bump but the car did drive and I

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was able to shift it into multiple gears

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so I had a basic idea of what's wrong

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with this car so this car is far from

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being worth $1,000 and it's really rough

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and Jensen told me that a lot of people

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came to see the car but they weren't

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serious they offered to take it off his

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hands or they offered him a 100 bucks so

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here's the offer I made him what I'd

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like to offer you what I think the car

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is worth is $300 and uh you know I got

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the trailer trailer is ready to go on

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the back of my truck I'll take it today

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300 cash and for the $300 I'll take it

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man yeah awesome you got yourself a deal

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all right sounds good man and just like

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that I bought myself a piece of junk

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that needs a lot of work but it's the

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perfect budget project car and I

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remember the whole ride home I was

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thinking about all the fixes and the

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mods I was going to do to this car and I

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was super excited to get started so

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after trailering at home I immediately

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set off to replace the head gasket

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because that was the most serious

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problem so I removed the bolts from the

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exhaust manifold then I unbolted the

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intake manifold and moved it off the

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head then I carefully removed the timing

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belt from the sprocket and finally I

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unscrewed the head bolts working my way

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from the outside inwards so I don't

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workp the head and with the head bolts

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removed now the head could be removed

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next I cleaned up the block and head

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surface so the new head gasket could go

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right on like that and then the head

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could be placed over the block and

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here's the old head gasket you can see

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where the gasket failed and it allowed

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the coolant to pour into the engine so

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with the new head gasket in I torque

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down all the head bolts from the center

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outwards that way the head seats evenly

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and won't warp then I put the timing

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belt back in place I tighten down the

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intake back into the head and torque

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down the exhaust manifold in a

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crisscross pattern and finally I

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reinstalled the old crusty valve cover

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now before we could start the car we had

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to drain the old oil and change the

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filter and just look at how bad that oil

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is it looks like a thick chocolate milk

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because that head gasket leak so with

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some fresh new oil in the engine another

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thing I needed to do is add some coolant

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because the bad head gasket turned most

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of the coolant into smoke and so you

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guys know this was my first ever head

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gasket job so as a little nervous for

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the next part starting up the car and

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here we go Moment of

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Truth all right that is awesome so now

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the head gasket was fixed but you always

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want to expect to uncover other problems

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that you didn't know about when you buy

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a project car for example this giant

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rust hole and this was another fix that

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I've never done before but luckily it

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wasn't difficult first you need to cut

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out all the rust then get a piece of

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sheet metal and cut it to shape to fill

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the hole and now you can weld the sheet

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metal into to the car just be sure to

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spread to heat out by welding different

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spots that way you don't overheat the

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metal and warp it and finally I coated

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the entire top and under side of the

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floorboard with a special paint to

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prevent rust and it came out looking

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amazing so with the giant rust hole

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fixed I needed to paint the valve cover

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to make it look nicer so first I hit the

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cover with a paint stripper and worked

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it in with a metal wire brush and

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finally I rinsed it off and cleaned it

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with a paper towel and alcohol and I

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wanted to make this paint job a little

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bit unique so I added my logo to the

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valve cover and I hit it with the first

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coat of paint this is a silver metallic

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Foundation layer that's going to make

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the next layer really pop then I hit it

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with this blue paint making sure to have

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a nice even coat around the whole valve

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cover and then once that dried I peeled

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away the vinyl stickers leaving behind

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the bare aluminum look then I showed you

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guys a real quick way to make the Honda

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logo and the lettering silver Again by

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using a file and then the final step was

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to add some high temperature clear coat

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to protect all this hard work after the

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cover dried it was time to install and

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check out this before and after much

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better right after that I wanted to

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install a kill switch because my friend

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who just spot a Honda himself had it

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stolen right out of his driveway he

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found it gutted and abandoned on the

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side of the road and it was

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heartbreaking so to prevent this I

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showed you guys a few sneaky spots to

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hide to kill switch and I personally

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ended up putting it in my shifter bezel

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so I drilled a hole where I wanted to

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mount the switch then I added that

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switch and tightened it down to hold it

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in place then I reinstalled the interior

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piece with the switch installed and

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showed you how to find the wiring that

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goes to your fuel pump because without

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fuel the car won't start so once I

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showed you how to find the correct wire

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I cut that wire and I wired the switch

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into the circuit that way you could turn

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the power off going to the fuel pump

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Moment of Truth we're in neutral I think

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the switch is deactivated so it should

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be ready to start

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up all right it starts right up now I'm

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going to shut the car I'm going to flip

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our kill switch and I'm going to start

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her back

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up woo

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baby and a criminal is going to be like

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what the heck why won't it

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start flip that kill switch

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starts right up oh man that is exciting

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now after the kill switch the next big

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project to make the car more drivable

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was to rebuild and replace the entire

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front suspension because the car was not

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really that safe to drive and just to

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give you an idea look at how worn these

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bushings are you could see with just a

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little bit of pressure the control arm

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bushings give way and this is why the

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steering is so vague and there's a

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clunking noise going over bumps I mean

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this is the original suspension from

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1993 so to fix this the first thing I

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did was remove the axle nut so I

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hammered out the indented part that way

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I could loosen up the nut completely so

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it comes off all the way next I removed

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the brake caliper as well as the rotor

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and that was rust welded to the hub so

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it needed a little bit of persuasion to

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come off then I remov the upper control

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arm from the top of the knuckle and I

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kept the nut on there as I hammered and

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that'll prevent the stud from

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mushrooming that way it comes right out

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with that removed we had to remove the

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lower control arm from the knuckle this

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had a rusty Cotter pin so I pulled it

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out with some pliers and then removed

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the nut completely and I wanted to show

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you guys another method of popping the

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stud out of the knuckle so I used a ball

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joint removal tool and you just tighten

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it until the stud pops loose and now you

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can see the knuckle comes right out

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finally the last thing holding this

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knuckle in was a tie rod so I loosen

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that up and then hammered the stud

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upwards to break it

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free and just like that the tie rod

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could come off and now the knuckle could

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be removed then I removed the tie rod

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from the steering rack followed by

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removing the worn out strut as well as

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the clunky axle and finally I unbolted

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the lower control arm so it could be

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removed so out with all the old

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suspension parts and in with the new

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ones so next I had to rebuild the

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knuckle and I started by hammering out

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the old Hub like so then hammering out

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the old

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bearing and finally hammering out the

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old ball joint like so next I painted

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the knuckle and strut Fork that way they

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look brand new and I also painted the

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underside of the wheel well so not only

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does this look good but it's going to

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stay rust free for years to come after

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everything dried I added the new parts

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to the knuckles starting with the ball

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joint you just use the cup and ball

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joint press and then tighten down the

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Press until the ball joint bottoms out

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like so then you add your snap ring to

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the other side to hold it in place next

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I installed a new wheel bearing and this

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gets pressed in a similar fashion to the

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ball joint and once it bottoms out you

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put the snap ring the hold it in place

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then we could add the Hub and press it

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into the bearing like so and now the

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knuckle is fully rebuilt so back at the

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car installed a new tie rod as well as

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the new upper control arm and torqued

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that to

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spec then the new strut went in and got

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torqued to

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Speck followed by the new axle which you

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need to make sure it gets pushed all the

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way into the transmission and then with

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with the axle in the lower control arm

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could be installed and I torqu that to

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spec as well and finally the knuckle

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could be installed making sure the axle

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splines line up and then just give it a

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push and then you can put the ball joint

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into the lower control arm good now with

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the knuckle in place let's come over to

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the tie rod and get that installed so

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Slide the tie rod end into the knuckle

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hand tighten the nut and torque it to

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spec then we need to slide in our Cotter

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pin and bend both ends of the Cotter pin

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around the nut that way the nut can't

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come loose same thing with the lower

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ball joint I got that nut on there

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torqued it to Speck and added the Cotter

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pin after that was installed the last

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thing to do was to tighten down the

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upper ball joint so I pushed the stud

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through the knuckle and torqued it down

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all right so all that was left to do was

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add the new brake rotor install the

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refreshed brake caliper torque it to

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spec and then install the brake pads now

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I could just reuse the old dry rotted

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tires and the steel wheels which look

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horrible so I got some new tires and I

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put them on some new Wheels I got for a

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great price so finally with the wheels

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bolted on I set the car on the ground to

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finish the last step install the axle

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nut so I use some Med strength thread

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locker and hand tighten the nut onto the

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axle and then torqued it to spec then

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you need to stake the nut into place

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with a punch so it won't loosen and to

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finish this all up the last thing to do

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was to take the car to the alignment

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shop because you could see it was all at

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a spec now a few minutes later

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everything was adjusted and the front

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suspension rebuild was complete so there

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was still a lot to do on this delou

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project but it was coming along nicely

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and this is when I introduced to you

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guys my idea of turboing the Delo with a

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budget friendly eBay turbo kit but then

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unfortunately there there was a lot

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going on in my life at that time and I

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had to put the delou into storage for

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what I thought was only going to be a

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couple of weeks but little did I know

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life wasn't going to get much easier for

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me okay so now you know the project

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turbo Del Soul origin story and I'm

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tired of coming up with excuses of why

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this car isn't running and driving and

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why I haven't made a how to turbo your

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car video yet so today we're going to

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get this car running and driving and

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take her to the track for a/4 mile time

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get a 0 to 60 time and put her on the

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dyno to see how much horsepower and

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torque she's making before we add the

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turbo okay so the first thing we need to

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do is get this car dry before the

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interior gets all moldy this is

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definitely not good so if you ever get

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into a small flood like this here's what

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you need to do first grab your wet dry

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shot vac and suck out all the water from

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the carpet you really should remove the

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carpets completely and set it out to dry

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but it's 90° out so once most of the

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water is removed I'm going to leave the

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doors open and let it sit in the Sun for

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a Day so a day later even though I

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removed all the water from the carpet

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it's pretty dry it still smells musty in

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here I'm guessing there's mold or

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bacteria or something that's making the

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back of my throat burn when I sit in the

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car which isn't good now eventually

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we'll clean everything out we'll take

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the carpets out I'll show you how to do

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all that we'll install new carpets new

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seats stuff like that but for now I just

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want to be able to drive the car so I

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have this odor eliminator and this kills

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the mold and the bacteria and the stuff

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that causes the odors and it's super

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easy to use let me show you first we

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need to close all the windows in the car

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so the gas gets trapped in the interior

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now inside of this we have two pieces

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the sponge and the packet first you need

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to saturate the sponge with some water

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like so then we can open up this packet

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and you definitely want to do this

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outside wearing gloves and finally Slide

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the end of the packet into the slit in

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the sponge just like this and place this

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in the plastic container that it comes

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in with the vent holes up then you want

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to place this in the middle of the

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Interior on a flat surface and this

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doesn't mask smells it releases a

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chlorine gas that kills the odors

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completely so don't breathe this in and

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we're going to let this sit overnight

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now I use these odor eliminators in

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every car I bu here's a great video that

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I took with my other car and it gives

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you an idea of how it works you can see

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the chlorine dioxide being released into

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the car so it fills the interior and

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destroys the odors as well as the

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bacteria and mold that create them the

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next morning you want to open up all the

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doors in the car to vent the interior

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out and then after it vents out for a

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few minutes let's remove this and throw

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it out and then before you sit in here

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just let it vent for a few more minutes

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so you're not breathing anything bad in

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so with the interior of the car all

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aired out so it's safe to be in here I

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wish you guys could smell what it smells

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like it smells sterile I don't even know

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how to explain it it smells like nothing

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there are no odors it doesn't smell

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musty anymore and the back of my throat

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isn't burning which is a good thing that

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means we could go for a ride now before

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we go for a ride here's the next problem

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that we need to fix listen to this

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you're going to know what it

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is so the battery is dead now I have

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tried to charge it once and it won't

13:22 - 13:26

hold a charge so I'm pretty sure it's

13:24 - 13:28

bad so let me show you how to test it to

13:26 - 13:30

know for sure cuz batteries aren't cheap

13:28 - 13:32

so grab a battery reload tester put the

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alligator clips on the terminals and

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this battery is 410 cold cranking amps

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good now we can let it do its thing okay

13:37 - 13:41

and there you go it's saying the battery

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is bad with just 262 cold cranking amps

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so we need to replace it so let's

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unscrew the nuts holding the battery tie

13:44 - 13:48

down in and remove that then unscrew the

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nut on the positive terminal and unscrew

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the nut on the negative terminal and you

13:49 - 13:53

always want to remove negative first

13:51 - 13:54

then the positive and now we can remove

13:53 - 13:57

the battery and this thing is pretty

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heavy so out with the old and in with

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the new and the new battery is a lithium

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battery there's a couple of benefits one

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being weight savings check this out so

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let's get the lead acid battery on the

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scale and this weighs 25 lb and 9 oz

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okay so now let's weigh the new lithium

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battery and this weighs 10 lb 15 oz so

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that's just under 15 lbs of weight saved

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which for such a small battery is pretty

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impressive also for such a light car

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every pound counts now the main reason I

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got this battery is because of this

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feature right here this is my favorite

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thing about this and that is a jump

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start feature so if you run your battery

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completely down you leave your

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headlights on or something like that

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this stores up enough energy where when

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you press that it allows you to start

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your car so that is huge that way you

14:38 - 14:42

won't get stranded plus all the extra

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electrical stuff I'm going to be running

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on this car between gauges the upgraded

14:44 - 14:48

ECU all that stuff for the turbo I want

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to make sure I have a good power source

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and that's why I picked out this battery

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so let's get it installed another

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benefit with the lightweight battery is

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it's super easy to install because it's

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so light so let's get the tie down in

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place and tighten down both the nuts to

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hold it in and that's not going anywhere

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now don't forget to remove the terminal

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covers then you want to connect the

15:02 - 15:05

positive terminal first and tighten it

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down so it's snug and then finish by

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connecting the negative terminal and

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snug that up as well all right let's go

15:09 - 15:13

test out this battery Moment of

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Truth well the battery cranks over that

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engine extra fast that is a very strong

15:19 - 15:24

battery but I do not hear that fuel pump

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priming this has been an issue since the

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day I got the car and that's why I leave

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a hammer right next to the fuel pump let

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me show you so I use to hit the top of

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the fuel pump to shake it up then I

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cycle the

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key hear that the fuel pump's

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working so there you go the fuel pump is

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obviously bad now I'm pretty confident

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this is the original fuel pump and as

15:43 - 15:47

you can see from all the surface debris

15:45 - 15:48

here all the rust this fuel pump has

15:47 - 15:50

seen better days I'm kind of afraid to

15:48 - 15:51

see what it looks like inside there

15:50 - 15:53

looks like this one's been epoxied

15:51 - 15:55

because of a leak or something so let's

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replace this fuel pump with a nice brand

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new fuel pump assembly and it has a

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brand new fuel pump and fuel sock which

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is like a pre-filter so let's go swap it

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out we don't want any of this rust

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getting into the fuel tank so let's

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vacuum around the opening here now let's

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disconnect this electrical connector and

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set it off to the side next let's remove

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the fuel return hose so move the hose

16:11 - 16:15

clamp down off the end here and out of

16:13 - 16:17

the way and this is a hose Grip Pliers

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I'm using to help me remove this fuel

16:17 - 16:20

line and the trick is always to twist

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the hose back and forth to break it free

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since this has probably never been

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removed since 1993 now we can remove the

16:24 - 16:28

high pressure fuel line by unscrewing

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the banjo bolt and then set that off to

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the side and finally there's six nuts

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holding in the fuel pump assembly so

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let's unscrew all those and now the fuel

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pump is free and it could come right out

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so out with the old and in with the new

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ah you got to be kidding me actually

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hold up this is why you always compare

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Parts Because unless I'm missing

16:46 - 16:50

something here these two are definitely

16:47 - 16:52

not the same now since the goal here is

16:50 - 16:54

to get this car back on the road we have

16:52 - 16:56

hit a roadblock we do not want to delay

16:54 - 16:58

this any further cuz that's just an

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excuse for oh well I'll let this car sit

16:58 - 17:03

even longer we want to get it back on

17:00 - 17:05

the road now so no more delays this

17:03 - 17:07

unfortunately is a very specific pump

17:05 - 17:09

for the Honda Del Soul I don't think

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they make new ones at all I did a quick

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search and I couldn't find any I reached

17:11 - 17:14

out to some Honda friends of mine and

17:12 - 17:16

they told me basically junkyard ones so

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I'm going to look for a good junkyard

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one but in the meantime that's going to

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take a little while so I'm going to take

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this pump right here I'm going to

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retrofit it into my current fuel pump

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assembly and I'm going to make sure it

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works that way we could get this car

17:25 - 17:29

back on the road so first remove the

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pump from the assembly oh the fuel sock

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came off but that's okay now let's pull

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this off the hose good and finally

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disconnect the wiring harness and there

17:35 - 17:38

we go and this fuel pump looks the same

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as the original one so now we want to

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remove the original fuel pump the same

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exact way so disconnect the wiring

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harness then we can pull it off the hose

17:44 - 17:47

and finally let's remove the fuel sock

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because this specifically fits the Dell

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sole so let's get that old fuel sock on

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the new pump and it's a press fit so

17:51 - 17:54

just make sure you push it on there good

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perfect then we can push the electrical

17:54 - 17:59

connector back in then we can push the

17:57 - 18:01

fuel pump onto the hose and move that

17:59 - 18:03

hose clamp to the end so it doesn't come

18:01 - 18:04

off then we can push the pump back into

18:03 - 18:07

the assembly and we're good to go and

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reinstall this into the tank now before

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we install the new pump let's remove the

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old fuel that's been in here for 5 years

18:10 - 18:14

because even though I added fuel

18:11 - 18:16

stabilizer gasoline degrades after 5

18:14 - 18:18

years and we want good fuel for our drag

18:16 - 18:20

strip and Dino runs there's only about a

18:18 - 18:22

half a tank in here anyway and this tank

18:20 - 18:23

isn't very big so once the tank is empty

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let's install the rebuilt fuel pump

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assembly making sure this is clocked in

18:25 - 18:29

the correct direction next tighten down

18:27 - 18:30

all six nuts in a Cris cross pattern so

18:29 - 18:32

the assembly mates to the top of the

18:30 - 18:34

fuel tank evenly that way there aren't

18:32 - 18:36

any leaks next we need to tighten down

18:34 - 18:38

the Bano bolt but it's important that

18:36 - 18:40

you don't re use these old washers and

18:38 - 18:42

instead make sure you use brand new ones

18:40 - 18:44

one goes on the bottom then the fuel

18:42 - 18:46

line goes on and then the other washer

18:44 - 18:48

goes on top and you could hand tighten

18:46 - 18:50

the bolt until it's snug now let's get

18:48 - 18:52

the fuel return line in place then we

18:50 - 18:54

can move the hose clamp to the end like

18:52 - 18:57

so and then reconnect the wiring harness

18:54 - 18:59

so it clicks good and finally this banjo

18:57 - 19:01

bolt gets torqued to 22t pound so it

18:59 - 19:02

won't leak fuel now let's add some fresh

19:01 - 19:04

fuel so we can make it to the gas

19:02 - 19:06

station and I'm using the crisix funnel

19:04 - 19:08

made in the USA and I'm only adding a

19:06 - 19:09

gallon because the gas station's right

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around the corner good and that should

19:09 - 19:13

do it so let's get the gas cap back on

19:11 - 19:15

and the dirtiness of this fuel filler

19:13 - 19:17

area is bothering me so grab some soapy

19:15 - 19:19

water and spray it down then we're going

19:17 - 19:22

to agitate all the dirt with a brush and

19:19 - 19:25

finally rinse all the dirt away much

19:22 - 19:27

better okay moment of truth let's see if

19:25 - 19:30

she'll start but first let's just see if

19:27 - 19:30

the fuel pump will Prime

19:31 - 19:34

beautiful I hear that fuel pump and here

19:32 - 19:37

we

19:34 - 19:39

go all right now the first thing we need

19:37 - 19:41

to do real quick is check the fuel pump

19:39 - 19:42

area to make sure there's no leaks and

19:41 - 19:44

as you can see there's nothing leaking

19:42 - 19:46

here we're nice and dry so we're good to

19:44 - 19:48

go okay so she's been idling for a few

19:46 - 19:50

minutes now and she's running great the

19:48 - 19:53

only thing left to do is head out and

19:50 - 19:55

get some fuel because we are on E then

19:53 - 19:56

we can head to the track run our quarter

19:55 - 19:58

mile and then go to the dyno and see how

19:56 - 20:00

much power she's making so let's go to

19:58 - 20:02

the gas

20:00 - 20:04

[Music]

20:02 - 20:06

station all right so I'm beginning to

20:04 - 20:07

think this car is cursed for whatever

20:06 - 20:09

reason the rear brakes are jammed up and

20:07 - 20:11

not spinning even pulling it with my

20:09 - 20:12

truck isn't working to free it up so

20:11 - 20:13

we're going to have to take the wheels

20:12 - 20:15

off and

20:13 - 20:16

investigate so let's Slide the Jack

20:15 - 20:18

under the car right under the

20:16 - 20:20

crossmember and Jack her up so the

20:18 - 20:22

wheels are off the ground can't forget

20:20 - 20:24

about the jack stands good and then we

20:22 - 20:25

can slowly let the car down on the jack

20:24 - 20:27

stands now we can break all four lug

20:25 - 20:29

nuts loose then remove them the rest of

20:27 - 20:31

the way by hand and take the wheel off

20:29 - 20:33

and I always like to slide the wheel

20:31 - 20:35

under the car for Extra Protection and

20:33 - 20:37

let's see here yeah just as I figured

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let's hit this with a

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[Music]

20:41 - 20:46

hammer okay now that's much better now

20:44 - 20:48

it actually spins so let's remove the

20:46 - 20:49

drum and take a look at the damage oh

20:48 - 20:51

yeah and as you can see this is all

20:49 - 20:53

super Rusty I bet the flood water seized

20:51 - 20:54

up the drums from all the rust but don't

20:53 - 20:57

worry we're going to convert this to

20:54 - 20:59

disc brakes anyway but sheesh look at

20:57 - 21:01

this that's a lot of rust so now let's

20:59 - 21:02

get the unseized drum back on along with

21:01 - 21:04

the

21:02 - 21:07

wheel and then hand tighten the lug nuts

21:04 - 21:09

for now and we'll torque that

21:07 - 21:11

later now on the other side we want to

21:09 - 21:13

get the drum unstuck as

21:11 - 21:16

[Music]

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well there we go sheesh okay so both of

21:16 - 21:20

these drums are really rusty so these

21:18 - 21:21

are going to have to get replaced but

21:20 - 21:23

for now we're good to go so let's get

21:21 - 21:25

that drum back on and get the wheel back

21:23 - 21:27

on then hand tighten the lug nuts that

21:25 - 21:28

way we could torque them down now we

21:27 - 21:30

need to Jack the car up just a little

21:28 - 21:32

bit so we can remove the jack stands and

21:30 - 21:34

lower the car to the ground so the tires

21:32 - 21:36

just touch the ground now let's torque

21:34 - 21:38

the lug nuts to spec in a crisscross

21:36 - 21:39

pattern for both wheels and once both

21:38 - 21:41

wheels are torqued lower the car to the

21:39 - 21:42

ground the rest of the way and let's go

21:41 - 21:45

for a

21:42 - 21:47

ride first up the gas station because we

21:45 - 21:49

are running on

21:47 - 21:51

fumes all right so let's go get some

21:49 - 21:53

fresh fuel in the Dell Sole and I'm

21:51 - 21:55

going to be using Shell's V power Nitro

21:53 - 21:58

plus which has additives in it that

21:55 - 22:00

cleans the fuel injectors up to 100%

21:58 - 22:02

it's 93 octane which will be very

22:00 - 22:05

helpful once we boost the Dell

22:02 - 22:06

sole now so you have an actual idea of

22:05 - 22:08

what dirty injectors look like compared

22:06 - 22:10

to clean injectors here's four fuel

22:08 - 22:11

injectors from another one of my cars

22:10 - 22:13

and you can see the second injector is

22:11 - 22:14

dirty and the spray pattern is not good

22:13 - 22:16

same thing with the third injector

22:14 - 22:18

although it's not as dirty but both of

22:16 - 22:19

these would cause a loss in fuel economy

22:18 - 22:21

so it's important that your injectors

22:19 - 22:23

are clean like these two outside ones

22:21 - 22:25

which are working perfectly so hopefully

22:23 - 22:27

that visual helped now let's go fill her

22:25 - 22:29

up now if you ever wondered what it

22:27 - 22:30

looks like when you're fuel fing up your

22:29 - 22:32

car from the inside of the gas tank

22:30 - 22:33

Wonder no more here's something you

22:32 - 22:36

don't get to see every

22:33 - 22:38

day and just like that we are filled up

22:36 - 22:40

with some fresh fuel I do want to thank

22:38 - 22:42

shell very much for supporting the video

22:40 - 22:44

and supporting the budget build I cannot

22:42 - 22:46

wait to see what she does on the quarter

22:44 - 22:48

mile and what kind of horsepower she

22:46 - 22:51

puts down on the dyno so let's go head

22:48 - 22:53

to the track oh man I've missed this so

22:51 - 22:56

much if you have a project car it's on

22:53 - 22:58

jack stands or in storage or not driving

22:56 - 22:59

get it driving trust me this feels so

22:58 - 23:01

good to be back on the road and it

22:59 - 23:03

doesn't have to be perfect don't make

23:01 - 23:04

your car perfect just get it on the road

23:03 - 23:06

got a cracked windshield I got a check

23:04 - 23:08

engine light on I got a shifter that's

23:06 - 23:10

Loosey Goosey I'm pretty sure the

23:08 - 23:12

exhaust the muffler whatever fell off

23:10 - 23:14

either that or has a hole in it because

23:12 - 23:17

it's so loud listen to

23:14 - 23:19

this but you get the idea the car is

23:17 - 23:21

running and driving and it feels amazing

23:19 - 23:22

I missed this so let's get to the track

23:21 - 23:24

and let's see what we can do for the

23:22 - 23:26

quarter mile all right so we made it to

23:24 - 23:28

the drag strip and I'm here with my

23:26 - 23:29

buddy Cletus McFarland you ready to let

23:28 - 23:31

her RP yeah let's see what it run down

23:29 - 23:33

the drag STP then we'll take it over to

23:31 - 23:35

our Dyno okay so I've only done a/

23:33 - 23:37

quarter mile one other time before and

23:35 - 23:42

that was years ago but Cletus gave me

23:37 - 23:42

some tips so let's see what I could do

23:46 - 23:49

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so we ran an 18.4 second quarter mile at

24:15 - 24:20

76 mph and the 0 to 60 time was 11.22

24:18 - 24:22

seconds which just to give you an idea

24:20 - 24:24

is slower than my Prius now before we

24:22 - 24:25

head to the dyo Cletus wanted to give

24:24 - 24:27

her a rip and I'm curious to see how

24:25 - 24:29

much faster he's going to be with all

24:27 - 24:32

his Drag Racing Experience it's a tight

24:29 - 24:32

squeeze you

24:38 - 24:41

[Music]

24:48 - 24:52

ready come

24:55 - 25:03

on what is the pop of for ship

25:00 - 25:03

that's it third

25:05 - 25:11

gear what I run 179 all right and for

25:10 - 25:14

anybody who's into drag racing here are

25:11 - 25:17

the Time Slips you could see I am just

25:14 - 25:19

about a half a second behind Cletus

25:17 - 25:21

that's not bad for my second time drag

25:19 - 25:22

racing so we have a good Baseline for

25:21 - 25:25

our quarter mile times now let's head to

25:22 - 25:27

the dyno so a dino is like a giant

25:25 - 25:28

treadmill for cars and since the Del Sol

25:27 - 25:31

is front-wheel drive we need a to put

25:28 - 25:33

the front wheels on the dyno all right

25:31 - 25:38

so what do you think we're going to run

25:33 - 25:39

93 honadel Soul Powerhouse I'm going 93

25:38 - 25:42

horsepower all right what's the least

25:39 - 25:47

horsepower you've had on this

25:42 - 25:47

dyo 93 honadel soul

25:59 - 26:02

[Music]

26:19 - 26:25

woo

26:21 - 26:27

wow brother woo baby so here are the

26:25 - 26:29

results the dotted line is the torque

26:27 - 26:32

and the solid line is the horsepower so

26:29 - 26:35

max torque happens around 4700 RPMs at

26:32 - 26:38

89 lb feet and then max power is made at

26:35 - 26:39

around 6,000 RPMs at 92 horsepower and

26:38 - 26:43

I'm very curious cuz look at how the

26:39 - 26:45

power falls off real hard at 6,500 RPMs

26:43 - 26:46

I wonder what's happening there almost

26:45 - 26:49

made 100 horsepower it's up there with

26:46 - 26:51

the record all right well I appreciate

26:49 - 26:52

after turbo we'll see how she does bring

26:51 - 26:54

her back maybe double the power we're

26:52 - 26:56

interested to see what you do all right

26:54 - 26:58

thank you guys yes sir all right so the

26:56 - 27:00

project Del Soul is back she's live

26:58 - 27:01

she's kicking and it feels so good to be

27:00 - 27:04

able to drive her again she's not in

27:01 - 27:05

storage she's not on jack stands if this

27:04 - 27:07

isn't motivation for you guys to get

27:05 - 27:10

your project car back on the road I

27:07 - 27:14

don't know what is so now we have our

27:10 - 27:16

pre-turbo 0 to 604 Mile and Dyno numbers

27:14 - 27:19

and you guys know what that means it is

27:16 - 27:22

time to install a turbo kit and not just

27:19 - 27:24

any turbo kit this is the classic $600

27:22 - 27:26

eBay turbo kit it is very budget

27:24 - 27:28

friendly and we're going to try to make

27:26 - 27:29

some reliable power using this kit just

27:28 - 27:31

as a quick overview you have your

27:29 - 27:33

couplers and tubing for the intercooler

27:31 - 27:35

you obviously have your turbo you have

27:33 - 27:38

all the oil lines that need to go to the

27:35 - 27:40

oil pan to feed the turbo and also drain

27:38 - 27:41

the turbo you have your wastegate you

27:40 - 27:44

have your blowoff valve you have your

27:41 - 27:45

exhaust components and your intercooler

27:44 - 27:47

and that's pretty much what comes with

27:45 - 27:49

the kit but that's not all you need

27:47 - 27:51

you're going to need more as usual so we

27:49 - 27:53

have our cooler spark plugs and we're

27:51 - 27:54

going to need to upgrade the fuel system

27:53 - 27:56

something simple like just replacing

27:54 - 27:58

your original fuel filter is important

27:56 - 28:01

getting a higher flow fuel pump getting

27:58 - 28:02

better injectors and of course upgrading

28:01 - 28:03

the ECU so you could tune it and then

28:02 - 28:05

you're going to have to do some other

28:03 - 28:07

stuff like add some gauges it's

28:05 - 28:09

important to know boost air fuel ratios

28:07 - 28:11

fuel pressure oil pressure stuff like

28:09 - 28:12

that so there is a lot that goes into it

28:11 - 28:14

and I'm going to show you everything you

28:12 - 28:16

need to know in a complete series on how

28:14 - 28:18

to get your car ready to Turbo and then

28:16 - 28:20

how to turbo your car but wait there's

28:18 - 28:21

more remember how the exhaust is all

28:20 - 28:23

messed up the muffler is kind of just

28:21 - 28:25

hanging there underneath the car it

28:23 - 28:26

sounds really loud well we're going to

28:25 - 28:27

fix that with a brand new exhaust system

28:26 - 28:29

so I'm going to show you how to install

28:27 - 28:32

this and Hondas don't really usually

28:29 - 28:34

sound that great with a full exhaust

28:32 - 28:36

it's just kind of how it is but this is

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a valved exhaust so when you want the

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extra power you want it to be loud you

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open up the valve it goes straight

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through and it's loud when you want to

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be quiet for your neighbors or just for

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cruising around town or whatever it is

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you close the valve and it's nice and

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quiet and this kit comes with everything

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you need to install it so that is going

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to be awesome another very important fix

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I'm going to show you how to do is fix

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your wet noodle of a shifter so that's

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first right there but it looks like

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neutral look at how loose that is I

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think that's third no that's first

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that's third I can't even tell that's

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how bad this shifter is it's so vague

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it's not crisp and it's just not good

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and the reason why is this right here

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you could see how rusted everything is

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underneath all the bushings are bad and

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there's just so much play in this

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shifter that's not good so to fix that I

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got this rust free shifter linkage from

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the junkyard you can see that looks way

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better than what we have but it does

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have the rubber bushings on both ends

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which are shot so we're going to be

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installing polyurethane bushings which

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are stiffer that way we have a more

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crisp shift and they won't move as much

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as the rubber does plus we're going to

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install a short throw shifter again more

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direct more crisp shifts so it's going

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to feel amazing and finally you guys

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remember how bad those drum brakes were

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in the rear they were super Rusty and

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also They seized up on us but I'm not

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worried because we're going to be doing

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a drum to disc conversion using these

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adapter plates and then using Brake

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Hardware and brake parts from different

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vehicles that are already on the road

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and I think you get the idea as with any

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project there's always something to do

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we got the front bumper to install here

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there's fenders that I need to put on

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we're going to end up getting paint

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workor done to this car when it's all

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said and done there's a bunch of parts I

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want to install we have a nice carbon

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fiber steering wheel going in brand new

30:16 - 30:21

carpets and seats we got to rebuild the

30:19 - 30:22

entire rear suspension just like we did

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the front suspension you got a rear

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bumper going on and a nice spoiler

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that'll go on and I mean there's much

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much more can't wait to show you guys

30:29 - 30:32

everything so I hope you guys enjoyed

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this video if you did remember to give

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it a thumbs up if you're not a

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subscriber consider hitting that

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build and as always all the tools and

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down in the description so you can

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easily find them

Reviving a Project Car: The Journey of the Abandoned $300 Turbo Del Sol

In this video by ChrisFix, we witness the saga of reviving an abandoned project car - the $300 turbocharged Honda Del Sol. The journey begins with the discovery of the car, its sorry state after being caught in a flood, and the excitement of the restoration process. The initial focus was on fixing the blown head gasket, leading to a successful repair and the car roaring back to life. Various challenges were encountered, from rust holes to shifter issues, all of which were tackled with DIY solutions and expert tips.

The story progresses as the Del Sol undergoes a series of upgrades, including a new battery, a unique valve cover paint job, and the addition of a kill switch to prevent theft. The next major project involved rebuilding the front suspension, ensuring the car's safety and drivability. Despite setbacks like jammed rear brakes and a defective fuel pump, each obstacle was efficiently addressed, demonstrating the resilience and problem-solving skills required in such endeavors.

As the Del Sol hits the track for a quarter-mile run and a dyno test, the true power and performance of the revived project are unveiled. The results are promising, setting the stage for future modifications. ChrisFix teases exciting upcoming projects, including the installation of a budget-friendly eBay turbo kit, a valved exhaust system, shifter upgrades, and a drum-to-disc brake conversion. The video promises a comprehensive series covering each enhancement, from engine improvements to aesthetic upgrades, ensuring the $300 turbo Del Sol evolves into a true showstopper.

Through the ups and downs of this project car restoration, ChrisFix imparts valuable lessons on perseverance, creativity, and the joy of bringing a forgotten vehicle back to life. Stay tuned for the thrilling transformation of the Del Sol and a masterclass in DIY automotive restoration. The journey continues, and the $300 turbo Del Sol is poised to shine brighter than ever before.