Are this cars easy to work on?

oil filter

 

fuel, lotsa fuel....muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah(and tires of course eddie)

 

fuel is not a part is it?

 

if ya gotta replace it it is, now go with the joke eddie !

 

i know its a joke , i was just razzin you

 

whatsa matter for you? why you looka so sad, things ainta so bad...now shadduppayouface!




hahahaha, my ex-fatherinlaws favorite saying.

 

I agree,

Example: BEFORE


and AFTER



Good thing I have a really big garbage can. I spent the first 3 months of ownership just taking things off, making sure it still started up, then throwing the things away.

I have no idea how much weight I have lost, not even counting the small bumper conversion.

Sorry the pics were so big. I thought I had resized them in my picture host, and they appear 500X350 or so there, but are HUGE on the forum...

 

im 16 and on a budget i can not do a engine replace

 

THAT is what is so cool about these cars...Those engines in the above pictures are the same engine. I just took off all the junk I don't need, such as power steering, air conditioner, all the EGR junk, that huge air cleaner, the vacuum canister, etc. Notice the top pictures have 3 fan belts, and the bottom has been simplified to run on only 1!

That is what we are saying here, get rid of the junk, and you have a simple engine to work on, and pretty good power, even stock, for such a small car.

I will reinstall A/C later with aftermarket with smaller compressor, on the opposite side of the engine bay so the hoses aren't routed all over the top of the engine. Maybe use some of the open space where the power steering was to put a small centrifugal blower... :evilsmile

 

At 16 this will be a great car for you to gain experience working on, a very simple machine.

 

I agree 110%!!! That, and factor in that most 16 year olds WILL get into an accident in the next two years, and you have some decent sheet metal to protect you in (what will hopefully be) a slow speed collision.

If I was a father of a 16 year old, though, I would give him/her an early 90's lincoln or cadillac, and save the maverick for restoration and father/son project work ONLY.

A 17-year old kid in the neighborhood has had his 73 Grabber running for about 3 months, and somehow ended up busting the back end loose, ending up in a lady's backyard, and tearing out half her fence.

If he was in that lincoln/caddy, nobody would give a damn (except for fence-lady). But now he is in the market for a 35 year old door and rear quarter to make his Grabber straight again.

Another example, when I was in high school (graduated 1990) some chick had a '64 Impala (I think it was '64) Old anyway. Beautiful car. huge sheet-metal boat. You could walk across the hood without denting it...thick steel panels. She did her custom work by hitting a light pole in such a fashion that both headlights were touching each other face-to-face. I am thinking that Impala fans would cringe or cry after hearing this. So, based on that, I would find some huge gas guzzling BigBlock V8 luxury car, 10-20 years old, but not classic, and drive the crap out of that, while working on restoring the Mav.

 

You know, now that I look at that air cleaner, I bet I could have sold it on this forum for a good bit, being all stock with the original stickers...but it went to the garbage can...

That was long before I found this wonderful bunch of caring Maverick owners

 

That was a good place for it...

 

BUT...I bet I coulda scored 40 bucks for that thing nowadays!!!

 

hardest part on a mav to replace is the passenger side spark plugs on a v-8 car.. most common rear tires.. least expensive a oil filter.. easiest upper rad hose... worst the 90 degree hose between the waterpump and intake manifold.. if I ever meet the guy who designed that.. comparing a v-8 mav to a v-8 monza I'll go maverick anytime vrs a v-8 dodge on par mechanics is mechanics.. the car doesn't matter it's the dedication to learning thats important