Engine GA000099, An early GA engine rebuild thread Options

[Superhawk996]

Last week I bought engine GA000099 from Freezing914 in the hopes of picking up some spare parts to support rebuild of the engine that came with my vehicle.

During the teardown of my vehicles engine, it is quickly becoming clear that the engine was abused by some DAPO. Cooling flaps and thermostat had been removed. Rust in the sump. The crank was scored and already 0.010" undersized. The oil pump was torn up. This is just the tip of the iceberg on the engine that came with my vehicle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

14 hours of driving seems to have netted me an engine that might be worthy of a rebuild. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

This engine appears to be bone stock. D-jet mostly complete. As an added bonus I discovered upon teardown that none of the cooling tin fasteners have ever been disturbed. No screwdriver marks!

But . . . like any engine of this age and unknown origin, it absolutely needs to be gone though.

[Superhawk996]

As an added bonus, this engine came complete with FI and as it turns out the Aux Air Regulator actually works. How cool is that!



Did a light cleaning and lube with some WD-40 and it is good to go!

Likewise the injectors that came from the engine were handed off to Bill Johnson at Mr. Injector. Mr Injector is out in Hayden Lake Idaho. I lived out in that area back in the 80's.

I stopped into the shop to drop off the injectors when I was in Idaho on vacation. What a great guy. Bill has been out in Idaho since the Late 50's. We talked about how much the area has changed over the years as the population continues to grow.

Bill is the real deal - a real car guy. Not many left in this world. So thrilled to be able to do business with him face to face. He previously did another batch of injectors for me. Out of that batch of 7 unfortunately we only saved 4. The great thing about Mr. Injector is that if he can't get them working and flowing properly - No charge.

This batch was another story. All 4 were working and all 4 flow great now.



I actually have a total of 12 injectors at this point to go with 2 engines. Ultimately a set will go up on classifieds once I know I have my engines covered and running.