I have a pair of 91's right now, just parted out a 91 last week had a 96 for a while. At today's fuel prices these things are golden. And a lot easier to work on then my alternative fuel trucks I built. Doing major body work on my other 91 right now so it can go back on the road again
I just wanted to say thanks for all your videos on the Wayne Keith stuff. I found the book because of you and your videos really help understand the book. Keep up the crazy sh**
Will do thanks for watching! There will be more woodgas videos, just things changing in life has dragged me away from it for a bit. Hope you join the driveonwood.com forum there is more woodgas knowledge there then anywhere I have found
Maintenance on these is incredibly easy too, even replacing the timing belt. And since they are a non-interference motor, if the timing belt does break then it won’t damage anything.
135 miles a day, avg 46-52mpg happily cruising along. Bit of a rough idle at times, few little rattles here and there but so far has been a great little car!
@@BigBeavrSlayer Sadly I’m not mechanically inclined, but I can have the work done. In November of 93 I bought a new 94 Metro and put 210K miles on it in 2 years. I didn’t abuse it but that bitch was driven from Salem, Oregon to LA and back every week on my 3 day weekends. I got it down to 12 hours and 900 miles one way every weekend and back. The only time it saw 55mph was when it was going to 85mph. The oil was changed every 3K miles. The transmission grease was changed every 30k miles. When I first bought it I’d be in 3rd gear on the floor doing 55mph in the slow lane going over the “Grapevine” (60 miles north of LA), after 3 trips I was in the second lane in 4th gear doing 65mph. My 96 wasn’t as durable as my 94, only because Chevrolet had more input. If you’re good with maintaining your Metro , they’ll go 300K miles. Now that I’m approaching 60 years old, I’d love to have one just to have fun with
This is my second and third geo, I had a 97 lsi years ago, never should have sold it. This one so far has been fantastic doing 135 miles a day averaging 51mpg
@@paulsamano7145 most guys don't want to hear it. Try this one,tell them you know a guy with a Chevy V8 that has gotten over 375mpg. That should get their attention 😂
Im doing a swap right now. ikeep seeing everyone pulling the trans as well.. DO I HAVE TOO? im going to try to do it just the motor. If ya read this lemme know!
@@BigBeavrSlayer well i couldn't figure it out without grabbing the trans too. 2 days into a "6 hour" job so far.. haha out of one car into another. in the morning i get to figure out how to get the bad motor back on the trans do i can pull it out. ended up just doing the other car first when i realized i had no room to yank it. your video did help though. thanks!
Whoa. Did I hear that right in that a GEO METRO made it to 177k miles?! Uh uh, unless it was owned in a very VERY dry state an maintained buy some Geo fanatic well over the cost of the vehicle.
Here in Texas you can find them basically rust free regardless of the mileage. Since we MIGHT get snow one day a year down here, the roads are not treated so cars tend to wear out, not rust out.
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This is what I want to do. I have 5 Metros, one with similar frame damage as yours. I cut replacement metal from a salvage Metro. I can save them
One of these days I'll finish the wrecked one, it's taking up valuable floor space in the shop right now
I love Geo metro's, i had a totoal of 4, 1991, 1992, 1992 convertable and 1995
I have a pair of 91's right now, just parted out a 91 last week had a 96 for a while. At today's fuel prices these things are golden. And a lot easier to work on then my alternative fuel trucks I built. Doing major body work on my other 91 right now so it can go back on the road again
I just wanted to say thanks for all your videos on the Wayne Keith stuff. I found the book because of you and your videos really help understand the book. Keep up the crazy sh**
Will do thanks for watching! There will be more woodgas videos, just things changing in life has dragged me away from it for a bit. Hope you join the driveonwood.com forum there is more woodgas knowledge there then anywhere I have found
First car flash back nope im glad i found an escort gt that was 91
These pistons look like mickey mouse from the top
Sure its easy when you have the right tools
thanks for the video i enjoyed it
Maintenance on these is incredibly easy too, even replacing the timing belt. And since they are a non-interference motor, if the timing belt does break then it won’t damage anything.
I did my timing belt on the side of the road a few mo the ago when it broke 🤣 I love these stupid little cars they are so great
oh, one more question.. how do i put fluid back into the trans? i lost it all when i pulled the cv joints
@@erberIsSillyhawk there is a hidden plug on the back of I remember correctly I’ll have to look tomorrow
Hey Marcus, it's been 3 weeks now. How's the Metro commuter car working out for you??
S.U.
135 miles a day, avg 46-52mpg happily cruising along. Bit of a rough idle at times, few little rattles here and there but so far has been a great little car!
I want another Metro
They are still available, I have been watching and I can still find them sub 1000$ needing a little work
@@BigBeavrSlayer Sadly I’m not mechanically inclined, but I can have the work done.
In November of 93 I bought a new 94 Metro and put 210K miles on it in 2 years.
I didn’t abuse it but that bitch was driven from Salem, Oregon to LA and back every week on my 3 day weekends.
I got it down to 12 hours and 900 miles one way every weekend and back.
The only time it saw 55mph was when it was going to 85mph.
The oil was changed every 3K miles. The transmission grease was changed every 30k miles.
When I first bought it I’d be in 3rd gear on the floor doing 55mph in the slow lane going over the “Grapevine” (60 miles north of LA), after 3 trips I was in the second lane in 4th gear doing 65mph.
My 96 wasn’t as durable as my 94, only because Chevrolet had more input.
If you’re good with maintaining your Metro , they’ll go 300K miles.
Now that I’m approaching 60 years old, I’d love to have one just to have fun with
Love this car!! I have 3
This is my second and third geo, I had a 97 lsi years ago, never should have sold it. This one so far has been fantastic doing 135 miles a day averaging 51mpg
@@BigBeavrSlayer yup..great cars I try to educate my friend about great gas saver with a battery
@@paulsamano7145 most guys don't want to hear it. Try this one,tell them you know a guy with a Chevy V8 that has gotten over 375mpg. That should get their attention 😂
@@BigBeavrSlayer 😂😆 keep up the good work
crank the idle up to 1000 rpm its much smoother i did the same on my gey
How much did that change fuel economy?
i did not notice @@BigBeavrSlayer
Im doing a swap right now. ikeep seeing everyone pulling the trans as well.. DO I HAVE TOO? im going to try to do it just the motor. If ya read this lemme know!
You don’t have to at all but it does go a lot faster if you pull both
@@BigBeavrSlayer well i couldn't figure it out without grabbing the trans too. 2 days into a "6 hour" job so far.. haha out of one car into another. in the morning i get to figure out how to get the bad motor back on the trans do i can pull it out. ended up just doing the other car first when i realized i had no room to yank it. your video did help though. thanks!
@@erberIsSillyhawk any chance your in the Pacific Northwest and have a spare 5 speed? I could use another for my other car to have a spare haha
im real curious what the mpg diff is between automatic and manual. can you convert a auto to manual??
Yes it can be done. Computer, trans mount and shifter can be changed over. That car in the video is averaging 51.2mpg right now
I thinking its a 12 valves head
The only good 12 valve ever created is the undisputed king of diesels the 12 valve Cummins.
Whoa. Did I hear that right in that a GEO METRO made it to 177k miles?! Uh uh, unless it was owned in a very VERY dry state an maintained buy some Geo fanatic well over the cost of the vehicle.
For some reason they don't rust here, I have seen MANY over 300,000 miles here, have owned 2 in that mileage range now
Here in Texas you can find them basically rust free regardless of the mileage. Since we MIGHT get snow one day a year down here, the roads are not treated so cars tend to wear out, not rust out.
@@91CavGT5 I was driving in snow in this car this morning and the last 3 days, amazingly for a west coast car this one had no rust either