Ron67Alpine
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PM on the way, nick. Oh BTW I forgot that the battery is in the compartment behind the passenger seat, which is why I mentioned the engine compartment.
I had no idea that Saturn was producing an "Opel", Donna. The Opels I'm familiar with are '60's/70's era. The Kadet Sedan/Station Wagon/GT. Great little cars but they had a tendency to leak oil, so it was easy to find bodies in good shape but w/blown engines for about $50. Once I was driving in the left lane and some woman wanted to make a left turn.....from the right lane directly in front of me. So needless to say I needed a new body. I changed bodies in an afternoon, in the winter, in the rain, in the mud, by myself. Pretty easy actually, disconnect the wiring, shocks, linkages, drive shaft and the 4 bolts that held the body/chassie on the front axle. Jack up the front of the body, leaving the engine/trans/and front axle on the ground. Roll this assembly from under the old body and roll it under the new body. Redo the connections, drill the pop rivets out of the old body number plate, pop rivet the # plate on the "new" body and you have a GT or Sedan or SW. After the first time I did this body switch, I did it several times until I didn't pay attention to the oil level and another Opel ended up as a $50 body.
I had no idea that Saturn was producing an "Opel", Donna. The Opels I'm familiar with are '60's/70's era. The Kadet Sedan/Station Wagon/GT. Great little cars but they had a tendency to leak oil, so it was easy to find bodies in good shape but w/blown engines for about $50. Once I was driving in the left lane and some woman wanted to make a left turn.....from the right lane directly in front of me. So needless to say I needed a new body. I changed bodies in an afternoon, in the winter, in the rain, in the mud, by myself. Pretty easy actually, disconnect the wiring, shocks, linkages, drive shaft and the 4 bolts that held the body/chassie on the front axle. Jack up the front of the body, leaving the engine/trans/and front axle on the ground. Roll this assembly from under the old body and roll it under the new body. Redo the connections, drill the pop rivets out of the old body number plate, pop rivet the # plate on the "new" body and you have a GT or Sedan or SW. After the first time I did this body switch, I did it several times until I didn't pay attention to the oil level and another Opel ended up as a $50 body.