: My 'replacement' fwb and a vinyl repair question  08-06-11,
01:11 PM A month or so ago an oak tree jumped out in front of my
96 fwb. smacked front pretty good. Ins payment adequate to
rebuild but parts are expensive.  I shopped: looking for a car
to use the front clip to put onto my car or, alternatively, a
car needing an engine from my car.  Bought a 95 supposedly
needing engine. Turned out the 95 is not quite as nice bodywise
as it looked in photos. (Are they ever?). When delivered, it
started and ran smoothly for maybe 90 seconds. Then would not
start anymore.  Because the engine sounded very good, instead of
pulling it, we began troubleshooting. We found spark into coil
but none out. Replaced coil. no joy. Replaced ingition module.
No joy. Replaced distributor. Joyful noises (engine starting and
running).  Drove it about 25 miles. Ran smooth like an fwb
should, but it overheated and has a leaking transmission cooling
line(minor). Need to find cause of overheating.  Now I
understand the various comments