Fixing My Weird Barn Find Project Car

**The Road to Registration: A Journey with My 1988 Chevrolet Camaro**

It's time to drive this thing for the first time! Hopefully, the clutch works... yeah, we get to drive it on the trailer now cuz it's still not road legal. Success! Oh God, what is that noise? You hear that? That's my fuel pump, pretty loud screaming!

Perfect interior since I lowered the car; it now sits below the rails and I have to duck a hazard out the window in order to get out. But the car's on the trailer now, all I have to do is make sure the registration is all good properly get this thing smogged, and then we can drive it normally.

This process would be relatively straightforward: you get the title, you get the registration, you put some insurance on that bad boy, and voila! We're legally cruising down the road in our little 8s wedge car. Right? That's what we want.

But guess what? It wasn't that simple for this car. The previous owner lost the title, and that's okay; that's actually not that hard to deal with. But in 2013, the previous owner decided to make an inquiry at the DMV about what it would take to get the car legally on the road again. This put the impulsive back into the state record.

The state then told the previous owner that he would need to pay some fees to get the car re-registered. The previous owner decided he didn't want to do that, but just because he didn't want to go through with it doesn't mean that California just kind of forgets about it. They still want those fees; they've got to make that money.

This turned what would have been a 15-minute process into a 7-hour long process with multiple days. So we brought in the big guns – Rico from Performance Registration, a guy who helps solve complicated title and registration issues here in California. And if it weren't for Rico, we might still be hanging out with our little Wedge in the driveway.

After many hours and personal visits to the DMV, Rico was finally able to get the $800 fee waved by the state on account of the fact that the vehicle had not actually been registered in 2013 and therefore was not subject to these fees. He acquired the title and the registration, which left us with a simple task: getting insurance for the car – two seconds and a small certificate.

The impulsive pass smogged with blind colors... somewhere between the beginning of this episode and now you probably wondered why I'm putting a bunch of work into an old car that not many people have ever heard about. It doesn't care about but I care about it because...

Growing up as a twin, it's very hard to set yourself apart; there's literally another guy on this earth that is an exact copy of me. So growing up, I tended to gravitate towards cars that were exceptionally unique – like this one.

And much like my relationship with this car is unique, so is my relationship with my best friend Zach. Zach and I bought this car together; he helped me pick it up, bring it home, help me fix it and get it running again, and even helped me make this very video.

When you ask me why this car means something to me, it's because it's different – just like our friendship is different. And your love for a car doesn't really need to be anything more than that; it runs and it drives.

Thanks so much for watching and following along with this adventure! Thanks to Zach (check him out on YouTube as "Zach Deal"), Sandro, Miranda Shop, and Rico from Performance Registration – they all helped me with parts sourcing. I've got a lot of big ideas for this car, and if you want to see them come to life, be sure to let us know down in the comments!

And remember: it has to be custom if we can't buy any parts... Great thanks everybody for watching! This has been a Donut Production – shut up!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is my 1984 Isuzu impulse and it's been inside of a garage almost as long as I've been alive and today we're going to bring it back to life but what does it take to get a car driving for the first time in 30 years especially one with zero aftermark support no title and barely any information online on how to fix it well today we're going to find out and I'm getting helped by my best friend Zach deal hello welcome to Donut for really long time ISU was only known for their trucks buses and other commercial vehicles and even though they had built their first passenger car in 1961 that part of their business wasn't doing so well so in 1978 they called in the big guns jetto dearo at idol design jarro ended up with this a prototype known as the Ace of clubs and that debed on the floor of the Tokyo Auto Show and people loved it it only took us suzu Executives 48 hours to Greenlight it for production and it was dubbed the Isuzu pza the first pza rolled off the production line in 1980 and then 3 years later it was introduced to the United States as the impulse oh yeah good job nice job this is why I travel with you way to steer it's nice to have another big boy a lot of times I donut I'm the only one you might remember the impulse from a previous episode of real mechanic stuff wait wait wait you put the brake on right you put the battery on and since then I've actually done a lot more work to it I bled the brakes made sure they weren't seized I did the fuel pump I did the fuel filter air filter cleaned up a bunch of rat poop and you did get it started right I I did get it started but it's not ready to drive and there's no point in owning a cool car if it doesn't drive here's the plan I need to fix the bricks the brakes aren't done yet I just made sure they work I also need to replace some bushings because they magically melted there's the springs and the shocks they're all individual they need to be replaced as well as the gas tank that's one of our major hurdles it's clogged it's Rusty it's unusable right now there's also one more big major thing and that is the title I bought without a title I do have proper paperwork to get a title then there's the dreaded smog test car this sitting around for 30 years probably not going to pass small Final on the list drive the car cuz we want to go on our cruise exactly so what you say we'll get started let's do it yeah keep going keep going but even though the first generation impulse was generally well reviewed and could hold its own next to the more expensive Brands it never really made it into the mainstream supposedly jaro wanted to keep the impulse intentionally unlike anything on the market That's my kind of guy which meant that even though it was technically an affordable sports car it was still priced a little bit higher than established competitors due to its customizations like Lotus tune suspension and turbos and you know cool stuff like that so American buyers didn't really want to take a risk on it they just didn't get it now I get it get these uh get these headlights real quick ready two go Justin we don't have time for games come on come on man sick look at the car by the time time the second generation of the impulse hit the market in the 9s the impulse only lasted three more years before production stopped entirely it's estimated that only 13,000 first and second generation models were built worldwide and that's why I can't find a fuel tank so there's virtually no aftermarket support for this vehicle yeah uh that makes this a lot more difficult than most cars would be uh every part I've gotten for this has been an adventure yeah Justin's been having nightmares about this hey don't tell him that don't tell him that well at least we're going to start with something simple we're just going to start with the brakes yes the brakes I do believe I have all of them in an age of dulling Wheels some Geniuses in a tire shop decided enough was enough and so mother's polish emerged born from a single can of mag and aluminum polish designed to make dual aluminum shinier than a disco ball it quickly dominated car shows and swap Beats by the'80s mothers were rock stars pushing product up and down the SoCal Coast out of the back of a van uh guys we need a bigger van soon they expanded their products becoming the One-Stop shop for every car need Under the Sun by the '90s mothers was a household name but they wanted more by the 2000s mothers had expanded to over 100 different products mothers wanted the whole vehicle to look like a million bucks hey your car that's clean hey that's a pretty clean car you got those are some clean cars today mothers is a leading name in the automotive Care World from humble beginnings in the back of a van to a show style at SEMA mothers is synonymous with excellence and Innovation if you want your car to shine like new use something with a trusted history use mothers to learn more click the link below oh these wheels are so nice this is so light this is such a tiny timee I see why Jimmy loves Miata so much it's cuz he can pick up the parts uh these rotors look pretty good should we even replace these pads probably yeah 100% up yeah probably look at these pads I need to fix that I need to fix that look at these pads look how old this box is where did you get this I got this from Rock Auto these are New Old Stock that means they've been on the shelf for a really long time this is the original brake Lube from 1990 something this is by the way literally feels like laffy tap now are these disc brakes all the same all the way around no don't have the other ones which other ones I don't know which one's which all right so we got the wheels off we got our parts out but I think it's about time that we quit for the day yeah I think so all right so here's what's going on I don't have my front brake pads when I tried to order them through Rock Auto they would not enter the state of California but here's the thing there are Auto Parts store here in California all the normal ones right they have gone through a process to get their parts approved to be here so I've called and called and called three or four different types of auto part stores I'm going hold again and some of them can special order these brake pads it's an Isuzu what Isuzu uh so because they're already in the state and already approved to be in the state I can actually get them 20 bucks if what what level are they like cheap as hell or are they decent pads like oh that's great oh ry's with the win thank you man all right I'll be there all right well Justin's at the part store we're going to get to work on some other stuff and kind of help get this process going so yeah all right so here's the thing about owning weird cars it's hard to find parts for them uh so it's like it's not always a bad thing cuz it depends on what you buy when it comes to this impulse because suzu didn't change much for a really long time for a lot of their cars they just reused a lot of same Parts this car is based off of a Chevy Chevette it's a Chevette that went from South America to Italy to get designed and then it went to Japan to be made after that so this car shares a lot of parts from a lot of worldwide platforms so oh they're back all right you good yeah we just got these lug nuts off they were like something was wrong with them and so we've been sitting here this whole time no trying to get these ones to come off you thought I wasn't I literally just heard do Za those twice and since this is a uh solid axle rear the spring is just sitting here the shock is just sitting there so all I got to do is break it free he's using he's using power tools this guy heyo where' my bushing go it flew all the way over there these are the top these are the top of the shocks I need a stick or something to hold this just shove it down in there shove it down in there my paint stop giv I do look at this old shock if you want to test to see if a shock is good you get some big muscles and then you go all right cool that was pretty res istant but then yeah it's pretty bad garbage be more consisent if I just lift that side it's it's it trust me it's not I can take this lateral arm off and that should allow the whole thing to come down more oh look at that Springs just fall out okay so I know I've been saying that there's virtually no aftermarket for this thing well almost I was able to find some lowering springs straight from Japan these are from a company called Zoom and they're bright green how did I get these Jimmy actually knows a guy in Japan and shipped a lot of his own JDM rare parts and wheels and stuff uh so I hit Jimmy up and I was like hey man there's actually this company that makes springs for my car and then his buddy goes yeah they have them in stock it's like the last of two sets how much the ship oh 50 bucks 50 bucks ship them and then I got them in 2 days I'm sure this explains something uh I don't know what that is but um I'm sure the instructions that came with these lowering springs aren't critical at all to the safety of your vehicle yeah oh W that was easy let down the jack a little bit down yeah mine flew right in what's taking me so long where does this fit onto just huh where does this fit on to you have the two up top that's this that's the bottom sandwich so you're making along with this bushing I don't I feel like we have an access of pie are you sure you didn't grab one of the old ones no I'm positive this is what came out of the oh I think you got extra cuz I don't have that much stuff you don't uh-uh I don't have this I have one but this is shaped differently all right so uh Zach and I are in a disagreement how something's supposed to go back together because we didn't look at it properly when it came apart Lu we have the manual we do have a manual a lot of new cars don't come with something like this all right so here's the top so it does go washer rubber washer rubber washer nut nut so yeah told you I don't remember seeing one fall out here it is I found my extra one cuz it was still in the box I wonder what else is in here oh look directions in on the rear done that was easy yeah pretty easy we're just fat and slow you know where' that brake clean goes so I can put this rotor on did you do the caliper yet uh-uh okay so we got to figure out how to compress that well do we have like a C clamp or something like that channel locks a these aren't big enough there's got to be Tools in here somewhere let's try it let's try it if only it was a Twist one oh oh they all laughed at me every single one of you did it actually work you all laughed at me oh boy all right my side's done my side's done as well sick good stuff shock Springs brakes rotors all done okay on the rear shocks and springs on the front right yeah all right cool let's do it hey you didn't catch your fingers this time oh no I was being very careful Bingo done look at those eggs spider eggs let's see how this one feels o front ones are good front ones are uh rebounding pretty good so what you're saying is we didn't need to do any of this so you might be wondering why the heck are you in some driveway and not at the shop where all the tools are well there's a thing called Hyo being filmed and we're not leaving here until someone runs out of gas and uh there's not enough space for my car and Nolan's car and Tristan's car and Jar's car all right let's stop complaining how the does that go work what is that connected to I don't know oh the upper control only holding the knuckle the spring perch actually goes to this Frame I don't know I don't know if that's going to break this entire thing free or like so we should have read the book first uh the disassembly process for the front suspension is compressing the coil spring so we should have compressed the coil spring first then started loosening all those other bolts for the lower link which is the lower spring perch control arm type thing um and then all of it would have fallen out yeah okay so we need a spring compressor all right let's break for lunch yeah lunch oh you know what I do need to do sandre told me to dump the fuel out of that thing here look come up from where my head is see all that crap this is what happens when you buy a car that's been sitting for 20 years and then he never stops complaining about it besides the title and registration this is our big issue we can't just buy a new gas tank because they don't make them anymore so we need to actually fix this one which means that we have to kind of cut these pipes off get them cleaned out rewelded in and everything and Welding a gas tank is pretty dangerous yes so SRO told me to get as much as this awful dirty gas out of it and then fill it with water so that the gas fumes evaporate out so that when we cut into this it won't explode Next Step take this to s yes all right well let's go all right so you might be wondering what exactly is wrong with this gas tank well when a vehicle sit for 30 years and you leave fuel in it it kind of ruins the tank especially metal ones uh and in this one in particular it is an external fuel pump so the pump has to pull the fuel from inside the tank through a straw which is called a feed line well my feed line is clogged it's full of rust and uh I was in the process of cleaning that out with some penetrant and some brushes but one of the brushes broke off inside and I cannot replace this at all they don't make Replacements I don't think they ever made Replacements so unless I buy another car that's actually running and functioning I might as well just drive that car so I need to fix this what you got plan for Sandra my idea is cutting around this section right here going all the way through flop it up like that fix it yeah and then either I solder this or I take this back on yeah and then I cross my fingers that when we pressurizes that point it doesn't leak you don't want to use a grinder because you don't want to take material away so you want to use a wire brush huh sh all right so um that's a penny that is one American scent so someone's been in the tank already yeah they just King out all right just I think just add some there yeah let me do more it holds itself really well this man had a plan that's why you come to Sandra for the scary stuff or we'll just cut well that's busting you changing it now I guess we can now safe to say that wasn't screening much of anything so uh my brush that I got stuck inside this tube is actually up here that's all r that I'm pushing up against uh you're going to have to blur this hold on look at that slowly slowly oh yeah you give it you go from the back stuck you pull look at that all of this for that all of this because of that just just get up in there us there you go there you go so we're we're we're adding fire to break all the old fuel that's rusted in there boiling out yeah there we go there you go that means there's air there you go very dangerous kids but fun at the same time spr this out watch your face oh look at that there you go all right so progress is going really good except we have a slight hold up with this tank filter here it's really just a screen to make sure all the particulates don't get sucked up into the fuel pump uh it's a $5 part that's not really listed on any schematics or anything but Toyota sells something like it we just have to find one in town so that we don't have to wait for shipping okay all right thank you discontinued my ass I can buy them online I know all right so we're pivoting we cannot get the part that looks close to the stock part today so we're just going to make it work right now cuz we're on a tight deadline here so what we're going to do is Sandro is shaving down this bolt we're going to plug it into this pipe and flare it out a little bit so that we can use a legitimate fuel pump sock yeah I think it's in oh yeah that's in all right so we got the filter in there the lines are clean yep so now next step is putting everything back so we're going to fold all this bad boy and fill it in with brass mine way better than all right right there right there you have it I'm going here this job if a customer will bring it I don't think anybody would want to pay me for this they'll be like Sandro are you going to charge that much I'll be like do you love that tank that much but I got love for that man right there the only reason you do type of work like this it's like if you can't find the part exactly but if not it's not even worth it straight up go buy yourself another tank oh yeah and get yeah if I could have bought a tank we wouldn't be here we would we'd be driving the car sipping whatever we want chill and we be driving that car I'll drink it you got to clog that yeah that's right little tank yeah there you go thank you man tank is sealed camer Guy car might drive by tomorrow all right so our plan now is to take the night off and then tomorrow we'll get that gas tank back in the car for the first time in like 3 months woo anyway see you guys tomorrow today's the day gas Tank's done I got to paint it a little bit so it doesn't rush through put it in the car get the damn thing running finish the front suspension and go drive it I'm so excited hopefully nothing else pops up but this is going to be great it's already started to flash rust a little bit all right light coats it doesn't yeah it doesn't make a difference wait wait wait what are you trying to I'm just going to lift the Hub ready yep oh woo bravo bravo Justin Bravo someone in the comments is going to be like why didn't you clean all the gunk under there and blah blah blah blah I don't care I would rather enjoy my car while it's working than worry about someone judging me for the underside of it at this point the gunk is what's holding it together so how do we do this a lot more stress ah there we go all right dude nice job hopefully this thing doesn't come shooting out you just at it it's good there's nothing the boys can't do this right here uh this cylinder looking thing is actually my fuel level sensor since it's an external pump it uses this cylinder with a plunger inside to measure how much fuel is inside the gas tank the one I pulled out of this looked awful uh so I actually had to find this one from a guy on Facebook who bought a bunch of them uh 15 years ago he was happy enough to test this one and send it to me for $375 all right so I got all the tank components back on and in the tank and I'm done with the suspension okay so all we're waiting on is fuel and then I'll hook this up on the ground and see if the car starts uh I think I put about a gallon in just see what happens okay Mr Zachary deal would you like to do the honors sure I didn't realize I was allowed to you helped me without on the clutch off clutch turn it there we go I hear it sucking ready hell yeah why it turn off I don't know uh so I'm looking at the fuel pump looking for any leaks or kinked lines and voila here's a kink line that's pretty bad so I need to pull this box off the fuel pump will come down and then I'll take this butterfly clip off Lop it I'm so close mistakes from an earlier Justin you'll be able to see it shoot out all stop stop stop stop stop we got pressure we got pressure okay buddy how's it feel you're driving your car hey now can celebrate I'm happy now is this all wheeel drive it's rear wheel drive the front ones are spinning too no they're not shut up it sounds healthy really healthy yeah will it pass smog I don't know but it's running all right so now all we have to do is get the fuel tank in shorten those fuel lines seal everything up put the car on the ground oh Zach do this way bar in links yes Justin has to do that part no you do it I want to do these divide and conquer guy who divide I've never even I've never even heard of that guy all right so now that the tank is inside the car I'm going to cut my fuel lines to the correct length make sure the Tank's not binding with anything against the body tie in the filler neck and then we're done and I'll tighten it up car should be fine me man this is the worst sway bar en I've ever done I am putting it in the wrong way but it's going so great we're done that's it he's got to put the wheel back on let's get this thing on the ground yeah l down real nice and slow woo Who that's way lower those lowering springs look good oh man I think you need a little more stancy stancy on I we have spacers at the office you ready to drive this thing stop all right the car's on the ground ground loading Springs look sick there's gas and seaone in the tank it's time to drive this thing for the first time hopefully the clutch Works to the trailer yeah we get to drive it on the trailer now cuz it's still not road legal success oh God what is that noise you hear that is that your fuel pump is that my fuel pump pretty loud screaming oh oh my perfect interior since I lowered the car it now sits below the rails and I have to Dukes a hazard out the window in order to get out but the car's on the trailer now all I have to do is make sure the registration is all good properly get this thing smogged and then we can drive it now normally this process would be relatively straightforward you get the title you get the registration you put some insurance on that bad boy and voila we're legally cruising down the road in our little 8s wedge car right that's what we want yeah it's but guess what it wasn't that simple for this car first the previous owner lost the title and that's okay that's actually not that hard to deal with it just naturally fell out of the state records but in 2013 the previous owner decided to make an inquiry at the DMV about what it would take to get the car legally on the road again this put the impulse back into the state record the state then told the previous owner that he would need to pay some fees to get the car re-registered the previous owner decided he didn't want to do that but just because he didn't want to go through with it doesn't mean that California just kind of forgets about it they still want those fees they got to make that money this turned what would have been a 15-minute process into a 7h hour long process with multiple days so we brought in the big guns that's Rico from performance registration a guy who helps solve complicated title and registration issues here in California and if it weren't for Rico we might still be hanging out with our little Weds in the driveway after many hours and personal visits to the DMV Rico was finally able to get the $800 fee waved by the state on account of the fact the vehicle had not actually been registered in 2013 and therefore was not subject to these fees he acquired the title and the registration which left us with a simple task of getting insurance for the car which took two seconds and a small certificate and that's pretty simple and the impulse pass smog with blind colors somewhere between the beginning of this episode and now you probably wondered why I'm putting a bunch of work into an old car that not many people have ever heard about let it don't care about but I care about it because of those reasons growing up as a twin it's very hard to set yourself apart I mean there's literally another guy on this earth that is an exact copy of me so growing up I tended to gravitate towards cars that were exceptionally unique like this one and much like my relationship with this car is unique so is my relationship with my best friend Zach Zach and I bought this car together he helped me pick it up bring it home he helped me fix it and get it running again and he helped me make this very video so when you ask me why this car it's because it's different and it means something to me and your love for a car doesn't really need to be anything more than that it runs and it drives thank you guys so much for watching and following along with this adventure thank you to Zach check him out as Zach deal uh for helping me and everything thank you so much to Sandro and Miranda shop for welding that tank up ison's Facebook group uh they help me Source Parts uh impulsive waffles for helping me Source Parts Jimmy in his Japanese contacts for helping me Source Parts I've got a lot of big ideas for this car and obviously I can't buy any parts for it so that means only one thing it has to be custom if you want to see that make sure you let us know down in the comments so that I can keep building my car on the channel and I can keep getting recruited to work on it great thanks everybody for watching this has been a donut production shut upthis is my 1984 Isuzu impulse and it's been inside of a garage almost as long as I've been alive and today we're going to bring it back to life but what does it take to get a car driving for the first time in 30 years especially one with zero aftermark support no title and barely any information online on how to fix it well today we're going to find out and I'm getting helped by my best friend Zach deal hello welcome to Donut for really long time ISU was only known for their trucks buses and other commercial vehicles and even though they had built their first passenger car in 1961 that part of their business wasn't doing so well so in 1978 they called in the big guns jetto dearo at idol design jarro ended up with this a prototype known as the Ace of clubs and that debed on the floor of the Tokyo Auto Show and people loved it it only took us suzu Executives 48 hours to Greenlight it for production and it was dubbed the Isuzu pza the first pza rolled off the production line in 1980 and then 3 years later it was introduced to the United States as the impulse oh yeah good job nice job this is why I travel with you way to steer it's nice to have another big boy a lot of times I donut I'm the only one you might remember the impulse from a previous episode of real mechanic stuff wait wait wait you put the brake on right you put the battery on and since then I've actually done a lot more work to it I bled the brakes made sure they weren't seized I did the fuel pump I did the fuel filter air filter cleaned up a bunch of rat poop and you did get it started right I I did get it started but it's not ready to drive and there's no point in owning a cool car if it doesn't drive here's the plan I need to fix the bricks the brakes aren't done yet I just made sure they work I also need to replace some bushings because they magically melted there's the springs and the shocks they're all individual they need to be replaced as well as the gas tank that's one of our major hurdles it's clogged it's Rusty it's unusable right now there's also one more big major thing and that is the title I bought without a title I do have proper paperwork to get a title then there's the dreaded smog test car this sitting around for 30 years probably not going to pass small Final on the list drive the car cuz we want to go on our cruise exactly so what you say we'll get started let's do it yeah keep going keep going but even though the first generation impulse was generally well reviewed and could hold its own next to the more expensive Brands it never really made it into the mainstream supposedly jaro wanted to keep the impulse intentionally unlike anything on the market That's my kind of guy which meant that even though it was technically an affordable sports car it was still priced a little bit higher than established competitors due to its customizations like Lotus tune suspension and turbos and you know cool stuff like that so American buyers didn't really want to take a risk on it they just didn't get it now I get it get these uh get these headlights real quick ready two go Justin we don't have time for games come on come on man sick look at the car by the time time the second generation of the impulse hit the market in the 9s the impulse only lasted three more years before production stopped entirely it's estimated that only 13,000 first and second generation models were built worldwide and that's why I can't find a fuel tank so there's virtually no aftermarket support for this vehicle yeah uh that makes this a lot more difficult than most cars would be uh every part I've gotten for this has been an adventure yeah Justin's been having nightmares about this hey don't tell him that don't tell him that well at least we're going to start with something simple we're just going to start with the brakes yes the brakes I do believe I have all of them in an age of dulling Wheels some Geniuses in a tire shop decided enough was enough and so mother's polish emerged born from a single can of mag and aluminum polish designed to make dual aluminum shinier than a disco ball it quickly dominated car shows and swap Beats by the'80s mothers were rock stars pushing product up and down the SoCal Coast out of the back of a van uh guys we need a bigger van soon they expanded their products becoming the One-Stop shop for every car need Under the Sun by the '90s mothers was a household name but they wanted more by the 2000s mothers had expanded to over 100 different products mothers wanted the whole vehicle to look like a million bucks hey your car that's clean hey that's a pretty clean car you got those are some clean cars today mothers is a leading name in the automotive Care World from humble beginnings in the back of a van to a show style at SEMA mothers is synonymous with excellence and Innovation if you want your car to shine like new use something with a trusted history use mothers to learn more click the link below oh these wheels are so nice this is so light this is such a tiny timee I see why Jimmy loves Miata so much it's cuz he can pick up the parts uh these rotors look pretty good should we even replace these pads probably yeah 100% up yeah probably look at these pads I need to fix that I need to fix that look at these pads look how old this box is where did you get this I got this from Rock Auto these are New Old Stock that means they've been on the shelf for a really long time this is the original brake Lube from 1990 something this is by the way literally feels like laffy tap now are these disc brakes all the same all the way around no don't have the other ones which other ones I don't know which one's which all right so we got the wheels off we got our parts out but I think it's about time that we quit for the day yeah I think so all right so here's what's going on I don't have my front brake pads when I tried to order them through Rock Auto they would not enter the state of California but here's the thing there are Auto Parts store here in California all the normal ones right they have gone through a process to get their parts approved to be here so I've called and called and called three or four different types of auto part stores I'm going hold again and some of them can special order these brake pads it's an Isuzu what Isuzu uh so because they're already in the state and already approved to be in the state I can actually get them 20 bucks if what what level are they like cheap as hell or are they decent pads like oh that's great oh ry's with the win thank you man all right I'll be there all right well Justin's at the part store we're going to get to work on some other stuff and kind of help get this process going so yeah all right so here's the thing about owning weird cars it's hard to find parts for them uh so it's like it's not always a bad thing cuz it depends on what you buy when it comes to this impulse because suzu didn't change much for a really long time for a lot of their cars they just reused a lot of same Parts this car is based off of a Chevy Chevette it's a Chevette that went from South America to Italy to get designed and then it went to Japan to be made after that so this car shares a lot of parts from a lot of worldwide platforms so oh they're back all right you good yeah we just got these lug nuts off they were like something was wrong with them and so we've been sitting here this whole time no trying to get these ones to come off you thought I wasn't I literally just heard do Za those twice and since this is a uh solid axle rear the spring is just sitting here the shock is just sitting there so all I got to do is break it free he's using he's using power tools this guy heyo where' my bushing go it flew all the way over there these are the top these are the top of the shocks I need a stick or something to hold this just shove it down in there shove it down in there my paint stop giv I do look at this old shock if you want to test to see if a shock is good you get some big muscles and then you go all right cool that was pretty res istant but then yeah it's pretty bad garbage be more consisent if I just lift that side it's it's it trust me it's not I can take this lateral arm off and that should allow the whole thing to come down more oh look at that Springs just fall out okay so I know I've been saying that there's virtually no aftermarket for this thing well almost I was able to find some lowering springs straight from Japan these are from a company called Zoom and they're bright green how did I get these Jimmy actually knows a guy in Japan and shipped a lot of his own JDM rare parts and wheels and stuff uh so I hit Jimmy up and I was like hey man there's actually this company that makes springs for my car and then his buddy goes yeah they have them in stock it's like the last of two sets how much the ship oh 50 bucks 50 bucks ship them and then I got them in 2 days I'm sure this explains something uh I don't know what that is but um I'm sure the instructions that came with these lowering springs aren't critical at all to the safety of your vehicle yeah oh W that was easy let down the jack a little bit down yeah mine flew right in what's taking me so long where does this fit onto just huh where does this fit on to you have the two up top that's this that's the bottom sandwich so you're making along with this bushing I don't I feel like we have an access of pie are you sure you didn't grab one of the old ones no I'm positive this is what came out of the oh I think you got extra cuz I don't have that much stuff you don't uh-uh I don't have this I have one but this is shaped differently all right so uh Zach and I are in a disagreement how something's supposed to go back together because we didn't look at it properly when it came apart Lu we have the manual we do have a manual a lot of new cars don't come with something like this all right so here's the top so it does go washer rubber washer rubber washer nut nut so yeah told you I don't remember seeing one fall out here it is I found my extra one cuz it was still in the box I wonder what else is in here oh look directions in on the rear done that was easy yeah pretty easy we're just fat and slow you know where' that brake clean goes so I can put this rotor on did you do the caliper yet uh-uh okay so we got to figure out how to compress that well do we have like a C clamp or something like that channel locks a these aren't big enough there's got to be Tools in here somewhere let's try it let's try it if only it was a Twist one oh oh they all laughed at me every single one of you did it actually work you all laughed at me oh boy all right my side's done my side's done as well sick good stuff shock Springs brakes rotors all done okay on the rear shocks and springs on the front right yeah all right cool let's do it hey you didn't catch your fingers this time oh no I was being very careful Bingo done look at those eggs spider eggs let's see how this one feels o front ones are good front ones are uh rebounding pretty good so what you're saying is we didn't need to do any of this so you might be wondering why the heck are you in some driveway and not at the shop where all the tools are well there's a thing called Hyo being filmed and we're not leaving here until someone runs out of gas and uh there's not enough space for my car and Nolan's car and Tristan's car and Jar's car all right let's stop complaining how the does that go work what is that connected to I don't know oh the upper control only holding the knuckle the spring perch actually goes to this Frame I don't know I don't know if that's going to break this entire thing free or like so we should have read the book first uh the disassembly process for the front suspension is compressing the coil spring so we should have compressed the coil spring first then started loosening all those other bolts for the lower link which is the lower spring perch control arm type thing um and then all of it would have fallen out yeah okay so we need a spring compressor all right let's break for lunch yeah lunch oh you know what I do need to do sandre told me to dump the fuel out of that thing here look come up from where my head is see all that crap this is what happens when you buy a car that's been sitting for 20 years and then he never stops complaining about it besides the title and registration this is our big issue we can't just buy a new gas tank because they don't make them anymore so we need to actually fix this one which means that we have to kind of cut these pipes off get them cleaned out rewelded in and everything and Welding a gas tank is pretty dangerous yes so SRO told me to get as much as this awful dirty gas out of it and then fill it with water so that the gas fumes evaporate out so that when we cut into this it won't explode Next Step take this to s yes all right well let's go all right so you might be wondering what exactly is wrong with this gas tank well when a vehicle sit for 30 years and you leave fuel in it it kind of ruins the tank especially metal ones uh and in this one in particular it is an external fuel pump so the pump has to pull the fuel from inside the tank through a straw which is called a feed line well my feed line is clogged it's full of rust and uh I was in the process of cleaning that out with some penetrant and some brushes but one of the brushes broke off inside and I cannot replace this at all they don't make Replacements I don't think they ever made Replacements so unless I buy another car that's actually running and functioning I might as well just drive that car so I need to fix this what you got plan for Sandra my idea is cutting around this section right here going all the way through flop it up like that fix it yeah and then either I solder this or I take this back on yeah and then I cross my fingers that when we pressurizes that point it doesn't leak you don't want to use a grinder because you don't want to take material away so you want to use a wire brush huh sh all right so um that's a penny that is one American scent so someone's been in the tank already yeah they just King out all right just I think just add some there yeah let me do more it holds itself really well this man had a plan that's why you come to Sandra for the scary stuff or we'll just cut well that's busting you changing it now I guess we can now safe to say that wasn't screening much of anything so uh my brush that I got stuck inside this tube is actually up here that's all r that I'm pushing up against uh you're going to have to blur this hold on look at that slowly slowly oh yeah you give it you go from the back stuck you pull look at that all of this for that all of this because of that just just get up in there us there you go there you go so we're we're we're adding fire to break all the old fuel that's rusted in there boiling out yeah there we go there you go that means there's air there you go very dangerous kids but fun at the same time spr this out watch your face oh look at that there you go all right so progress is going really good except we have a slight hold up with this tank filter here it's really just a screen to make sure all the particulates don't get sucked up into the fuel pump uh it's a $5 part that's not really listed on any schematics or anything but Toyota sells something like it we just have to find one in town so that we don't have to wait for shipping okay all right thank you discontinued my ass I can buy them online I know all right so we're pivoting we cannot get the part that looks close to the stock part today so we're just going to make it work right now cuz we're on a tight deadline here so what we're going to do is Sandro is shaving down this bolt we're going to plug it into this pipe and flare it out a little bit so that we can use a legitimate fuel pump sock yeah I think it's in oh yeah that's in all right so we got the filter in there the lines are clean yep so now next step is putting everything back so we're going to fold all this bad boy and fill it in with brass mine way better than all right right there right there you have it I'm going here this job if a customer will bring it I don't think anybody would want to pay me for this they'll be like Sandro are you going to charge that much I'll be like do you love that tank that much but I got love for that man right there the only reason you do type of work like this it's like if you can't find the part exactly but if not it's not even worth it straight up go buy yourself another tank oh yeah and get yeah if I could have bought a tank we wouldn't be here we would we'd be driving the car sipping whatever we want chill and we be driving that car I'll drink it you got to clog that yeah that's right little tank yeah there you go thank you man tank is sealed camer Guy car might drive by tomorrow all right so our plan now is to take the night off and then tomorrow we'll get that gas tank back in the car for the first time in like 3 months woo anyway see you guys tomorrow today's the day gas Tank's done I got to paint it a little bit so it doesn't rush through put it in the car get the damn thing running finish the front suspension and go drive it I'm so excited hopefully nothing else pops up but this is going to be great it's already started to flash rust a little bit all right light coats it doesn't yeah it doesn't make a difference wait wait wait what are you trying to I'm just going to lift the Hub ready yep oh woo bravo bravo Justin Bravo someone in the comments is going to be like why didn't you clean all the gunk under there and blah blah blah blah I don't care I would rather enjoy my car while it's working than worry about someone judging me for the underside of it at this point the gunk is what's holding it together so how do we do this a lot more stress ah there we go all right dude nice job hopefully this thing doesn't come shooting out you just at it it's good there's nothing the boys can't do this right here uh this cylinder looking thing is actually my fuel level sensor since it's an external pump it uses this cylinder with a plunger inside to measure how much fuel is inside the gas tank the one I pulled out of this looked awful uh so I actually had to find this one from a guy on Facebook who bought a bunch of them uh 15 years ago he was happy enough to test this one and send it to me for $375 all right so I got all the tank components back on and in the tank and I'm done with the suspension okay so all we're waiting on is fuel and then I'll hook this up on the ground and see if the car starts uh I think I put about a gallon in just see what happens okay Mr Zachary deal would you like to do the honors sure I didn't realize I was allowed to you helped me without on the clutch off clutch turn it there we go I hear it sucking ready hell yeah why it turn off I don't know uh so I'm looking at the fuel pump looking for any leaks or kinked lines and voila here's a kink line that's pretty bad so I need to pull this box off the fuel pump will come down and then I'll take this butterfly clip off Lop it I'm so close mistakes from an earlier Justin you'll be able to see it shoot out all stop stop stop stop stop we got pressure we got pressure okay buddy how's it feel you're driving your car hey now can celebrate I'm happy now is this all wheeel drive it's rear wheel drive the front ones are spinning too no they're not shut up it sounds healthy really healthy yeah will it pass smog I don't know but it's running all right so now all we have to do is get the fuel tank in shorten those fuel lines seal everything up put the car on the ground oh Zach do this way bar in links yes Justin has to do that part no you do it I want to do these divide and conquer guy who divide I've never even I've never even heard of that guy all right so now that the tank is inside the car I'm going to cut my fuel lines to the correct length make sure the Tank's not binding with anything against the body tie in the filler neck and then we're done and I'll tighten it up car should be fine me man this is the worst sway bar en I've ever done I am putting it in the wrong way but it's going so great we're done that's it he's got to put the wheel back on let's get this thing on the ground yeah l down real nice and slow woo Who that's way lower those lowering springs look good oh man I think you need a little more stancy stancy on I we have spacers at the office you ready to drive this thing stop all right the car's on the ground ground loading Springs look sick there's gas and seaone in the tank it's time to drive this thing for the first time hopefully the clutch Works to the trailer yeah we get to drive it on the trailer now cuz it's still not road legal success oh God what is that noise you hear that is that your fuel pump is that my fuel pump pretty loud screaming oh oh my perfect interior since I lowered the car it now sits below the rails and I have to Dukes a hazard out the window in order to get out but the car's on the trailer now all I have to do is make sure the registration is all good properly get this thing smogged and then we can drive it now normally this process would be relatively straightforward you get the title you get the registration you put some insurance on that bad boy and voila we're legally cruising down the road in our little 8s wedge car right that's what we want yeah it's but guess what it wasn't that simple for this car first the previous owner lost the title and that's okay that's actually not that hard to deal with it just naturally fell out of the state records but in 2013 the previous owner decided to make an inquiry at the DMV about what it would take to get the car legally on the road again this put the impulse back into the state record the state then told the previous owner that he would need to pay some fees to get the car re-registered the previous owner decided he didn't want to do that but just because he didn't want to go through with it doesn't mean that California just kind of forgets about it they still want those fees they got to make that money this turned what would have been a 15-minute process into a 7h hour long process with multiple days so we brought in the big guns that's Rico from performance registration a guy who helps solve complicated title and registration issues here in California and if it weren't for Rico we might still be hanging out with our little Weds in the driveway after many hours and personal visits to the DMV Rico was finally able to get the $800 fee waved by the state on account of the fact the vehicle had not actually been registered in 2013 and therefore was not subject to these fees he acquired the title and the registration which left us with a simple task of getting insurance for the car which took two seconds and a small certificate and that's pretty simple and the impulse pass smog with blind colors somewhere between the beginning of this episode and now you probably wondered why I'm putting a bunch of work into an old car that not many people have ever heard about let it don't care about but I care about it because of those reasons growing up as a twin it's very hard to set yourself apart I mean there's literally another guy on this earth that is an exact copy of me so growing up I tended to gravitate towards cars that were exceptionally unique like this one and much like my relationship with this car is unique so is my relationship with my best friend Zach Zach and I bought this car together he helped me pick it up bring it home he helped me fix it and get it running again and he helped me make this very video so when you ask me why this car it's because it's different and it means something to me and your love for a car doesn't really need to be anything more than that it runs and it drives thank you guys so much for watching and following along with this adventure thank you to Zach check him out as Zach deal uh for helping me and everything thank you so much to Sandro and Miranda shop for welding that tank up ison's Facebook group uh they help me Source Parts uh impulsive waffles for helping me Source Parts Jimmy in his Japanese contacts for helping me Source Parts I've got a lot of big ideas for this car and obviously I can't buy any parts for it so that means only one thing it has to be custom if you want to see that make sure you let us know down in the comments so that I can keep building my car on the channel and I can keep getting recruited to work on it great thanks everybody for watching this has been a donut production shut up