Will it Run and Drive? Abandoned Dodge Omni

Will it Run and Drive? Abandoned Dodge Omni - First Start in 15 YEARS

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9 ай бұрын

Today, we drive this old, broken, and abandoned 1990 Dodge Omni.
We work on ANYTHING with an ENGINE using mostly BUDGET TOOLS.
What are we working on?
A Dodge Omni left in the field for 15 years.
What are we using to complete the work?
Fuel pump, hand tools, bearing grease, etc.
Do we have any concerns about today's work?
Yes, it's in bad shape.
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@DRSPPC Ай бұрын

The Dodge Omni saved my life when I was 9 years old. A drunk tractor trailer driver cut off my Dad in Florida, and I wasn't wearing a seatbelt (hardly anyone ever did). The Omni actually bounced backward off the tires and landed in a dirt parking lot. I hit the windshield which held tough, and after everything was said and done, the engine ended up pushed toward the firewall turned slightly sideways and it still started up and drove home 12 miles up the road. That little car was probably one of the best American cars ever made, and everybody at the time just looked at them like they were a joke. People rarely ever talk about them or even really remember them but I wish we had more cars like that. Tough little workhorses that take a huge amount of abuse and just keep going.

@frankdenardo8684 8 ай бұрын

1990 was the final year for the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon.

@aca2983 5 ай бұрын

And it had a few changes that were only for that year: driver airbag, the rectangular side mirrors (from the M-body?), HVAC was in the center, it had always been on the left.

@blautens 3 ай бұрын

Never understood the hate for these cars - it was well packaged and the right car for the time. Nice video!

@2StallGarage 3 ай бұрын

Agreed. We're putting it back on the road this summer.

@aguerra1381 13 күн бұрын

I owned 6 of those within a period of about 32 years. Very reliable and UNDERATED. The last 3 were 1990, 2 Omnis and one Horizon. Good for over 230k miles. I had to replace door handles for years. They were made so weak the metal felt like pewter. Loved those comfortable seats. Easy cars to work on; everything within reach.

@2StallGarage 13 күн бұрын

Yes, love it.

@gyost8147 Ай бұрын

I owned two of these...a 1979 Horizon and 1990 Omni. The Horizon was well on its way to 200,000 miles when I was hit by a car while the police were clearing a crash and I was in a row of stopped cars. The car that hit me was totaled and I drove my Horizon for another year after the insurance wrote it off then traded it in as a down payment on another car. The 1990 Dodge I still have. Interesting "update" with airbag, new dash, and rear should belts for just the one year.. It's driven almost 450.000 miles. I bought it new when I went back to college. I loved these cars and never understood the hate.

@2StallGarage Ай бұрын

Great story, sorry you got hit. We plan on putting this back on the road and selling it.

@danr4197 4 ай бұрын

These cars where better than people think and actually was one of the safest in it's size class.

@2StallGarage 4 ай бұрын

It’s almost time to start working on it again.

@NathanMoist 3 ай бұрын

They were great cars! Had one that lasted forever! Only thing was it never ran right with overdrive so that was simply unplugged and it ran great as just a three speed.

@2StallGarage 3 ай бұрын

Interesting! Ever find out what the issue was?

@NathanMoist 3 ай бұрын

@@2StallGarage Not sure. It was my grandparents car first and the Plymouth dealer did it not long after they got it. I think it was constantly up and down shifting from OD.

@danr4197 3 ай бұрын

I am a bit confused about your post. Not sure what year yours was or even mine, I think an 84' Anyway from 81' - 90' (last year of production) the all had the 2.2 with the Chrysler buil A413 Automatic. It was a three speed with NO overdrive or Lock up torque converter. Despite the noisy, thrashy. clunky (defective wrist pins) 2.2, it had decent pep for the times and eventually a revised 2.5 version came out with roller cam and counter rotating balance shafts wich was much smoother but you would think they would of fixed the wrist pins when they "redesigned" the engine. Earlier 2.2's would eat camshafts and blow head gaskets like theyre was no tomorrow!@@NathanMoist

@RandomGreymane 5 ай бұрын

I had an ‘81 024 and a friend of mine had an ‘83 or ‘85 orange Omni. Despite all the problems those cars were darn fun.

@RandomGreymane 5 ай бұрын

Also I was unaware these had TBI. I thought they all had that horrible Chrysler designed Holly.

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

I think they’re fun too. Good clean fun with a throwaway type car. Thanks for sharing. 🏁

@felisconcolor1112 9 ай бұрын

Yes, one of the beautifully engineered bits for L-Body automobiles was the "reach down, grab hold and twist hard" access for the oil filter; no jacking, crawling or tools needed. I never found the cooling fan to be inadequate, even during high altitude ascents. For the door handles, you'll need to pop the interior panels, and check alignment of all the linkage rods connected to the door pulls and lock knobs; slight drifting of the rod ends within those plastic fastener-pivots would screw up the geometry, and most people would simply pull harder until they sheared the pot-metal door handles, which should still be an easy find as a Dorman part. This is true for pretty much any automobile from that era; repairing cooling system leaks and connections is a snap, unlike today's bidirectional t-stats and integrated components.

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Very cool. Thanks for the info on this!

@ericwhitehead6451 7 ай бұрын

It was fun watching you bring this Omni back to life. If it could talk, I'm sure it would thank you! Look forward to your progress, take care! P.S. You have a new subscriber. :)

@2StallGarage 7 ай бұрын

Eric, that means a lot. Thank you. Glad you’re here for future adventures.🙂🙌

@ToddMills801 9 ай бұрын

We had an 88 Omni i drove it too work for 2 years until the bumper rusted off and the windows fell into the door. Then bought a Dodge Spirit for $100 swapped the Onmi engine into it and kept driving

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Nice Todd. You're taking me back a few years talking about Omni's and Spirits. Time sure moves quickly.

@wesoblander3648 9 ай бұрын

I like the Omni. I remember it as a pretty cool little car that was reasonably comfortable and got decent gas mileage. Yours sounds pretty good and would probably down even more after 500 miles or so and another oil in there somewhere. That 5W30 synthetic has good flow properties and should help a bunch :)

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Good morning, Wes. I'm going all in on bringing this Omni back to glory. Have a great day. -Justin

@wesoblander3648 9 ай бұрын

@@2StallGarage, if anyone could bring it back, it would be you. I can't wait to see you go through it :)

@ValleyProud916 6 ай бұрын

My first car was a 78' Plymouth Horizon, so thanks for the nightmare flashbacks. Put some MMO in it, worked for me!

@2StallGarage 6 ай бұрын

Wow, way back. Was 78 the first year?

@rottedandmodded 3 ай бұрын

That thing came out of a field with that much metal left? Impressive. I'm jealous. Mine has decided, on it's own, that it wants it's roof removed. Guess we'll oblige eventually. I'd love to have my roof back. hahaha Bring back the Omni fo sho! Awesome video.

@2StallGarage 3 ай бұрын

Glad you’ve got one. Just lucked out finding this one for $50. Pretty rough but a cool car.

@rottedandmodded 3 ай бұрын

I'd have more if I had a field to park them in! hahaha Can't go wrong for $50 no matter what it is, especially one of the most reliable iterations of the Omni! @@2StallGarage

@dave3657 6 ай бұрын

I had an ‘82 with the base VW engine and five speed manual. It was a good cheap dependable car when I needed one. It was great in the snow.

@flyonwall360 5 ай бұрын

Fun to watch. I had an 87. I bought it new and put 85k miles on it before everything started to go.

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

Very nice. Buyers remorse or did you enjoy owning it?

@flyonwall360 5 ай бұрын

@2StallGarage I loved it. However, it had a defective clutch. The first clutch was replaced under warranty at 7k miles. The second clutch was replaced on a weekend, traveling from Texas to NY at 19k miles. The last clutch was replaced around 26k miles and lasted until I got rid of the car. Originally, I wanted the GHL, but they stopped making them. However, the GLHS was the Omni to have.

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

@flyonwall360 it’s fun to imagine being in a new, excellent condition, Omni in its day. Thank you for sharing.

@LawrenceWinterburn 9 ай бұрын

Was working at carline when those were new...I kinda liked the performance version.

@joehnizdosr3674 9 ай бұрын

Great video blessings brother

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Joe! I hope you have a good weekend coming up. God bless you my friend.

@Brooksyscarrestorations 9 ай бұрын

G'day mate!! 🙂

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Cheers bud!

@martinjordan3994 5 ай бұрын

My mom had an early 80s Plymouth horizon and watching this brought back some memories of that little car. It lasted forever, which is surprising for a mopar lol

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

Ha! Yes, they're fun little cars. Glad to hear it brought some memories back. Hopefully good ones. :)

@martinjordan3994 5 ай бұрын

Yep it did! You don't see any around anymore sadly :(

@desmond1189 5 ай бұрын

Good job

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

It's on life support, but we'll keep rehabbing it until it's road worthy again.

@kaydonmaglaughlin7126 5 ай бұрын

About to go pick up a 1993 dakota with 77k original miles. Motor is bad but he has a replacement. Anyway he also has one of these there that I want to snag as well.

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like fun to me. Enjoy as you pick them up and as you work on them.

@EYE_SPIDER 9 ай бұрын

oh man I love drum brakes, nice work brotha!!!

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Appreciate your encouragement always! Thank you. 🏁

@JDawghasaTruck 8 ай бұрын

I believe 1990 was last year made, probably had all the kinks ironed out. I had a first year 1978. It was junk, burned oil, front spring broke just from sitting. I wouldn’t have revived that thing😉

@2StallGarage 8 ай бұрын

This one is too far gone in my opinion too. I think we’ve gone about as far as I want to with it. Destroyed interior & shot out windows was the nail in the coffin.

@ryanhowell4492 7 ай бұрын

cool car

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

It’s a fun little car. 🙂

@GlassWerx 9 ай бұрын

Awesome seeing it fire up like that. Is that your dually n the background?

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Hey buddy, the white 1 ton is my dads. He just got it. I have a 1994 two tone red & white Ford. (inherited it when a family member passed).

@GlassWerx 9 ай бұрын

@@2StallGarage yeah I knew urs was white and red I thought I saw it in the background when you were at your parents working on the Omni. Didn't know if ya got it up n going again or not

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

@GlassWerx well… I just put more transmission fluid in it. 😁

@GlassWerx 9 ай бұрын

@@2StallGarage so it's running good again or just testing it out.

@francoisbouchard602 9 ай бұрын

Good.job. Nice car 👍👍👏👏👏

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement! 👍

@missano3856 9 ай бұрын

I saw either one of these or its Plymouth equivalent on the road the other day.

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

Cool

@danielreigada1542 5 ай бұрын

That one is a 1990 with the one year only dashboard design. I used to have a 1988 Horizon for many years. It did not have an airbag, had an 85mph speedometer and just a 5 digit odometer. I got about 280k miles out of it (need to estimate that since the odometer broke at 250k, or 50k rolled twice).

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

@BASRANCH 9 ай бұрын

what a jem! ill start the bidding at 4750.

@2StallGarage 9 ай бұрын

LOL. You’re funny!

@gregg9672 6 ай бұрын

90 was the best year for these, I had one and drove the hell out of it of course mine was a carburetor version and that gave lots of issues. These will blow a head gasket in a heart beat so watch out

@2StallGarage 6 ай бұрын

Understood. I think it's too far gone to go any further with unfortunately. If the windows hadn't been shot out, it might be a different story. Have a great day.

@2StallGarage 18 күн бұрын

🏁🏁🏁

@gyost8147 Ай бұрын

So what did you do with it? Too good to waste. They were such fun to drive compared to many cars of their era.

@2StallGarage Ай бұрын

It’s parked out by the barn. Should be back in the shop this summer and then listed for sale.

@VladimirPutin-cz5zy 5 ай бұрын

That rattle knock is normal for the chrysler 2.2. They sounded that way new.

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

Noted. It drove nice home. Fun little cars.

@Joey-oy9et Ай бұрын

Yea. My 90 horizon has that same sound. Almost sounds like a lifter knock. But, it's the funny little cork.

@2StallGarage Ай бұрын

@Joey-oy9et praise the Lord. So glad you guys were okay. My wife and I like the Omni. It’s coming back soon.

@VladimirPutin-cz5zy Ай бұрын

@@Joey-oy9et Good engines though but sometimes the holly carbs went to crap.

@Joey-oy9et Ай бұрын

@@VladimirPutin-cz5zy tks. Keep that in mind! Its going to a l-body undercarrage welding specialist next month. Didn't have any rust when started this nightmare 8 yrs ago. Trying to even find someone to work on it. Was crazy. Young ones now don't hardly know what a carb is. 😂 And body shop here, if it's not a ins. Claim don't mess with cars especially old ones.

@williamdesmarais4931 5 ай бұрын

My first car was an 80 omni. Brown with FAT wood grain. No female ever saw the inside of that pos. Didnt realize that the rear wheel wells were rotted when i jumped an old railroad bridge. The rear suspension made gulwings out of the wheel wells and the rear bumper about hit the pavement. Sent her out to pasture in style.

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

We just may do that. Hopefully you got some good air on the jump. 🙂

@williamdesmarais4931 5 ай бұрын

@@2StallGarage About as much air as one could get in 1.7L omni that topped out at 64mph downhill 😆😆😆

@2StallGarage 5 ай бұрын

@williamdesmarais4931 😂

@Joey-oy9et Ай бұрын

I wished I was having that luck with my 1990 horizon. It's been a 8yr nightmare. And I'm no closer to getting it back on the road. Matter of fact I'm starting to think that I'm further. Got any options for me holler!

@2StallGarage Ай бұрын

I’ll keep you posted as I work on this. Should start working on it again soon.

@Joey-oy9et Ай бұрын

@@2StallGarage thank you, my father built that car.and I've owned it since it was new. Only has 65,000 miles. While trying to fix it. The worst now happened (undercarriage rust started). If you know of a place that supplies rubber seal for door /window. Would help tremendously. Is it true universal seals really don't hold up? Thank you once again.