Abandoned Omni Hits the Highway for the First Time in Years

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This is the 2nd video of our 1989 Dodge Omni Rescue. In this video we replace the bad wheel bearing and cv shaft and take it on the ghiway for the first time in years.
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[@63connie78]

fun video....brought back fond memories of me driving when I was 9 or 10 yo......driving uncle's '59 Ford and father's '60 Ford for first time.....

[@TexasHillbilly]

50s and 60s Fords are some of the most beautiful years.

[@TimTurner115]

Good old Dodge Omni. My cousin's daughter had one. Replace the motor twice and transmission three times. I am retired mechanic

[@TexasHillbilly]

Was she that hard on the omni?! haha

[@TimTurner115]

@@TexasHillbilly yes. She was. Hahaha. Texas motor speedway Hard. Or so she thought.

[@dmcnamara9859]

TexasHillbilly: easiest way to get proper toe-in on your Omni is measure track from center of tires ( side to side); 1/4 inch less width in overall track at front will provide good balance in steering returning to center and steering straight on all but obscene road crowns. Seamstress tape or tape measure is all that's required to complete toe-in task. For camber, loosen both knuckle strut bolts slightly; use stout prybar. Place mini level at top center of tire, bubble should barely-very slightly nudge outward( aka negative camber)of car. Camber is primarily to lessen bump steer, improve ride and handling. Both tasks are done with full weight of vehicle on ground or both front tires evenly balanced atop ramps or blocks of wood.

[@TexasHillbilly]

Thanks for the tips!

[@dmcnamara9859]

​@@TexasHillbilly Just a smidge of top of tire tilted inward is factory tolerances. Get a pull with toe-in and camber with in tolerances,likely culprit is a tire-cord or tire-casing pull.

[@topher8634]

That side to side play could also be worn inner and outer tie rods.

[@johncoffman2703]

I had a 78 Plymouth Horizon it was an awesome car

[@buddyrevell6369]

Classic 90s, chrysler. Easy to work on, cheap parts, and pealing paint.

[@TexasHillbilly]

Aint lyin!

[@firasyousif154]

Good doctor 😂👍

[@paully_s]

Nice 4 door Omni! My dad had a 1982 Omni 024 ( 2 door hatchback) and that thing lasted a lond time. Did pretty well in winter also. They had some pep for a small car.
If you have a check engine light on you might be able to cycle the key on off on off on then the light usually flashes a series of times. Like my 95 caravan did a series of 2 flashes and 1 flash for an O2 sensor. Not sure if that holds true for the omni but figured I would suggest it.

[@TexasHillbilly]

I had no idea they made 2dr Omnis. Thanks for the CEL tip. Ill give that a try.

[@6petrolhead6]

Here in thr UK it was badged as a chrysler alpine and they had a noisy all aluminium engine and came out of the factory rusty

[@TexasHillbilly]

Worldcar fail.

[@lancenutter1067]

Ha! I bought 4 of those once for 400$. Kept the fuel injection one, sold 2 for a profit after fixing and use one for cold storage for a winter (we lived in Alaska at the time) I vaguely them all having different engines… like, Chrysler, VW, Peugeot maybe, and I dunno what else.

[@TexasHillbilly]

Thats wild.

[@jarkkovanska6681]

That dodge omni are in europe to talbot horizont

[@vanda219]

Snug a lug nut on & it would eliminate the rotor chatter so you can hear better