The carburetor severely needed help. I didn't have (or want) to spend the money to fix it. As a result cold weather starting was difficult and the idle was very high.
The car's life ended when the starter motor died.
The exhaust system was also in need of help. I managed to fix it with a coat hanger.
The air conditioner didn't work.
The struts for the rear hatch didn't work.
The rear tail light socket shorted out. I couldn't get a replacement at an auto parts store. I had to go to a salvage yard.
This was my first car. It was a good car to learn how to drive. If I wrecked, who cares, it was a jalopy.
The women loved it also. This car made me very popular.
I can relate about the carburetor going on the fritz like it did. My 84 Plymouth has the same problem of rough starts and high idle.
My boy owns 1978 Plymouth Horizon and I'm really having a hard time keeping this car on the road.I've been a mechanic for 20 years and this one is really making me go bald..
A '78 is becoming quite rare. Hold onto that baby. Bound to worth money some day!
Bound to worth money some day!
???
In the year 2028, maybe...
Wait, did they make a Plymouth Horizon in 1978??? In the late 1970's, Plymouth was making the Volarè. I don't think they came out with the Horizon until the early to mid 1980's, like 1984. Are you sure you didn't mean a "1987 Horizon"?
I guess I must have really gotten a good one. My 1990 Dodge Omni went 240,000 miles with a total of TWO brake jobs, TWO timing belts, and ONE heater hose...That's it. NO OTHER REPAIRS!! I never even had to add freon to the A/C. I sold it still running great and saw the new owner still driving it 2 years after I sold it.
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Maybe someday they will be worth something like my tyco train set.
I just bought a 1988 Horizon it has a high idle anyone try to fix this problem?
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