grumblemarc

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Make sure this S2 LCA bushings are well lubed or they will eventually disintegrate.

JasinC19

Any recommendations on a type of lube that will last longer than 2 weeks? :D

racing_reject_001

in for this build, i would like to know how the amrs ride once installed once my engines swapped im redoing all my bushings as well as a disk swap and new suspension good luck man with this oh and the bolt to the body on the trailing arm....ive been told you have to cut the box it bolts into under the body and weld in a new bolt if it freezes for the toe adjuster

JasinC19

Yeah there is a little nut being held in place by a metal flap so that it can slide back and forth and be adjusted.


-- courtesy of another HT thread on this

I'm waiting for my Mustang to get out of the shop so that I can tear into my Civic again and clean all this up!

racing_reject_001

yea thats the one thing im not looking forward to when i do mine im just going to have my work do the install for me since im not too great with welding and such but thats a long way away from my build

purgat0ry

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I ended up cutting the end links off of the LCA's, they were completely f****d, the swaybar itself is kinda rusty, all surface though; I'm going to invest in some awesome sandpaper and spend a day working on my arm muscles lol.

purgat0ry

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I've managed to get the Toe adjuster bolt loosened, it was in there pretty badly, it took awhile to get the bolt broken loose, the rest was gravy.

1.8vti

i think i may need to restore my EM1 as well

JasinC19

It's a really fun car to restore/upgrade! It's got just enough of a touch of class and uniqueness to make it special.

My ultimate goal is to get everything mechanically sound and then finish it with a low boost supercharger.

That way maybe driving with the A/C on won't be such a drag at low RPMs lol...

purgat0ry

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FINALLY got the Rear right trailing arm off, I'm not going to mess with these bushings anylonger, if I can find a shop to push them out, I'm doing it...

Next step, reassembly of suspension and head gasket...

Mrsmashesalot

I like it alot better then my two gsr"s. just the look and feel is unmatched

JasinC19

What are you referring to?

beecee18

Right on brotha, keep it up.

My build was on a hyatus for the last couple months, but I just scored my dream job so Ill be back at it.

SpikedInterest

Looks great so far. Can't wait to see how the AMR's perform!

purgat0ry

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I found out my local CarQuest can and will do all my machine work for me.
Once i get the head removed I'm going to get the sucker decked and cleaned up; if the valves and everything is in good enough shape, I'm not going to rebuild it (for now).
They'll also take care of my bushing woes, hurray.

purgat0ry

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MAJOR progress was made today to say the least.

My buddy (who has more patience than me) came over and gave the press a go, needless to say there are 6 bushings that I can't do, the rest we've handled and managed to get removed properly.
When I started:

While he was working on that, I began disassembling the head, I'm 8 bolts away from having that sucker detached
I had gotten the air-box removed by this stage, obviously, the dizzy is gone, exhaust mani is gone and I'm working on the intake mani currently.


I managed to mangle where my rad connects to the upper coolant lines, I barely gripped this thing at all and it crumbled under my channel locks... looks like it's time for a new rad


Cut the **** outta myself... ouch

purgat0ry

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Oh lookie what broke here...


My knock sensor!!!



BFH, meet mr angry broken knock sensor

oh... they didn't get along well...


Goober friend fighting with the press

Some of the fruits of his labor

My menageie of cam shafts
on the left are my B16, the right, the B18c1 I've got laying around.

Look ma'! no scoring!

For 180kish miles, it looks rather nice.

**NOTE: that's not a crack, thats a damned dog hair**

Next step... head studs.

ukdmiPhreak809

good restoration. did something similar to my eg hatch.

purgat0ry

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Going to scoop up my loose suspension bits and take them to the sand blaster today, my pops has access to a few and is going to help out

I hope to make good use of the enamel black paint I purchased to prevent these babys from rusting anymore!


Silly question for you guys who have owned your civic for awhile, when your under the car and find a lightly rusted or heavily rusted bolt for lets say a part you never have removed or will likely never remove, do you replace it for the sake of replacing it? or just leave it for another day?

purgat0ry

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Ok
Not sure what the results of my pulled head yeild, other than ... mixed.

First things first, the pistons.



Next, the worst of the valves



and the head gasket (it's dirrrrty)



So ... from some of the more seasoned experts... do I replace the valves, springs, guides and retainers?

Do I just pull the entire block // tranny, give it a good cleaning and have it ALL refreshed (not against, just didn't want to)??

purgat0ry

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Dropped the head and RTA's off at CarQuest last night, new RTA bushings to be installed, head + valves to be tested and cleaned.

grumblemarc

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I always replace them.

purgat0ry

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I think I'm going to start doing that; I just need to get a full catalog of what these parts / bolts are.

grumblemarc

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Before I start a project I always get all the replacement bolts ready. For some reason I've been into replacing everything with stainless hexhead bolts though. Same length and thread pitch of course complete with lock washers and anti-seize. Even if I am not working on a part of the car, If I see it rusted like that I try to get proactive. It always bites you in the end.

And for you? If you're really restoring it, you should do that without question.

purgat0ry

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You're right on that, the sheer amount of them I've seen though is staggering, It's not a deterrence really, it just gets expensive quick lol

I think once I've got it down on all fours again and running (properly) I'm going to start addressing all of these rusty bolts; that is unless they're impossible to reach otherwise.
Ultimately, a good hunk of these brackets and retainers aren't rusted completely though, I may see about scraping it all off and coating them in a rust proofing enamel paint I've got, given it will change the look of the part, but it will prevent rust in the future.