tony_2018

Good ****, never do a swap if you're not going to finish it.

Drove home to parents home to replace my sisters engine harness on the db7, corroded wires cause the car to take a while to start and cel for the coolant sensor under the distributor. Not to mention the remote start wouldn't work but it would come on with the key. Bought a good condition, or to some of you a "new to me", engine harness. Cleaned up, replace old electric tape with super 88 heavy duty, clean connectors and added di-electric grease to ALL OF THE PLUGS. We were in business before the tropical storm passed. Still had to get through the rain that was occurring on a daily basis though.

During the drive my rear right suspension started make some crazy amount of squeal, its time to tackle the bushings. I lost the spec sheet so I emailed suja1 for them. Man those guys have my business forEVER.

:thumbsup:

Fes

I just finished converting the rear drums to 99 si rear disk brakes on a 95 civic dx. It was a hassle, but nonetheless fun.

cmartdude54

Well! 1997 Honda Civic EX PO335. Crank Sensor Circuit A range performance.
I'm at the point to that I want to rewire the CKP sensor wires from the new Crank sensor plug to where ever they go to.
It is very hard, to get to the wiring below the intake.
I looked at some Goggle images of the wiring and pin outs at the ECM/PCU and distributor connectors.
Can someone explain where to run the the 12V + power/Signal and possible ground wires to.
Not sure if I need to run to distributor or ECM or both?
Thank you!

tony_2018

Might want to look up the FSM and search for the wiring diagram.

Smithcraft

Last weekend, I did an oil change/installed a Fumoto valve, changed the valve cover gasket, changed the cap and rotor, and finally changed the plugs.

This weekend I hope to flush the cooling system at least twice.

SC

Smithcraft

I did the first cooling system drain, and closed it back up, and now it's leaking from the drain.

I guess I have to replace the o ring. I figure I'll pick up a replacement plug and use that and replace the o ring on the original for when I do the final flush.

SC

tony_2018

omfg, suja1 your 1st **** up. I have to cut the shock bushings to fit the struts. Going t home depot.

tony_2018

rear driver side done, gonna work on the rear passenger side tomorrow and if possible work on the front driver side.

getluckychucky

Just brought home a B16A swap, em1 rims & cluster for my '00 ej8! Now to bring it up to obd2 specs because NY sucks lol.

tony_2018

gonna start work on the front suspension cuz all replacable parts are coming tomorrow that way I can work on the tacoma truck tint during the weekend. I think the only thing that needs to be pressed out is the shock bushings since I order new oem, like honda oem, upper control arms. The swaybar will be using energy suspension since I couldn't confirm what to use from hardrace site. Oh well. Got the ES from HondaPartsHero 'how-to' guide on adding front swaybars to a hatchback. Thanks dude!!!

tony_2018

PIC sent me the wrong front shock bushings, on hold for now. Gonna work on getting the Tacoma tinted.

tony_2018

Did they by chance send you the wrong front shock bushing? They sent me the long one that was for the em1. Their diagram even notes it for the non-si model but its not.

98civdx

No, I got the correct kit. I have EM1 Lca's.

tony_2018

uuugh

98civdx

PIC is awesome with handling errors on their end, it just sucks that the car is down while waiting. I'd be shocked if he didn't over night the correct bushings to you.

tony_2018

the problem is this, their diagram shows the exact same measurements for the si. It looks like they just re-labeled the diagram fro 'si' to 'non-si'. I even took pic's to show them that the bushing they sent me was not the same as mine, I took pics of mine on the civic and sent it to them as well. I looked up hardrace bushings and for sure confirmed my findings that the front end bushings they sent me are incorrect.

tony_2018

I ordered hardrace bushings today. If I have all goes well with PIC and I have no use for it than I can return it or sell it on ebay/craigslist.

Gotta start ordering parts for the tacoma, balljoint busted on me while driving around.

98civdx

Got a wild hair, and ordered a bunch of FBP paint. Time to paint my moldings, side skirts and mirrors

I don't have a picture, but the other weekend I picked up a CTR grill, and started taking it apart for paint today.

civicservice

Flamenco Black Pearl? If so, where did you get it?

raystb

hey everyone, completely out of the blue question....just purchased a 1992 Honda Del Sol JDM, only issue is it needs new suspension, are 93 and up north American Del Sol parts compatible with the JDM's?

98civdx

Yes, and a local body shop.

You can also try paint scratch.com

MyDad'sCivic

Installed my e-bay foglight kit

tony_2018

hardrace bushings - etc Thursday(today)
PIC email - responded and I just need dimensions/specs of the necessary bushings
Civic - Gonna work on the compliance and swaybar bushings/endlinks(thanks again HondaPartsHero for the guide) today to get things progressing. I have to take my dog to the vet saturday.

tony_2018

Compliance, swaybar and endlinks are in place. Only thing left is the lower and upper control arms and then a trip to the alignment shop.

civicservice

Fixed a longstanding problem with seatbelts that weakly retracted.

My warranty will replace parts and labor on seatbelts for life on my car, so I took it to the dealer. The rep hemmed and hawed and then went to get his manager. Manager said to clean the seatbelt hanger (behind door) with alcohol. He said they get dirty over time, and that prevents proper retraction.

I though it was BS to get me to leave, so did a simple search and found this:


In summary, don't just clean the hanger, but the entire belt using a bucket with warm water and dish soap. Mine turned out to be coated in black gunk, which was apparent from looking at the bucket water, but which wasn't readily visible on the belt itself.

I followed the procedure almost exactly and... it worked!

I had initially tested the retraction right after washing (when the belt was still wet), and it was better but not very good. After a few hours drying in the sun, though, it was like a new seatbelt.