Howdy there.

Please excuse me but I am new to this forum thing. I've read several of them, but never been a part of one, and now that I just recently aquired a Honda as a sort of project car, I thought it was time to join one so I could get help and help others eventually.

So first some background. I was born in Dallas, but grew up mostly in Cali/Nev/Ari (Not the city of CaliNevAri, but the three states), primarily in Las Vegas. I moved up here to Grand Forks, ND for a job. And my girlfriend just moved in with me I am trying to learn more about auto mechanics, any and every aspect. I have always wanted to work on my own cars, restore and build my own cars down the road, but I had to start somewhere. I've looked and the only classes related to anything mechanical around here is a welding class at a local community college, which I have signed up for and am just waiting for the next class. I can read and research all day long, like I have for years, but having neither the resources (garage, tools, a car I'm willing to break and live without, etc.) or the experience (growing up in a car family but a non-mechanical family, moving around every few years, not being allowed to work on or experiment with any of the family vehicles being they were high-end BMWs and MBs, etc.) I can't REALLY learn unless I put my hands physically on something. Then my girlfriend moved in with me and we were in need of a second vehicle, so after many weeks of dissappointment of rust buckets (my budget was $1,000) I finally found a 1994 Honda Civic EX with 196,000 miles. Not bad shape, good running car that I could also make a project car.

So I decided to finally start working on my own car. I had taken Auto Shop in High School and one of our projects was to take an entire engine apart and put it back together. That experience was wonderful and only solidified my resolve of becoming an Aerospace/Mechanical Engineer and work for a Le Mans team or F1 team. So I know how a LOT of things work, just never touched them before.

So the next weekend I bought the car, I did TONS of research and bought the parts and did an Oil change and filter, fuel filter change, spark plugs, transmission flush (drop and fill), and rotated and balanced the tires. Feeling very proud and accomplish with the now running smoothly car, I thought I could fix the next item on the list, bad inner tie rod. So I started and got stuck, which I'll put in another post here soon.

But that's my story and why I'm here, to learn. Thanks for listening if you made it this far.

 

Thanks for sharing!

Welcome to Honda Tech.

Get to know some people, share their stories.

Wherever you are now it must be better than Houston Texas. Maybe its a good thing you're not in Dallas, I hear they're having a EBOLA issue there. My friend lives out in Grapevine. Says that Dallas is approximately the 35th level of hell.

 

I lived in San Antonio for 6 years total, 5 years then later 1 year. So I know what's that like. They say Las Vegas heat is hell, no humidity is hell. Dry heat can be 120 and you can still enjoy yourself, but 80 or 90 with 100% humidity is death and hell and haha

 

I was in Vegas once when it was 116. Yeah it was hot, but being dry, I could just stand in the shade and it felt fine. You certainly can still enjoy yourself. But the humidity here in Texas, you can't hide from the heat. Standing in the shade makes no difference.

People here are so fat they sweat gravy.

 

Yup, and that's a horrible image I'm never going to get out, thanks haha

 

if you think sweating gravy is bad. Imagine what they poop.

 

Oh great, there you've gone and done it, now how the hell am I suppose to eat breakfest, haha.

So what kind of Honda do you have?

 

Its in my profile I think.

EM1 SI
RD1 CRV
CBR600RR
F-35 Lightning II





Okay that last one might not be true.