I'm a noob to Honda-tech, and Honda in general. I was given this hatch ('91 DX 4-speed manual) as a first car and left it sitting for over two years because I'm a Volkswagen man (flame suit on). I was told I could not leave it sitting where it was any longer so last night I tried to get it started. It fired right up with a jump and a little starting fluid in the airbox to my amazement, yet everytime you gave it gas it sputtered and died. Finally after easing on and off the throttle cable for about 45 minutes and a little fresh gas, I was able to drive it 6 miles home. I'd like to make this a reliable daily driver and plan on replacing the battery and fuel filter. What else should I look at? Tips and tricks? Help a noob out!

 

first do your basic tune up! cap,rotor,wires,plugs,fuel filter,pcv valve,air filter then see where your at . sonds like i good gift. post pics and welcome aboard

 

get some new gas in that thing too.. and dont forget a new timing belt if the one in it has anywhere near 80k miles on it.. none of that non-interfering head stuff on a honda you v-dub guys are always bragging about...

 

Some quick pics, needs to be cleaned.

 

doesn't look that bad at all.....like you said, needs a little cleaning but a good start

 

haha looks exactly like mine did

 

just so u know..thats not a dx..its an std..the standard model of our ef-ed's

 

o snap! lol

 

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Thanks for the info.

Question, it needs a clutch, badly. If it were a VW I could have the job done in an hour. What alls involved in doing it on this? Are there any special tools I'd need, like for the driftshaft bolts?

 

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Thanks for the info.

Question, it needs a clutch, badly. If it were a VW I could have the job done in an hour. What alls involved in doing it on this? Are there any special tools I'd need, like for the driftshaft bolts? </TD></TR></TABLE>


You'll need a 32 mm socket for the axle nut. If you don't have air tools, you'll need a long breaker bar to break those suckers. Then disengage the lower ball joints (17 mm), and the lower suspension fork bolt (17 mm). Remove axles. Drain tranny. Place jack under tranny. Remove tranny mount. Remove starter. Remove shift cable. Remove speedo cable. Remove tranny linkages ( one is a 12 mm bolt, the other is the infamous "bitch pin", use a punch or a deep 4mm socket and a hammer). Remove tranny bolts (17mm). Shake the **** out of the tranny and pull it off the engine.

 

tune it up and sell the v-dub

 

man i love the bus shifter on these things. I had a base model std. and it didnt have a pass mirror lol

 

my dx didnt have a pass mirroe either.. lol weight reduction foo!

 

dannggg the interior is still mint on that

 

swap a b16 into it and get 30 mpg dependable as hell and run 15s in the 1/4. hard to beat.