As many know, I blew the motor in my hatch...

Well here is my rebuild thread...

This is how it started... http://www.importsnc.com/forum...42511

The block has been torn down and sent to... http://www.laskeyracing.com/shop/bseries.htm

The head will be sent there as well...
Mid october i will have more to add as far as laskey racing

Now as far as the hatch it self... I'm working it it day by day
Cleaning the engine bay
before...
degreaser

A pressure washer





AFTER...




Cleaned the tranny today... Cleaned under the fender wells also but I post pics after I repaint

Heres before cleaning...


in action photo...

And now clean...



What are your opinions on painting the tranny to help hide dirt

More to come as I work on it

 

paint it grey/aluminum unless you want a black tranny and an aluminum block

 

IMO paint sucks, just clean it well and leave it be. Paint only flakes chips cracks and looks cheesy. OEM clean is the best look there is for engine bays

 

Polish=]. That would be baller status.

 

^^^ Either ricer or show queen.. either way still gay

 

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I agree. OE look is always best just maintain it by cleaning it with break parts cleaner. Don't mess up all that work with paint.

 

its almost impossible to clean a tranny to 100% cleanliness. Theres always a little bit of discoloration, if you cant clean it, might as well sand it. Don't matter though, just throwing idea's your way.

Seeing it actually being done would be pretty cool.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hanmin &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its almost impossible to clean a tranny to 100% cleanliness. Theres always a little bit of discoloration, if you cant clean it, might as well sand it. Don't matter though, just throwing idea's your way.

Seeing it actually being done would be pretty cool.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I won't paint it but I may polish on it a little... Not totaly polished just cleaner

 

what degrease combo did you use? i see the one bottle. that ish cleaned up good!
put some axle seals in the tranny.

 

damb i havent seen my engine bay that clean.

 

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put some axle seals in the tranny. </TD></TR></TABLE>

The citrus degreaser did ok but I used plain ole grease lightning to get it real clean... Thats what I used on the tranny and it cleaned it right up... I'm sure haveing a pressure washer help 50%

 

Best way to make it look as factory as possible without painting is aluminum brightener. I wasn't to sure if I should use it but it worked great the only reason im against painting engine or trans is you spray brake clean to anything or a cleaner that is to harsh and there goes your paint job but looks clean so far. and the cleaner is really hydrofluoric acid the chemical reaction it has is what makes the cleaner work 1 gallon pure can get you about 3 gallons super strong cleaners.

 

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jaaa... u should see mine..... it looks like a waste managment truck!! hahahaha
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good clean up bro.. i'll try to do the same to mine... u just gave me the blink to my heaD!

 

wow..nice job..keep it up..cant wait to see the end product..

 

looking for help with a wire tuck if anyone know how... Not looking to just pay someone to do it and I not know where everything is ran

 

theres like a 600 page thread, but iunno if you wanna go through it. But, just relocate the battery with a kit. Relocate your fusebox, it unplugs from the underneath, you just gotta pop the cap off. reroute the lights under the fender, and i dont really wanna explain how to make a tuck harness, but it still looks nice if you just hide the plugs right behind the towers.

 

Started on my wire tuck...

tools needed...



Headlight, corner lights, horn and cooling fan plugs...



horn tuck...

 

Ok... Well stupid me didn't take any before photos but if you have owned any civic you know where the wires are coming from and now you'll see where they can be hidden...

Here's the wiper motor wire tuck and brake fluild sensor... I did this last night

 

Heres what I have been doing today... Well today and through the past weeks...

This all the head light and horn,fans, and other plugs...


I hide all the wires across the bottom and hid everything the best I could...


Here's what I did with the clump wires coming out of the fire wall on the drivers side...







Finished product...

 

Now what to do with all of this...

These go to the ecu... I've pulled most of the tape and wire loom to get to what ever I can pulled inside the car...

 

loookin good
good luck =D

 

looking great so far

 

I wouldn’t use so many butt connectors like that, especially outside the car. Solder and heat shrink ftw…

 

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I have used plenty of electrical tape and have bought new fender liners to help protect what I have done... I under stand the risk I have taken

 

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Thank you
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good luck =D</TD></TR></TABLE>

And thank you