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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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ok so i just came up on a 88/89 sedan lx. its auto. its like 9 out of 10.
pretty dam clean. its the gold/champagne color with the brown interior.

anyways. the only problem it has is that if you drive it for a long period at a time (like more then 30) after you turn off the car, and try to turn it on it wont start.

so every time it does that i switch the main relay. and it starts like nothing.

what can make this happen?
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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it means you need a new main relay...!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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but it happens to both of them. and the other one is from my Si which it never happened to.
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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mine still does the same thing after soldering it...you need a brand new oem main relay to cure the problem just like me...if not just keep switching it back and forth...!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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haha yeah and that shiets lame sometimes.

honda dealers have them?
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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si...i think some hard packer was selling a new one in the ef parts for sale thread on the main page...!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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ohh ima go look.

hows your sedan?
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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its fine...i still need to swap out this gas guzzling si tranny for a nice little dx though...!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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slang me that tranny! haha
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:45 PM
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as soon as the new one is in i will
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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what year is it?
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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90-91...there are pics of it in the blue link in my sig...!!!
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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kewll well yeah thats what im looking for so let me know when you take the mother off.

oh wait. ima text you right now.
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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these are the pics of the tranny currently mounted up with my zc motor...!!!

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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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orale. well i texted to ask you if youw anted to trade for some shizzzz
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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what do you got
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 11:02 PM
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ey i was guna ask you if you wanted an hf tranny.
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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chale tamale...im not that desperate for mpg...dx is the lowest that i go
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Old Aug 1, 2010 | 11:16 PM
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haha yeah cuz if you really want good mpg. thats the way to goo.
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