Hey everyone, I'm new to the site and new to the honda world but I'm hoping everyone here is nice and can help me out a bit. I bought the car for $250 on saturday and as I was driving it home the brakes went out. I drove it home and checked it over and can't find anything wrong. I have plenty of meat on the pads and the lines are fine, but the pedal sinks straight to the floor unless I pump it alot before i try to stop.

Thats my first problem lol...

My second problem is that I bought an RTAWD, but ..... theres no rear driveshaft. (this is of coarse my luck not to notice this before i bought it) I was hoping someone could tell me where I can find the second half of the drive shaft that attaches to the rear end in the car or if theres something similar I can bolt in place of it. I've only found 1 so far and the guy wants $500 for it. I cant see spending that much on this car just yet. Also I believe the car was used as a woods buggy by the guy so the underside is all dented and smashed, no big deal really, I can't see anything major that was hit.

Finally my last problem is when I'm sitting at a dead stop and step on the gas too hard it seems to bog down or sometimes almost die. Does anyone know what could be causing this?

I hope you guys can help me out, another forum I was on rejected every post I made so I couldn't get any help from them.

 

Your brake problem can be your brake master cylinder had the same problem on a eg that i had. i barely got it steped on it a bit to see how it pulled and i pushed on the brake to slow down n wow i couldnt n almost crashed n that ended up being my problem.. or you just need to bleed them..

 

first off welcome to honda tech
brake problem , id also check the booster and the master cylinder.
awd .. ebay if you want a stock ? im not too familiar with the awd tho , someone should be able to point you in a better spot tho .
as for dying , check your fuel filters. the one mounted to the fire wall and the in tank .

best of luck !

 

I really hope I don't have to get the master cylinder replaced, how can I check the master cylinder? I'm gonna be bleeding the brakes today after I take a look at the rest of the car and do an oil change.

I found only 1 driveshaft on ebay for $85 but its for an 85 civic. Will this fit in the 88-91 models?

Ill look into the fuel filters, is there anything else I should check out right away since this poor little car has been used and abused?

Thanks for helping me out.