We're teaming up with our friends at Innova to give away an Innova 5610 OBD2 Scanner to one lucky Honda-Tech member! With advanced bidirectional controls and features, the Innova 5610 is their best-selling scanner, highly regarded across the media, and can help you better understand your vehicle and complete repairs with less headache. Want a chance to win one? It’s simple — just reply to this thread with an answer to the following question: What's the biggest automotive problem you've successfully diagnosed or fixed yourself?

Innova is also offering an exclusive 20% discount for community members if you want to buy an Innova 5610 for yourself! Just head to its product page and use code FORUMFAM20.

Full contest rules can be found in the PDF attached below. All Honda models are eligible to win. Good luck and act fast: the entry period ends on June 22!

 

Is this the proper thread to post our most heroic fix?

 

Correct, we'd love to hear about it here!

 

https://www.innova.com/pages/coverage. Make sure to select 0x0665 in Tool ID box for V3. The coverage checker has been updated since the newest 5610 V3 had a lot more Service Resets and Calibrations added to it.

 

Can I just refer you to the thread where I already documented what I did?

Read all about it:
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-...d-icu-3377170/

 

Yes that would be ok

 

How about engine swap integration troubleshooting with a start and stall that was believed to be an immobilizer issue.

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-.../#post52206317

 

My biggest car problem, currently, has been finding aftermarket cv axles with splines that fit my OEM hubs anywhere close to the fit of the OEM cv splines. Given it's for my 1993 Civic LX put-put car, and not a swapped for something sexy under the hood race car, Raxles and the Drive line shop couldn't help me, though both companies couldn't have been nicer. Shout out to Marty at Raxles - that's a good dude.
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I posted my problem here but it's a subjective fitment issue that's hard to assess online. Thanks to all who responded. So, after trying fitment with 5 aftermarket brands (yes, I toted my hubs into to NAPA, O'Reilly and Advance auto and ordered GSP and TRQ online) I found that all the Chinese manufacturers have achieved remarkable consistency - and by that I mean, just a bit off so that the OEM hub can be rotated on the aftermarket cv splines just enough to hear a few disappointing click.


​​​​​​At wit's end, I remembered speaking to a good dude named Eddie at shop recommended to me awhile ago and I bought a dozen donuts (it just happened to be national donut day) and took my GSP aftermarket axle ( it fit the least worst by a hair) and OEM hub into the shop hoping to trade sustenance for his opinion on fit. Specifically, I wanted to know if these guys would trust the somewhat playful fit IF they were installing on a customer's car. Given that OEMs are not available, and the car does less than 5k a year, he (and another mechanic nice enough to weigh-in) said they would install it if it was them - though they did agree with the fitment not being ideal.

So not a sexy fix, but a real one for someone trying to do their own work. I'm just to keep a classic on the road with HondaTech - and donuts - as essential tools in this, at times, quixotic endeavor.

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Congratulations to our winner, GeoMetry, and thanks to all who entered!