News from the Angry Canadian

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 06/18/2015 at 11:26 • Filed to: civic

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Re-painted my grille surround and the logo to better match my wheel covers. Still going for a Stock+ look with this car, and I am *still* chasing vacuum leaks. I have my IACV blocked off and my idle adjustment screw all the way closed and the car still idles. Somehow. It really shouldn’t. And of course our fancy Snap-On smoke machine is broken so I need to find a cheap cigar and someone who smokes.

Now I really need to clean my engine bay and find some decent paint to re-color the hideous blue CAI white, as well as the valve covers. Not sure if I should go for exposed timing belt or not. Thoughts?

EDIT: WTF? I just noticed my car has two horns. You can see one of them next to the strut tower in the engine bay shot (look just up and left of the blue washer fluid lid) and the other one is in the grille. And neither one is hooked up right. *sigh*

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 11:28

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Haven’t tried spraying it with starter fluid?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 06/18/2015 at 11:29

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Yup. Wasn’t able to find it. I can clearly hear it, though. Sounds like it’s coming from the under side of the intake manifold. I’m afraid I might have cracked it. I did kind of lift the engine by it. Fuck. JB Weld time.

Your boy, BJR > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 11:33

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*Wheelchair Jimmy

Brickman > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 11:35

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I think all cars have two horns. one is low frequency and the other is high.

Jonathan Harper > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 12:12

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You still thinking about chopping the top?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Jonathan Harper 06/18/2015 at 12:45

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That was a different Civic. I’m selling that one.

sony1492 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 13:14

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My civic had a similar,”horn” for an aftermarket alarm. Have you checked the horn buttons to see if they’re acually connected properly?

And most importantly the timing cover:

I’d say take it all off to make repairs that much eisier.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > sony1492 06/18/2015 at 14:22

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How difficult is it to remove? Does it just slide off of the valve cover when removed?

Klaus Schmoll > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 14:35

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No strut tower braces? And here I was thinking that all Hondas of that vintage had them.

sony1492 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/18/2015 at 15:13

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The top half of the cover should come off (few 10mm bolts)when the valve comes out. As far as the rest of it youll need to take the crank pulley off(major PITA) and a few bolts. Ive yet to have problems without mine and makes timing changes and adjustments quick.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Klaus Schmoll 06/18/2015 at 19:19

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There isn’t really anywhere in that bay to route one. It’s a funky layout.

greasemonkey235097 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 06/20/2015 at 13:10

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I had a similar issue with my ol 96, tracked it down to the intake manifold gasket, change them 3 times before using an oem gasket, that solved my issue. Good luck!