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Gabe4AFE · 04-15-2010, 08:43 PM

This is the work log for my 1987 CRX si 5 speed with 170xxx,

The car isn't going to have anything major done, but I figured I would show my work...

The car was bought for $750. Day one fuel pump is going to be replaced (Tomorrow) since I ran the tank dry and merked it test driving it...

The car was red, someone JDM primer'd it black, w/e, IDC, I'll clean up the paint sometime down the road.

It has 2 quarter sized rusted out holes in the spare tire area, which will be welded with chicken wire and new plates.

Rear windows are tinted with probably about 5%-20%, IDK really.

The interior has been taken apart. The owner was looking for rust and only found those 2 spots in the tire area... I will be putting in floor mats. (Interior pics come tomorrow.

AC/Heat works, all the lights work, etc etc. Should be a fun car to work on.

This is the car as it sits...

New pics will follow when I put the interior back together...

keefer · 04-15-2010, 08:59 PM

Good luck. Love them "Hond's".

Gabe4AFE · 04-15-2010, 09:00 PM

yea... we should just put an O sticker there and make it a HONDO

g0dzuki · 04-15-2010, 10:00 PM

sounds like a fun car to work on

i'd make it into a pure track car, gut it, cage it, nice motor work, nothing more than 250hp and POW, monster of a track car!

goodluck

Gabe4AFE · 04-15-2010, 10:04 PM

It has to be my Daily Driver for a while... until I get another car... but I really want to hang on to it for a while..

g0dzuki · 04-15-2010, 10:14 PM

Yeah, daily driver sounds like a good idea until your financially stable to support yourself.

I would definitely love making one of those into a track monster though...i love me a boxy car

Gabe4AFE · 04-15-2010, 10:50 PM

I'm so stoked about this car... I've wanted one of these ever since I started driving...

Foolinaround · 04-16-2010, 10:52 AM

Glad you bought it off my blood,now can you dpfi swap these,or is that only the 2nd gens?

Gabe4AFE · 04-16-2010, 08:11 PM

IDK...

I got the fuel pump half way out, but ran out of time...

I have to remove the rubber fill tube to get to the damper side of the pump...

Gabe4AFE · 04-17-2010, 07:23 PM

The ****ty fuel pump... I couldn't get the damper off, since I didn't have my larger wrenches... had to leave it sit over night..

Current interior with that stupid riced steering wheel.

Gabe4AFE · 04-18-2010, 08:09 PM

The CRX is home... majority of the Interior back together...

Tomorrow= Plugs, Wires, Diz Cap/Rotor. and adjust IACV.

Gabe4AFE · 04-22-2010, 09:41 PM

Today.. I went to install this crappy muffler at a shop (they let me use their lifts since I give them some cash every month to tinker in a bay)

Muffler I had was ****ed.. so I just threw it in the scrap pile...

Found the driver-side axle inner boot has blown up and I am sure will be clicking soon....

Oil Pan Plug is leaking, bought a new one... guess I'll be doing an oil change early...

Adjusted the height adjustment nuts here - Now I don't slam on everything...

CRX on the lift... with this crappy ass cherry bomb... man I need a new muffler...

Fitted the intake and plugged that PCV return... new plugs and wires too...

BLKSheep5 · 04-22-2010, 10:24 PM

sweet intake, lol.
i've got the same one 3" though
dunno if that's what it is..

Gabe4AFE · 04-23-2010, 03:49 AM

Pretty much... put that together with the random Autozone parts they sell...

Foolinaround · 04-23-2010, 10:36 AM

just rip that jawndy out and put in a gsr.

Gabe4AFE · 04-23-2010, 04:57 PM

I am going to get another shell... swap in this motor to that, and swap another motor into this one... The shell is the same year, clean interior, and only $200 towed to my house... WIN.

Foolinaround · 04-24-2010, 01:30 AM

is the other shell as clean as this one?

Gabe4AFE · 04-24-2010, 09:03 PM

Interior is better in the other shell... body has dents, but paint is better....

Gabe4AFE · 05-09-2010, 10:08 PM

Wide shot of the cleaned rims.. still more work to be done on them...

Forgot to post this -

Replaced PCValve... Good VS Bad

Removed timing belt cover.. looks good, seems to only have about 30k on it...

Replaced Valve Cover Gasket since it was leaking... Honda Head Mike aka OBRACER

Mike Cracked the stupid timing belt cover, so we decided to just **** it and run it without the cover.. bottom is still covered though...

Gabe4AFE · 05-17-2010, 10:39 AM

So here is an update on whats going on...

I took the CRX to Fairway Motors in Turnersville NJ.

Thought my Trans was leaking, so they replaced my clutch with an OEM NAPA NKK Alton Clutch. They had Linden Transmission next door, reseal the seam between the trans case and the flywheel housing. Turns out my trans wasn't leaking, but it was probably a good idea to do that anyway...

So I took it back this morning, to get the rear main seal done, since that is the only thing on that side of the motor that would cause that much oil to leak into that area of the trans. It was so bad, that the brand new clutch, barely holds high end torque. So they are going to do that today/tomorrow and since they gotta drop the pan, they are gonna replace the oil pan gasket to.

ALL IN ALL, close to $1000, but it is my DD so I had to get it done...

Pics of new clutch vs old coming soon.

04-15-2010, 08:43 PM	#1
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	Gabes 87 CRX Si - THE BAT MOBILE This is the work log for my 1987 CRX si 5 speed with 170xxx, The car isn't going to have anything major done, but I figured I would show my work... The car was bought for $750. Day one fuel pump is going to be replaced (Tomorrow) since I ran the tank dry and merked it test driving it... The car was red, someone JDM primer'd it black, w/e, IDC, I'll clean up the paint sometime down the road. It has 2 quarter sized rusted out holes in the spare tire area, which will be welded with chicken wire and new plates. Rear windows are tinted with probably about 5%-20%, IDK really. The interior has been taken apart. The owner was looking for rust and only found those 2 spots in the tire area... I will be putting in floor mats. (Interior pics come tomorrow. AC/Heat works, all the lights work, etc etc. Should be a fun car to work on. This is the car as it sits... New pics will follow when I put the interior back together... __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!* Last edited by Gabe4AFE; 04-15-2010 at 10:04 PM.

04-15-2010, 09:00 PM	#3
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	yea... we should just put an O sticker there and make it a HONDO __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-15-2010, 10:00 PM	#4
g0dzuki Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NY/NJ Member #15544 My Ride: Scion tC iTrader: (0)	sounds like a fun car to work on i'd make it into a pure track car, gut it, cage it, nice motor work, nothing more than 250hp and POW, monster of a track car! goodluck __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

04-15-2010, 10:04 PM	#5
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	It has to be my Daily Driver for a while... until I get another car... but I really want to hang on to it for a while.. __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-15-2010, 10:14 PM	#6
g0dzuki Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NY/NJ Member #15544 My Ride: Scion tC iTrader: (0)	Yeah, daily driver sounds like a good idea until your financially stable to support yourself. I would definitely love making one of those into a track monster though...i love me a boxy car __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

04-15-2010, 08:59 PM	#2
keefer Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Philly-NJ Area Member #13972 My Ride: One of them there Hondar's. iTrader: (0)	Good luck. Love them "Hond's".

04-15-2010, 10:50 PM	#7
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	I'm so stoked about this car... I've wanted one of these ever since I started driving... __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-16-2010, 10:52 AM	#8
Foolinaround TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: McGuire AFB Member #9448 My Ride: 2016 GTI SE w/PP/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III iTrader: (2)	Glad you bought it off my blood,now can you dpfi swap these,or is that only the 2nd gens? __________________ -John C-17 Loadmaster DenOfDebauchery

04-16-2010, 08:11 PM	#9
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	IDK... I got the fuel pump half way out, but ran out of time... I have to remove the rubber fill tube to get to the damper side of the pump... __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-17-2010, 07:23 PM	#10
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	The **ty fuel pump... I couldn't get the damper off, since I didn't have my larger wrenches... had to leave it sit over night.. Current interior with that stupid riced steering wheel. __________________ You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!**

04-18-2010, 08:09 PM	#11
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	The CRX is home... majority of the Interior back together... Tomorrow= Plugs, Wires, Diz Cap/Rotor. and adjust IACV. __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-22-2010, 09:41 PM	#12
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	Today.. I went to install this crappy muffler at a shop (they let me use their lifts since I give them some cash every month to tinker in a bay) Muffler I had was **ed.. so I just threw it in the scrap pile... Found the driver-side axle inner boot has blown up and I am sure will be clicking soon.... Oil Pan Plug is leaking, bought a new one... guess I'll be doing an oil change early... Adjusted the height adjustment nuts here - Now I don't slam on everything... CRX on the lift... with this crappy ass cherry bomb... man I need a new muffler... Fitted the intake and plugged that PCV return... new plugs and wires too... __________________ You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!**

04-22-2010, 10:24 PM	#13
BLKSheep5 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South, NJ Member #14034 My Ride: 01' Dodge Dakota R/T iTrader: (0)	sweet intake, lol. i've got the same one 3" though dunno if that's what it is..

04-23-2010, 03:49 AM	#14
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	Pretty much... put that together with the random Autozone parts they sell... __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-23-2010, 10:36 AM	#15
Foolinaround TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: McGuire AFB Member #9448 My Ride: 2016 GTI SE w/PP/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III iTrader: (2)	just rip that jawndy out and put in a gsr. __________________ -John C-17 Loadmaster DenOfDebauchery

04-23-2010, 04:57 PM	#16
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	I am going to get another shell... swap in this motor to that, and swap another motor into this one... The shell is the same year, clean interior, and only $200 towed to my house... WIN. __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

04-24-2010, 01:30 AM	#17
Foolinaround TST Ruined My Life! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: McGuire AFB Member #9448 My Ride: 2016 GTI SE w/PP/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III iTrader: (2)	is the other shell as clean as this one? __________________ -John C-17 Loadmaster DenOfDebauchery

04-24-2010, 09:03 PM	#18
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	Interior is better in the other shell... body has dents, but paint is better.... __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

05-09-2010, 10:08 PM	#19
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	Wide shot of the cleaned rims.. still more work to be done on them... Forgot to post this - Replaced PCValve... Good VS Bad Removed timing belt cover.. looks good, seems to only have about 30k on it... Replaced Valve Cover Gasket since it was leaking... Honda Head Mike aka OBRACER Mike Cracked the stupid timing belt cover, so we decided to just ** it and run it without the cover.. bottom is still covered though... __________________ You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!**

05-17-2010, 10:39 AM	#20
Gabe4AFE Tri-State Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your Pocket Member #14153 My Ride: 96 Ford Explorer Sport - 4x4 iTrader: (1)	So here is an update on whats going on... I took the CRX to Fairway Motors in Turnersville NJ. Thought my Trans was leaking, so they replaced my clutch with an OEM NAPA NKK Alton Clutch. They had Linden Transmission next door, reseal the seam between the trans case and the flywheel housing. Turns out my trans wasn't leaking, but it was probably a good idea to do that anyway... So I took it back this morning, to get the rear main seal done, since that is the only thing on that side of the motor that would cause that much oil to leak into that area of the trans. It was so bad, that the brand new clutch, barely holds high end torque. So they are going to do that today/tomorrow and since they gotta drop the pan, they are gonna replace the oil pan gasket to. ALL IN ALL, close to $1000, but it is my DD so I had to get it done... Pics of new clutch vs old coming soon. __________________ *You won't find nothin' that he can't fix, with WD40 & a Craftsman Wrench!*

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