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took off that stupid exhaust heat shield (the one above the catback pipe where the resonator is) it was rattling like crazy even when tight. now my rsr exhaust has tons of room and i have greatly reduced rattling! i dont think that shield is important for anything, my pipe is already painted flat black and that keeps the heat in well enough. and the floor doesnt even get hot at all. i thought about removing the cat converter upper shield too (it still has the two shields around the actual cat to keep it warm), but i may just leave it for extra heat insulation. cat needs to be as hot as possible to work.
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Man that ****ing wire that holds the bulb steady.. I cant find no damn right position to put it in... I wasn't paying attention when i was taking it off...
aren't you supposed to just pull it up and over as you push that wire in so it will lock the bulb in place? Hope that helps.
gonna try and change the coolant. i need to buy some from honda, and a container. hopefully it fits without jacking up the car. all i plan to do is drain the radiator, then use a siphon pump to drain the reservoir as much as possible. so long as most of it comes out i will be happy. any problems i should watch for? is coolant gonna gush out everywhere? and who takes used coolant for disposal...i will post back whether its a success or fail.
It should automatically scroll down to the coolant flush portion. That's pretty much how I did mine, except I couldn't get that bitch-of-a-bolt out to drain the block of coolant, so I just flushed the system with water twice and emptied it through the radiator petcock and called it good.
My buddy works at a local Pennzoil quickie oil change place and he says they'll take used coolant. Pretty sure any place that offers the service will take it
yay success lol. it was actually really easy, cost around $35. i got a gallon of honda blue coolant for $15, and a siphon pump with pumper for around $14, and a small 1 gallon container with open top. be sure it will fit under your car if its lowered. my car is lowered and i was able to do this without jacking up the car! i waited a few mins til the engine cooled down, then siphoned out the coolant in the overflow tank. got most of it out and its a ton easier than taking the tank out. then i put the bucket underneath the radiator and opened the cock. theres a small cutout in the bottom plastic water shields. just stick your hand in and unscrew it. leave it screwed in a bit so coolant doesnt gush out. let the container fill half way, then empty it out and drain the rest. i had an empty coolant jug i poured the old stuff in and took it back to dealer. once everythings drained, twist on the cock and refill the overflow tank and the radiator - slowly! once its full, start the engine with the cap off and warm it up with light revving. keep adding coolant to keep it full. watch as bubbles escape. turn the heat on full blast and wait 5-10 mins. turn the ac on for a bit too to make sure all the coolant is circulating. once no more bubbles, put the cap back on and turn the car off. drive around a few times and check the coolant once everythings cold. make sure radiator and overflow are both full.
i did not loosen the engine drain plug, as the coolant coming out was already in good condition. having a lil leftover wont hurt anything. and i will prolly do another drain in a couple yrs.
hmm i prolly shouldve done the t-stat and hoses but didnt want to make this any more expensive, and the hoses seemed fine. oh well. tomorrow ill change the trans filter that should take a good 5 minutes lol.
grr i have air in the heater core! its making that stupid bubble noise when you press the gas. i tried to bleed it twice more today and second time alot more bubbles came out but last time no bubbles. i can still hear some faint gurgling noises tho. will it work itself out somehow? and it sucks cause its snowing here. blah. im about to go change my trans filter now.
tried two more times today on an incline and finally gave up. nothing else is coming out but i still hear the water noises inside the cabin. so im just gonna drive around for a while and try again in a few weeks. i think i got alot of it out at least so the engine wont overheat.
also washed civic and accord today. sucks washing cars in the winter.
Yea, i didn't even washed mines yet, since i am not done with sanding and fixing the dent yet, and it has been raining and cold here these couple days... I am about to paint my whole pass side next month hopefully... I got to change the oil too and tranny oil...
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i need to change oil too pretty soon. im at 7 months now. prolly gonna need new headlights soon too, one side is leaking water and fogging but they both are looking pretty old and crappy with haze inside.
ive been busy while it was snowing last few days. took bumper off, replaced trans oil cooler lines that were old and leaking, took off headlamps and resealed em.
