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Hi all, I have a 1976 1.5 civic and am currently trying to source a set of cylinder head bolts and a rear silencer, could anyone point me in the right direction ?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
regards
Mathew

 
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Hi, I am currently trying to source a set of cylinder head bolts and a rear silencer for my 1976 1.5 civic, can anyone point me in the right direction please.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Matthew

 
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I realize this is probably the first place you looked, but have you tried RockAuto? I've had the best luck finding small pieces on there.

eBay would be my next guess.

 
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hi, thanks very much for that, I’ll give them a try .
regards
Matthew

 
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try to contact them to see if legit? (I don't know if they are, simply found in googling

again, be careful, internet can have all sorts of things...

https://parts.sonshonda.com/cars/Hon...car-parts.html

https://www.hondapartsnow.com/1976-h...4mt-parts.html

 
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ah, carid used to be a sponsor of the site, so we know they are legit.
ah, merged your two threads into one, later on it gets confusing with two threads with different information.

https://www.carid.com/1976-honda-civic-accessories/

 
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Just e-mailed them so fingers crossed, thanks for the advice 👍

 
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Still no luck with these parts, these are tough cars to find bits for 😅

 
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good luck... really hard after so many years past by...

 
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That’s true, I think my only hope for head bolts is to go to a supplier with mine and compare them with others, there must be some for other cars that are the same .

 
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Man, my Google-fu is failing me right now. I didn't imagine it'd be this hard to find those bolts. Buuuutttt... I did find this site that specializes in first gen civic parts in case you need anything else. Who knows, maybe if you e-mail them, they may be able to hunt down either a) a set of them or b) proper dimensions so you can use something that'll work

 
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Thanks very much for looking, much appreciated, my preview car was from 1951, I could get bits easier for that than for my civic. I’ll give that place a call and hope for a miracle 👍

 
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Just spoke to a supplier who said he had a feeling that Honda may not have used stretch bolts back then and just because the head is alloy it’s not always the case that stretch bolts were used.
does any one know from experience if they are stretch or not ?

 
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I know the newer Hondas (90s +) don't use torque to yeild bolts, they just just normal ones, got a manual that gives you the procedure for the head bolts? That will give you clues if the bolts are torque to yeild or not

 
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I think I do have a basic manual, I’ll take a look. I have just spoken to a parts guy at the main dealers, he also seems to thinks they were not stretch bolts and advised me to contact Honda UK which I have just done, they’ll get back to me once they have an answer, I can only hope they are not stretch.
its annoying because the head only had to be removed in order to have a broken bolt from the thermostat housing removed 😕

 
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If you still have the old head bolts and they're in good shape you can reuse them. Seriously

 
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That’s what I’m thinking, I may not have a choice to be honest, 1 needs reshaping on the top due to rounding off slightly, I know where I can get that sorted. I’ll see what Honda Uk come back with 👍

 
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the 7th generation don't use stretch bolts (that's actually one of the suspected causes for the headgasket failing so much on those...)

 
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That’s a bad issue to have so far down the line. My local cylinder head engineer may have come up trumps for me yesterday, he’s been trying for a week to find an alternative used on a different car, got me a set for a Fiat which have the same thread and dimensions. Very helpful, fingers crossed it goes back together ok 👌

 
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Worst comes to worst, have a machine shop fab up some fasteners. Lol. Would just need specs

 
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It’s an option but I hope these Fiat bolts will do the job, thanks anyhow 👍