time for a new DD (honda EK project)

[axisg]

my hats's off to you. That's a lot of work for a DD Honda Civic. I guess I am older and not as broke as I used to be ( you make me feel old and lazy but I am ok with that ). Your level of workmanship in the timeframe you did it in is outstanding.

I would have tackled a job like that in my teens and even early 20's. Nowadays I would have tossed that wreck and bought another car

Hope you get a good number of years out of it !

 

[L.A.X-RATED]

wellllll,now that the dd is out of the way :shock! TIME TO SHOW THE ELCO SOME LOVE??? cant wait ,as you went town and back on the civic,as i can only imagine how niCE the el will be!!! 8)

 

[the ghoul]

Lmao! This whole project I've been repeting to my self "I'm too old for this sh*t!" Lol!! I was geeked to hear it run today!
Thankyou for the compliments!
I wish I could get back to the caballero; that probably won't be till spring; my friend is paying me to build his 49 ford pickup for him.......

 

[the ghoul]

Well, first startup was less than awesome, but still exciting

Turns out I need to preform an IACV swap over to run the obd2b engine with the chipped obd1 ecu. As I really don't have need for the flashed ecu I swapped in the stock ecu and the bad news kept comming...
The idle was sitting way too high! 1700-2200 rpm depending on heat cycle;
IACV cleaned, sensors checked, vacuume ports double checked, idle screw and idle air screws adjust and the conclusion was; no difference!
Out of desperation i over-torqued the manifold bolts and it dropped the idle down to 1200rpm. So I think I need a new intake manafold gasket and possibly a TPS...

Oh. And the brake booster isn't working. Don't really know if it is out of adjustment or If the replacement I bough is bad?

 

[the ghoul]

Ok; so small mystery solved.
Abs master cylinder and non-abs booster;apparently do not play well

 

[the ghoul]

Here I thought the paint and body work would be the difficult part! Today was clean and install interrior day

That was trickier than a double-talkin dislexic politician. That asside it all cleaned up and is installed!
Also found out why the brake booster wasn't working. Turns out I insalled the vacuume hose backwards and the booster check valve wasn't allowing flow!

 

[the ghoul]

Yeahhhh, then this happened

I have a high idle and a throttle surge when warm with a low TPS code thrown. I eliminated all possible vacuume leaks except the manifold gasket (the only gasket I didn't replace when the engine was out!)
So 45min worth of work later the intake was out.... I forgot how easy these cars are to work on!
New gasket went in like a dream, got a new TPS in and calibrated, cleaned out the idle air controle valve just to be safe, and now I'm waiting on a throttle body gasket to put it together and see what has been accomplished!

 

[the ghoul]

Well I picked up both versions of the TB gasket (auto and manual) investigating the theory that the wrong one will create a vacuume leak.

And it is correct. The manual transmission TB gasket on a 3wire IACV throttle body would create a heck of a leak

With all the proper bits back in place and sealed up nice and tight she is now bumbling along nice and smooth

 

[axisg]

nice catch on the gasket being the issue !

 

[the ghoul]

Success!
Drove her around town for an hour and a half today in the rain; no issues. Got it professionally aligned and tomorrow I'll double check all the hardwear but I think she's good to go