8/9 Ordered a new Bosch 17018 wideband O2 sensor. Also ordered 2 short O2 extenders/defoulers.
8/13 Ordered a new Denso O2 sensor.
8/14 Installed new window pin kit on the driver's side door. Had to re-use the old pin, as the new one stripped the screw head trying to install it also stripped out the old head. Window no longer rattles when shutting the door, if the window was mostly down.
Installed both O2 defoulers, as well as the new Bosch wideband sensor. Had to cut the plug off the old wideband and affix it to the new sensor, as they had different plugs.
8/18 Installed new O2 sensor after extending the wires on it. Also found main fan was unplugged plugged it back in.
8/21 O2 readings seem a bit slow, ordered some different O2 extenders.
8/26 Installed new O2 extenders.
8/27 Went for a test drive, wideband readings appear more responsive. Swapped spoiler LED for one from the junkyard in L.A. Had far less cracks in the plastic. Also found left trunk tail light unplugged. Plugged back in, now dash brake light is off. First time since owning the car.
8/29 Hammered in driver's side body tail light housing. The light was pushed out a bit from the body/trunk lines. Worked the metal back into shape. Tail light housing now sit's where it is supposed to. Looks much better. Also found a broken piece of the tail light in the trim under the tail light. It was rattling around. This fixed another random rattle in the car.
8/31 Went for a drive to heat up the oil. Added Seafoam to the crankcase after the Oregon trip. Drained the oil. Mileage at 215018. Filled with Castrol 10-30w with 1 quart of HyperLube additive. Fumoto oil drain valve worked phenomenally. Need to buy these for my other vehicles.
9/1 Went to Pull and Save in Spokane, WA. Found some treasures. 40/40 proportioning valve, gery high rise center console arm rest (wagon only), 90-91 foglights + harness + switch. Also found a 1994 Prelude 4ws. Going to try and go back next weekend to get the 4ws setup.
Removed the Fumoto oil drain valve from the oil pan to install OEM crush washers. The ones provided have been leaking shortly after installing them. Might have stripped the threads in the oil pan. Going to put oil in to see if it's still leaking.
9/4 Oil pan appears to be leaking at the drain. I stripped the thread, I'm sure. Need to figure out a solution. Thinking about installing a heli-coil. Went for a drive need to check the oil in a bit.
9/5 Worked on creating a conversion harness for old Lola. I did the same thing on new Lola.
9/6 Installed a new ignition switch as the old one was beginning to fail. Brake light was on again. After checking both outer lights were off. Disconnected and reconnected plugs multiple times. Bother outer lights are now working.
9/7 Went to Pull and Save in Spokane, WA and got a complete 1994 Prelude 4ws rear end. Also got the 4ws ecu from the trunk, wiring harness, and steering angle sensor. I did not get the emergency brake lines. These may be required, they were quite a bit longer than the standard cables. This is going to be a winter project. How cool would it be to have an electronic 4ws Accord?
9/8 Washed Lola. Found an oil spot on the floor. Aluminum oil pan needs to be repaired. Going to see if the machine shop can possibly fix it. Went for a drive. At high sustained rpm's there is a burning oil smell. Clearly the oil pan needs some work.
9/9 Started to deloom 4ws harness to figure out if the ABS needs to be retained or not.
Cut camber bolts on the Prelude 4ws rear end. They were rusted in place. Going to have to cut one of the trailing arm bolts as well. Using a hacksaw to minimize damage to the bushing sleeves, just in case they need to be reused.
9/12 Sanded and primered passenger side wiper arm. This is only because old Lola needs decent wiper arms.
Finished cutting apart Prelude 4ws rear end. Cut the trailing arm off the lower control arm. Put it away in the attic with the rest of the parts.
Talked to Kim and Mike at the machine shop about bearing specs, and ring gap specs. Looking for an alignment pin for my crankshaft. Need to get the valves and valve springs ordered soon, from Bisimoto.
9/17 Stopped by the machine shop. Crankshaft has a pin in it now, to align the flywheel. Bought a new oil pan to drain the oil into. Going to reuse the oil as it only has around 100 miles on it.
9/18 Removed the header and oil pan. Machine shop is going to fix drain plug threads on the oil pan.
After removing the oil pan, I found out I have broke the drain valve extension and not the pan. While good new the oil pan is a major pain in the ass to remove.
Painted passenger side wiper arm black. Should be installed tomorrow.
9/19 Installed freshly painted passenger wiper arm. Moved old wiper arm to old Lola. She now has both wiper arms finally!
9/20 Picked up oil pan gasket from Honda. Cleaned mating surfaces on pan and block. Put Honda Ultra Flange II on the pan and bolted it to the block. Haven't found the pan plug. Torqued bolts after waiting a bit for the silicone to setup.
I have to head out of the house now. I'll get the rest of this posted up later today. Also I will get the pictures up after all of the write up is done.
8/13 Ordered a new Denso O2 sensor.
8/14 Installed new window pin kit on the driver's side door. Had to re-use the old pin, as the new one stripped the screw head trying to install it also stripped out the old head. Window no longer rattles when shutting the door, if the window was mostly down.
Installed both O2 defoulers, as well as the new Bosch wideband sensor. Had to cut the plug off the old wideband and affix it to the new sensor, as they had different plugs.
8/18 Installed new O2 sensor after extending the wires on it. Also found main fan was unplugged plugged it back in.
8/21 O2 readings seem a bit slow, ordered some different O2 extenders.
8/26 Installed new O2 extenders.
8/27 Went for a test drive, wideband readings appear more responsive. Swapped spoiler LED for one from the junkyard in L.A. Had far less cracks in the plastic. Also found left trunk tail light unplugged. Plugged back in, now dash brake light is off. First time since owning the car.
8/29 Hammered in driver's side body tail light housing. The light was pushed out a bit from the body/trunk lines. Worked the metal back into shape. Tail light housing now sit's where it is supposed to. Looks much better. Also found a broken piece of the tail light in the trim under the tail light. It was rattling around. This fixed another random rattle in the car.
8/31 Went for a drive to heat up the oil. Added Seafoam to the crankcase after the Oregon trip. Drained the oil. Mileage at 215018. Filled with Castrol 10-30w with 1 quart of HyperLube additive. Fumoto oil drain valve worked phenomenally. Need to buy these for my other vehicles.
9/1 Went to Pull and Save in Spokane, WA. Found some treasures. 40/40 proportioning valve, gery high rise center console arm rest (wagon only), 90-91 foglights + harness + switch. Also found a 1994 Prelude 4ws. Going to try and go back next weekend to get the 4ws setup.
Removed the Fumoto oil drain valve from the oil pan to install OEM crush washers. The ones provided have been leaking shortly after installing them. Might have stripped the threads in the oil pan. Going to put oil in to see if it's still leaking.
9/4 Oil pan appears to be leaking at the drain. I stripped the thread, I'm sure. Need to figure out a solution. Thinking about installing a heli-coil. Went for a drive need to check the oil in a bit.
9/5 Worked on creating a conversion harness for old Lola. I did the same thing on new Lola.
9/6 Installed a new ignition switch as the old one was beginning to fail. Brake light was on again. After checking both outer lights were off. Disconnected and reconnected plugs multiple times. Bother outer lights are now working.
9/7 Went to Pull and Save in Spokane, WA and got a complete 1994 Prelude 4ws rear end. Also got the 4ws ecu from the trunk, wiring harness, and steering angle sensor. I did not get the emergency brake lines. These may be required, they were quite a bit longer than the standard cables. This is going to be a winter project. How cool would it be to have an electronic 4ws Accord?
9/8 Washed Lola. Found an oil spot on the floor. Aluminum oil pan needs to be repaired. Going to see if the machine shop can possibly fix it. Went for a drive. At high sustained rpm's there is a burning oil smell. Clearly the oil pan needs some work.
9/9 Started to deloom 4ws harness to figure out if the ABS needs to be retained or not.
Cut camber bolts on the Prelude 4ws rear end. They were rusted in place. Going to have to cut one of the trailing arm bolts as well. Using a hacksaw to minimize damage to the bushing sleeves, just in case they need to be reused.
9/12 Sanded and primered passenger side wiper arm. This is only because old Lola needs decent wiper arms.
Finished cutting apart Prelude 4ws rear end. Cut the trailing arm off the lower control arm. Put it away in the attic with the rest of the parts.
Talked to Kim and Mike at the machine shop about bearing specs, and ring gap specs. Looking for an alignment pin for my crankshaft. Need to get the valves and valve springs ordered soon, from Bisimoto.
9/17 Stopped by the machine shop. Crankshaft has a pin in it now, to align the flywheel. Bought a new oil pan to drain the oil into. Going to reuse the oil as it only has around 100 miles on it.
9/18 Removed the header and oil pan. Machine shop is going to fix drain plug threads on the oil pan.
After removing the oil pan, I found out I have broke the drain valve extension and not the pan. While good new the oil pan is a major pain in the ass to remove.
Painted passenger side wiper arm black. Should be installed tomorrow.
9/19 Installed freshly painted passenger wiper arm. Moved old wiper arm to old Lola. She now has both wiper arms finally!
9/20 Picked up oil pan gasket from Honda. Cleaned mating surfaces on pan and block. Put Honda Ultra Flange II on the pan and bolted it to the block. Haven't found the pan plug. Torqued bolts after waiting a bit for the silicone to setup.
I have to head out of the house now. I'll get the rest of this posted up later today. Also I will get the pictures up after all of the write up is done.
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