I forgot to post this up but, a few weeks ago I bought another Civic.
I have a thing for the "EK" Civics.
I haggled the owner from $700 down to $450. It was the most interesting
haggle ever because the guy was from Russia or something & his daughter
had to translate us going back & forth.
I was sure this Civic deal would settle the U.S.'s & Russia's differences
KIDDING
So he was selling the car because his daughter is getting some job at a
hospital in Philly & he needed to get rid of some of his assets. He had the car
listed on CL for $700 saying that the Ignition Coil was bad. I made an
agreement that I could bring my own distributor in order to get the car started
before I purchase it. Well, I went to check it out only to find out the alternator
was completely seized up. It was so bad that the crank pulley was spinning
the ALT belt but not the ALT pulley due to the rust.
So I haggled the guy down to $450. To get the car home I cut the ALT belt,
bought a fresh battery from Vatozone & drove it a hour home. There is
only 170K on chassis & engine. ALL HONDA MAINTENANCE. ZERO RUST.
The next day I bought a new alternator, put the original distributor back on,
& she fired right up!
Clutch & transmission feel amazing. I need to redo the brakes of course.
The only major issue I need to address is the wiring harness for the driver's
side door. Apparently, on these Civics ( & CR-Vs I discovered ) the floor
harness that goes throughout the cabin & to the driver's side where the
harness connects to the driver's side door harness, the wires get pulled out
of the back of the plug (plug #C556). I was reading on some other forums
that the wires on that floor harness are a bit too short, so after years of
opening & closing the driver's door the plugs can get pulled out.
I might just do some ghetto wiring for now just to get it working so I know
everything is okay.
My plan for this Civic is to just flip it. For $450 there is no way I can't make
my money back plus some.
Just a little D16Y8 VTEC..I have heard D,B, & H series VTEC Crossovers
but on these engines it is so quiet haha. At least my EK Sedan has a
short ram & exhaust compared to this bone stock setup.
I have a thing for the "EK" Civics.
I haggled the owner from $700 down to $450. It was the most interesting
haggle ever because the guy was from Russia or something & his daughter
had to translate us going back & forth.
I was sure this Civic deal would settle the U.S.'s & Russia's differences
KIDDING
So he was selling the car because his daughter is getting some job at a
hospital in Philly & he needed to get rid of some of his assets. He had the car
listed on CL for $700 saying that the Ignition Coil was bad. I made an
agreement that I could bring my own distributor in order to get the car started
before I purchase it. Well, I went to check it out only to find out the alternator
was completely seized up. It was so bad that the crank pulley was spinning
the ALT belt but not the ALT pulley due to the rust.
So I haggled the guy down to $450. To get the car home I cut the ALT belt,
bought a fresh battery from Vatozone & drove it a hour home. There is
only 170K on chassis & engine. ALL HONDA MAINTENANCE. ZERO RUST.
The next day I bought a new alternator, put the original distributor back on,
& she fired right up!
Clutch & transmission feel amazing. I need to redo the brakes of course.
The only major issue I need to address is the wiring harness for the driver's
side door. Apparently, on these Civics ( & CR-Vs I discovered ) the floor
harness that goes throughout the cabin & to the driver's side where the
harness connects to the driver's side door harness, the wires get pulled out
of the back of the plug (plug #C556). I was reading on some other forums
that the wires on that floor harness are a bit too short, so after years of
opening & closing the driver's door the plugs can get pulled out.
I might just do some ghetto wiring for now just to get it working so I know
everything is okay.
My plan for this Civic is to just flip it. For $450 there is no way I can't make
my money back plus some.
Just a little D16Y8 VTEC..I have heard D,B, & H series VTEC Crossovers
but on these engines it is so quiet haha. At least my EK Sedan has a
short ram & exhaust compared to this bone stock setup.
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