steelbluesleepR : 1990 Accord LX

[steelbluesleepR]

update time!
its finally getting warm again (unless it snows again in may), and i'm finally feeling enthused about getting this damn thing running again. a lot of that has to do with helping Dyesuperman find stuff for his new cb daily, and working on my truck.

no real progress yet, but more parts!

first up, a bunch of heat shrink and braided looming in various sizes, and solder-shrink connectors:


the parts I need to change out the timing belt and water pump on my mystery motor:


lets see if i remember where all of the wires go...


lotta work to be done:


and i've been getting rid of the surface rust and undercoating in the wheel wells. this is just matte black spray paint right now, but it will get some spray on truck bed liner before it's done.

and now for a project i've been (not so secretly) hiding:



i'm going 5-lug. I sold my old wheels to Caleb for his daily CB7, and picked these up for $60 on craigslist. stock 2nd gen eclipse OZ 16x6's. they are rough (one of them is really bad, probably have to replace it), but I'm gonna get them stripped, cleaned up, painted white, and get the writing/logos recreated so i can have something decent to roll on while I look for my more permanant wheels. speaking of which, if anyone finds a set of fat-5-spoke 2004+ TL wheels, i really want them. they are 17x8's and the perfect offset for the CB.


I also just updated the first post to fix the pictures and mod list.

[steelbluesleepR]

yep, nothing has happened. fuck working in the cold. I have some stuff on the way though, and maybe an update or two!


I just remembered/realized that none of my pictures work now, so i will be trying to get those fixed sometime very soon.

[steelbluesleepR]

hey, thanks guys!

I haven't gotten anything done in a bit, its too damn cold in my shop, but i did pick up some stuff to get it finished. I would LOVE to get this thing running by february's Import Alliance in Dallas, but i wont sacrifice quality. I'm waiting on some wire loom and heat shrink to finish up the wiring, as well as a bulkhead fitting or two. I'm going to be running the whole headlight harness out the passenger side fenderwell.

[Accord problems]

dam bro ive been reading up on your thread good work

[dhill_cb7]

I think i just shit my pants, that is a lot of wiring.
I can't wait until i am able to sort out that sort of thing and determine what/where everything goes.

Good luck my friend, your progress gives me high hopes for my cb.

[steelbluesleepR]

Well, this happened:

Got all of the under-dash wiring pulled out of the car, gving me this mess:

and getting it sorted out. Going to be removing all the wires for stuff I deleted like A/C and cruise.

[steelbluesleepR]

I got inspired this weekend with a car show, a meet, two photoshoots, and a ride in a lotus, so i finally got some real progress done tonight. First, I got my brake and clutch master cylinders cleaned up and mocked up:

then I pulled the seats out, pulled back the carpet,and took out the nasty old foam firewall insulation. wiring is going to be a bear, so the rest of my time was spent pulling the loom and tape off of all of the under dash and underHood wiring harnesses.

Now I have to figure out what everything is, get rid of the wires I don't need, and run everything where I want it to go. Stay tuned!

[1990[H]accordex]

thats engine bay is beautiful, i'm deff keeping watch on updates to this baby

[wherm]

looks pretty good dude. been a long time coming

[steelbluesleepR]

Thanks guys, unfortunately I haven't gotten any work done except pull the front suspension off and continue stripping out the old undercoat in the front wheel wells. I am waiting on the last of my brake fittings to start on the tuck, which must be done before anything else. In the mean time, I'm continuing with my engine harness.

I did get a couple good pictures of kyle's awesome paint work for you guys:

[HappyGilmore]

Deff good to see some progress friend. Looking forward to rolling with you soon. Maybe I just need to grab Mike and come on down and visit sometime!!! Take care!!!!

[quakerjoe]

[CB7H22Los]

wow your bay is coming along soo clean!!

[steelbluesleepR]

looks awesome man... what happened to the H?

Lol when I bought it, the guy said it had a bent rod, but when I was taking it apart to get it cleaned up and rebuilt, I found that bent rod had actually snapped in half. The bottom half if the rod had hit the block so hard a corner of the block came off in my hands when I took off the oil pan. I wasn't too mad though, I only paid $100 for it and got a ton if extra parts. I actually traded the head off that motor for my f22 I'm dropping in.

[J-specCb4]

looks awesome man... what happened to the H?