Pictures of my 88DX Sedan

[HostileJava]

My new beater car:

http://www.hostilejava.com/images/IMG_3772%20(Medium).JPG

http://www.hostilejava.com/images/IMG_3773%20(Medium).JPG

http://www.hostilejava.com/images/IMG_3774%20(Medium).JPG

http://www.hostilejava.com/images/IMG_3775%20(Medium).JPG

[SteveDX89]

DX's own all. :D

[keruhas184]

Nice... take a day shot man. Ain't nothing wrong with a little rust on a 3g... i know :kekeke:. At least you got a car now... but I hope you get the se-i up and running.

[PortugalFocus]

nice to see you got that other 3G you were talking about on Mike's board, (www.ultimatuner.com/forum) a great place to hangout (shameless plug for Mike), how many miles are on it and what was the price?

[HostileJava]

210k and she was asking 400, I paid 300 for it.

[accordlxi2.0]

your addicted to the 3g's arn't ya . . . . .

[HostileJava]

I think so. This is number 3

Family is now:

86 Accord LX-i Hatch
88 Accord DX Sedan
89 Accord SE-i Coupe
94 Cutlass Cierra S

[88accordhb]

needs a little work, but very nice jim.

[Bloodlust]

Did you ever figure out that continuous puff of smoke that looked like a tea pot that was coming out of the one spark plug?

[HostileJava]

Did you ever figure out that continuous puff of smoke that looked like a tea pot that was coming out of the one spark plug?

I have know idea why it was doing that, it hasn't done it since though and all the fluid level check out, i really think that was just water burning off.

[Bloodlust]

I have know idea why it was doing that, it hasn't done it since though and all the fluid level check out, i really think that was just water burning off.

I dunno, it didnt look like it. And it was defnitely some kind of substance (other than water) burning. That plug looked like it was hanging off tho so I bet that was the problem.

[accordlxi2.0]

now alls ya need is to get rid of that ciera and get a lx! ;)

[HostileJava]

Yeah, I told my wife we need to get rid of the olds and get an 87 Aerodeck LX if such a beast exists :D

[Coroncho80]

Sweet! one accord for each kid :D

[MIK3]

Ah. Yet another addition of an 88 DX. Nicely done. Take care of her!

[smufguy]

wtf jim?? another car and its a carb. damn. Poor hatchie is not running now. and whats up with the coupe? whats the problem with that? Forgot to ask you, how is ur stick driving coming along? man......... i loved seeing you stall out in every corner and stop signs. hehehehe. :kekeke:

[jigga225]

how does that thing run>?

[HostileJava]

Not to bad, it idles kinda high and the throttle sticks. Has a leaky exhaust. Not bad for 300 bux though. I'm happy with my purchase.

[keruhas184]

haha... welcome to the carb world. Adjust the stop throttle screw and give it some carb cleaner. I thought you liked the sound of leaky exhaust ;) ... and yeah, how's your manual driving?

[HostileJava]

haha... welcome to the carb world. Adjust the stop throttle screw and give it some carb cleaner. I thought you liked the sound of leaky exhaust ;) ... and yeah, how's your manual driving?

I'm taking it down to steves this weekend to give it a tuning. My manual driving? It's getting there. Let's just say I didn't back into anybody's van yet :lol: Don't feel to bad about it, turns out the timing belt snapped and the van was trashed anyway :cool:

[accordlxi2.0]

is it stick? or auto?

[HostileJava]

It's stick. I got about 1 hour of stick driving on the SE-i before I had to rip it apart again, so I'm really learning stick on this car.

[smufguy]

It's stick. I got about 1 hour of stick driving on the SE-i before I had to rip it apart again, so I'm really learning stick on this car.

what happened to it?

[HostileJava]

what happened to it?

Clutch went kaput and the when we we got it all apart two of the bolt holes on the crank were stripped and the bolts were hanging out. Now I have to rip the crank out and replace it.

[SteveDX89]

Clutch went kaput and the when we we got it all apart two of the bolt holes on the crank were stripped and the bolts were hanging out. Now I have to rip the crank out and replace it.

Hehehehehehehehe.

[smufguy]

ouch sorry jimmy. :(

[88Accord-DX]

How many miles is on that? Not bad for 3 bills. I seen a crank on ebay. Here is the link if it helps. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7923693896&rd=1&sspagename=STRK
Good luck with it.

[blazin3gen]

Hehehehehehehehe.

lol......

[Strugglebucket]

hey, an 88dx is my beater car too! and i just did a 5-speed swap on my lx-i. no crankshaft problems for me though, nope, not me, i just blew the differential out of the bellhousing :mad:
so here we are driving our rusty-hunk-of-carburetor-crap-mobiles :birthday:

[maka_RTH]

lol, i'm gonna do the head gasket on my friends (86 or 87..., can't remember) DX. in fact, when i was seeing what was wrong with it, i realized that that was the first time i'd ever been in a DX, lol. she says she loves the car though, and i said i know why :D i mean, why do i spend so much time on here? these cars rule! :rockon:

[HostileJava]

How many miles is on that? Not bad for 3 bills. I seen a crank on ebay. Here is the link if it helps. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7923693896&rd=1&sspagename=STRK
Good luck with it.


Thanx for the link, It's got 211k on it now.

[88Accord-DX]

Thanx for the link, It's got 211k on it now.
No problem. I try to help out everyone on here as much as I can with my knowledge and insite of auto mechanics. (working towards my A.S.E. certification) By the way, that crank is a $639.71 dealer item. :ugh: (crazy)

Not sure on your bottom end re-building expereince. But I'll give some of my advise. Since your replacing the crank, you should replace the connecting rod bearing insirts & crankshaft bearing inserts. Make sure you don't mix up any of the rod caps or crankshaft bearing caps. Hopefully your tolerance on you connecting rods & caps are within specs. Hopefully, if you win that crank, it comes with main bearings. Check the thrust bearing or washer to limit crankshaft end play. If you have a tap the size of the bolts to the connecting rods and crank caps, I would run it through to remove any debris to ensure a nice good torque. Lube all bearings before installing. Turn the crank after installation to make sure there is no binding. If you have a nice STRAIGHT piece of solid flat metal, check the main bearing bore alignment on the block before installing the crank.(that will give you an idea if the block has been overheating and warped & if your crank is going to wear bearings prematurely if it is out of alignment) Of coarse, since you've tore down the engine that far, replace the timing belt and clutch/ re-surface the flywheel !