phoenxislayer15
01-06-2005, 09:03 PM
Ok, we'll start non-internal...
--Passenger Side Door--
Does not open from the outside, I removed the entire door panel and found that there is a broken spring or something on the outside handel. Wondering how hard and how expensive this would be to replace?
--Door Panels Coming Off--
Well, both my door panels are sort of barely hanging on the door with one screw. However, I put more screws in it, and it's only a matter of time before they come off the door again. What should I do about that?
--Liftgate--
The car is a 1987 Honda Accord Hatchback. I noticed that they all seem
to have a problem with the liftgate hydraulics, aside from buying new ones is there anything else I can do?
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--Idling hard--
Well I posted about this before, but no one really explained to me how to clean out the EGR system. ECU throws me 12 flashes, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do about it...
--Starter--
A friend of mine wanted to go look at this car at a car lot. I drive him over there and park next to some cars. Well I go back to my car, and I reconnect my battery...(I had to disconnect my battery due to a draining problem that has now been fixed, I'll tell you all about it sometime if you all are interested.)...and I try to start it. Nothing, so I go out and fidget with the battery. Still nothing, so my friend says let's see if it will start from a roll start. Certainly enough it cranked, but ever since then the car won't even attempt to start. I suspect that the starter is gone or the solenoid(Spelled wrong maybe)is bad or something... What can I do to try out all these different possible reasons.
--Transmission--
As far as I know the transmission is shot. The car will go into reverse, but it will go back and then loud crunch noise. It will keep going back, but the faster I go back the louder and faster the noise becomes. Sometimes, all I hear is the gears not meshing and just spinning, making a somewhat noisemakerish sound. The only other problem with the tranmission is third gear. It will shift into third gear if I double clutch, if not it grinds. However, it downshifts fine without grinding. So, is the tranny just shot?
P.S. As long as I have had the car, reverse has never worked.
--CV Axles--
For a while I heard a loud clacking noise will driving down the road(turning), so someone told me on here it was my CV axles. I want to know though, if I'm driving on them in this bad condition, will something bad happen to the car? Also, the sound has gotten louder over time. The car lightly makes the sound when going straight, but barely audible.
--Rotor--
For some reason, my brother drove the car with almost no front-left brake pad. When I replaced the brake pad, I noticed it was stripped and grinded down from the metal to metal contact. Now the car shakes violently when going over 65,(shakes when slowing down).
--Smoking--
I also noticed that my car smokes after driving for awhile, and it smells kind of like burning oil. However, it's coming from directly under the car on my exhaust pipe. I do have a slight oil leak, but I'm not sure why the smoke would be coming from there.
Well this is all the problems with my crappy car, hope someone smart can help.
--Passenger Side Door--
Does not open from the outside, I removed the entire door panel and found that there is a broken spring or something on the outside handel. Wondering how hard and how expensive this would be to replace?
--Door Panels Coming Off--
Well, both my door panels are sort of barely hanging on the door with one screw. However, I put more screws in it, and it's only a matter of time before they come off the door again. What should I do about that?
--Liftgate--
The car is a 1987 Honda Accord Hatchback. I noticed that they all seem
to have a problem with the liftgate hydraulics, aside from buying new ones is there anything else I can do?
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--Idling hard--
Well I posted about this before, but no one really explained to me how to clean out the EGR system. ECU throws me 12 flashes, but I don't know what I'm supposed to do about it...
--Starter--
A friend of mine wanted to go look at this car at a car lot. I drive him over there and park next to some cars. Well I go back to my car, and I reconnect my battery...(I had to disconnect my battery due to a draining problem that has now been fixed, I'll tell you all about it sometime if you all are interested.)...and I try to start it. Nothing, so I go out and fidget with the battery. Still nothing, so my friend says let's see if it will start from a roll start. Certainly enough it cranked, but ever since then the car won't even attempt to start. I suspect that the starter is gone or the solenoid(Spelled wrong maybe)is bad or something... What can I do to try out all these different possible reasons.
--Transmission--
As far as I know the transmission is shot. The car will go into reverse, but it will go back and then loud crunch noise. It will keep going back, but the faster I go back the louder and faster the noise becomes. Sometimes, all I hear is the gears not meshing and just spinning, making a somewhat noisemakerish sound. The only other problem with the tranmission is third gear. It will shift into third gear if I double clutch, if not it grinds. However, it downshifts fine without grinding. So, is the tranny just shot?
P.S. As long as I have had the car, reverse has never worked.
--CV Axles--
For a while I heard a loud clacking noise will driving down the road(turning), so someone told me on here it was my CV axles. I want to know though, if I'm driving on them in this bad condition, will something bad happen to the car? Also, the sound has gotten louder over time. The car lightly makes the sound when going straight, but barely audible.
--Rotor--
For some reason, my brother drove the car with almost no front-left brake pad. When I replaced the brake pad, I noticed it was stripped and grinded down from the metal to metal contact. Now the car shakes violently when going over 65,(shakes when slowing down).
--Smoking--
I also noticed that my car smokes after driving for awhile, and it smells kind of like burning oil. However, it's coming from directly under the car on my exhaust pipe. I do have a slight oil leak, but I'm not sure why the smoke would be coming from there.
Well this is all the problems with my crappy car, hope someone smart can help.