A18A's 1988 Accord 2.0Si

[A18A]

looky what $150 just got me
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/272/image002my.jpg
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1843/image003rm.jpg
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8530/image004xy.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2494/image005vo.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3213/image006fp.jpg
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3479/image008a.jpg
the good:
3 months rego left
1 month wof left
near new battery
new windscreen
gassed up a/c
fog lights
bumper pole
has all the stuff in the engine bay my vigor is missing
auto gearbox drives good
not as rusty as most white accords in this area
it was cheap

the bad:
rusty
been crashed a couple times
needs body work
needs radiator
leaks p/s fluid
leaks oil

[DJAJ]

Sweet man, can u sell me the auto :P

[AccordB20A]

good score y0

[ghettogeddy]

we all hate you... just so you know

[A18A]

the car is staying auto unfortunately :p

oh yeah just sold the battery out of it for $50 and sold the fucked radiator (plus a couple others) for another $30. i need to make my money back cause that was my last dollars that got me this lol

[DJAJ]

aww too bad :thumbup:

[MessyHonda]

i want a right hand drive 3gee

[Tdurr]

i want a right hand drive 3gee

This.

If I play my cards right I might be able to get one... :ninja:

[AccordB20A]

sold the radiator? random so r u parting this car. if so why is it staying auto! lol unless the radiator was mint and your going to upgrade it to a shitter radiator and battery

[Dr_Snooz]

Fog lights?

[87hondagrl]

Im looking for a clutch cable housing bracket for my 87 accord DX. Anyone know where I can get the part?

[frantik]

^ junkyard unless you live near matt then you can get one from him im sure

[A18A]

sold the radiator? random so r u parting this car. if so why is it staying auto! lol unless the radiator was mint and your going to upgrade it to a shitter radiator and battery
radiator leaked so i scrapped it, and i have a bigger battery around here somewhere which looks better

Fog lights?
indeed. they're not installed, but the car did come with them lol

Im looking for a clutch cable housing bracket for my 87 accord DX. Anyone know where I can get the part?

^ junkyard unless you live near matt then you can get one from him im sure
what he said ^ which is unlikely cause we don't have DX 3gs here

i also found this radiator here from under the ground (literally) lets hope it it doesn't leak
http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3695/image009igd.jpg

[obdriver6]

YAY!!! Buried treasure LOL.

[AccordB20A]

is that the one that went missing back when winnipeg was over here?!?!? lol

[A18A]

could be lol. it fails anyway and has a crack in the top tank. maybe repairable with some putty stuff. the guy i got the car off txt me today to tell me to come pick up some random stuff that belongs to the accord. here's some of the stuff
http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/6845/image028k.jpg
i also painted a rocker cover for it
http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/8916/image032l.jpg
today i pulled the motor out of the car, tomorrow i'll start cleaning the engine bay, gearbox & the new motor for the car. fun

[AccordB20A]

what was wrong with the old motor?

[A18A]

it has a an oil leak, and i do not tolerate leaks

[AccordB20A]

a fail engine like all the ones i have had. lol. im so glad the one i have now doesnt leak oil all over the engine bay/ground/gearbox/firewall

[Hazwan]

http://www.automagazined.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mitsubishi_logo.jpg

[Hazwan]

Wait what the fuck? I didn't notice that this is yet another 3g that you got >< And its white!

[DJAJ]

Mine dosent leak haha :kekeke:
I thought Head Gaskets were Hondas downfall, well ive seen over 10 Accord a18a and a20's on Tm with blown gaskets hahaha

[forrest89sei]

You should sell those Early JDM Tails, best looking tails for a 3G IMO

[AccordB20A]

Mine dosent leak haha :kekeke:
I thought Head Gaskets were Hondas downfall, well ive seen over 10 Accord a18a and a20's on Tm with blown gaskets hahaha
lol....
maoris that dont change there oil and run rusty water instead of coolant then the water pump fucks out and they overheat and warp the head. classic a series failure. its the owner not the motor lol

[Hauntd ca3]

dont you mean gAy series :)

[A18A]

no one will buy the tail lights cause shipping them would be too much (N) o hwell i'll just put them on this car lol. out of all the accords i've had, only 2 had fucked motors, both a-series lol. anyway today i cleaned the engine bay enough for a motor. here is a before
http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/230/img2191medium.jpg
and after
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8335/img2197medium.jpg
the gearbox has a nice shiny blue tq converter in it
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8208/img2195medium.jpg
and here it is on the motor, after i spent a few minutes attempting & failing to clean the motor with a tooth brush & hose
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7241/img2201medium.jpg
wish i had a waTer blaster. i might just put it in and take it to a car wash

[AccordB20A]

cool.

[DJAJ]

Looks like errrr fun :kekeke:
Im over my car atm its winter and with no air con, its a piece of Sh*t in the cold and damp.

[forrest89sei]

Win (Y)

[AccordB20A]

does it go yet

[A18A]

yes it does, mintly too even with the fail plugs & leads. it feels like a real b20a, noticeably more powerfull than the one i pulled out. makes me want to swap my other b20a into my vigor (cause i'm sure something must be wrong with its current one)

anyway here is a couple piss poor quality photos of using an actual engine hoist. i'd much rather use the chain one :)
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/9959/image036h.jpg
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8858/image038y.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1443/image039rv.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8287/image040jp.jpg
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6867/image041z.jpg

now for al lthe gay stuff of cleaning it all up and adding the finishing touches. also found a rust hole under the car which i would need to weld up

[A18A]

cleaned it up nice and mint
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6167/image043nn.jpg
all progress on my cars are gonna slow down now cause i start working next week :(

[Hazwan]

Jobs (Y)

[AccordB20A]

cool

[MessyHonda]

work? damn you were like 13 when u started with a a18 haha

[A18A]

yeah lol. not looking forward to it untill i start getting paid

[AccordB20A]

getting paid is ftw. working is ftl even when u do get paid for it,

[A18A]

engine bay has been degreased and hosed down with a fire hose all cleaned up and missing the little bits and pieces that i took for my vigor. i put on some sr20 leads cause they all match and they all work properly, and they're not red
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9360/image003zvk.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9900/image001xvn.jpg

[AccordB20A]

oo flash ow

[DJAJ]

Cool looking good, must paint mine one day :kekeke:

[MessyHonda]

looks clean

[DatHatch]

you got that for only 150?!?! where can i find a deal like that!, also that pink hoist made me lmao

[A18A]

i laughed at the pink hoist too when i first saw it. i put another interior into the car, butit was shitty, so i filled the car up with rubbish and took it to the dump and stripped the interior out down there. i hosed out the inside and installed a better interior. interior & engine bay is complete now. just bodywork left to do. found about a metre of rust on the sill under the car, so i'll be chopping that out and welding a new one in. after that, i'll waterblast the car clean and get it a wof (Y)

[A18A]

my vigor is broken so I took this for a wof this morning, failed on "rust in door hinge area"
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8770/0219medium.jpg
fair enough

so i welded in another piece of metal
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3045/0226medium.jpg
(mean welds bro)
then painted with some thick paint and a brush to look flash
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/771/0228medium.jpg
i took it back only to find out he meant rust in the doors themselves.

I put some other doors on it, and i got my wof. yay. will prolly convert it to manual in the near future

[bullard123]

Nice find Matt. Love the color of the valve cover and she cleaned up real nice :thumbup:

[A18A]

she was clean haha.

today I had nothing to do, so I decided to make the car a manual. I took lots of photos of the process, just because I can.

all this is going in the car. It's easier to just swap the whole motor, nothing wrong with both of the motors, so no point swapping gearboxes around.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8941/0296medium.jpg
so i started by taking out the auto pedals
http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/1773/0298medium.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/494/0301medium.jpg
the manual ones don't have cruise control :thumbdn:
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2186/0299medium.jpg
installed them anyway. that's the worst part of the manual conversion over!
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6564/0303medium.jpg
now to start on the engine bay
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/484/0304medium.jpg
removed everything in the way from up top
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/3033/0305medium.jpg
removed everything in the way from underneath
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3071/0306medium.jpg
time to lift the motor out
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7440/0307medium.jpg

[A18A]

and out
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6434/0308medium.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/41/0309medium.jpg
new motor ready to go in. see my homemade clutch cable holder since I lost the one that came off there lol
http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/638/0313medium.jpg
and done
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1192/0315medium.jpg
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/1449/0316medium.jpg
Just need to do the reverse lights & find a shift boot. It's much nicer to drive now :)

[87roach]

How long did this take you? Was it by yourself?

[SeanSelander]

Props dude you did all that in one day?

[A18A]

yup by myself, took about 4 hours

[bullard123]

Lol Matt is the Ase Certified Master Mechanic....What a beautiful sight to see all those
B20A's laying there

[bullard123]

What about the dash cluster? Are you gonna convert that over to manual as well?

[A18A]

Oh yeah I suppose I could do that for extra OEMness. I'm not sure if I have any manual clusters left though, all my cars where autos haha.

[87roach]

That's crazy, nice work man!

[A18A]

thank you :)

[obdriver6]

manual>automatic any day!

[MessyHonda]

x2

[A18A]

x3

i got some (what i believe are) dobi springs for the front, don't know what they're for, i put them in the car to see what they'd do, it made the car an inch or 2 lower.
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7081/0433medium.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4899/0434medium.jpg
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6783/0435medium.jpg
the car scrapes going into driveways and such (with people in it) plus this car is a pos and doesn't need to look good, so I will probably put them in my vigor instead :)

also, the car is getting 14km/l (about 33mpg) city, nana driving. I'm happy with that :D

[A18A]

http://imageshack.us/a/img7/4838/5aez.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img853/1046/tw09.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img542/5206/1wir.jpg
Teh end

[Hazwan]

Vlc

[AccordB20A]

so thats the car my auto box came out of