1989 EX-i

In the process of perchasing:

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Right side:
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Original Radio:
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Engine bay:
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Wheel Well, rear left:
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great starter! welcome to the 3rd gen era! lol

Thanks, but i alredy had a 3rd gen, 87. Bought that two years ago. One winter MASSACRED it, been lookin for a nice EX-i ever since. My display picture is my 87.

So one question, are the door panels in two peices? is the cloth seperated from the vinil? If it is, i'd love to put my door panels from the 87 in instead. I think they'd look way better.

Very nice. Looks clean. What happend to tha front passenger hubcap?

The same thing that happened to the front light, i guess. He alredy replaced the fender and corner lights, which is why the fender dosnt line up with the door. But the hubcap is gonna dissapear. Gona put my chrome/black minty-fresh H logos on those black steelies. Maybe paint the steelies gloss black when i can, too.

Woohoo! Another Canadian 3gee owner? Whereabouts?

Durrrrrrrrr just saw the Quebec plate lol

Ive been on here since 2008 but my car hasnt been on the road for a while. I managed to keep it for a year, though, withought it rolling. There arnt many canadians on here though, eh? lol

Looks like a really clean car for Quebec.

Take good care of it if you buy it.

Its pretty much bought, i just have to go pick it up. And i have no intention of lettin it get in bad shape. I wont winter-drive it (ill freeze if i have to) and dont even wana roll away from the guys property withought replacing the light cover lol. Its in amazing shape, and it will STAY that way. It might even inprove!

Since this is in Pics and videos, heres a few pics from after perchase, pretymuch before doing anything on the car. All ive done is make the headlight look worse (lol) and taken the trailer hitch and two front mudflaps off.

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clean car man, awesome shape for a canadian car of this era, keep it clean!

MINTY!!!

amazing , i live in California and my 3gee and my 4th gen both have wayyy more rust then your Canadian car :lol:

Well it only has 158k Kilomiters, and it was outside of the city for the past three years, so its been kept nice.

Clean purchase. As for door panels mine are one piece. I do not believe the doors changed so I wouldn't see why you couldn't swap them. I haven't seen any EX's around where I live.

she looks really clean...makes me miss my 4door

the door panels do come apart the vinyl pieces are held on with little screws on the back of the panel

My bad, sorry for misinfo.

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she looks really clean...makes me miss my 4door

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Makes me want a sedan. :D

I need to use only the fabric part cause the front doors i think had tweets on the vinil, theres holes near the dash. I'd like to take my cassette holders, but the new one is AT, and old is MT. Does it still just swap over?

Also, the rear seats are fold down as we know, so theres the extra cushoned part between the seats and the rear doors. They need to come out with the parts im swapping, to keep it all the same fabric. I hope its not too hard.

Kay, Progress! (pics later)

I took the hubcaps off, 2 minty ones, one has a chip, and the 4th is massacred. Put the 4 H logos on the center and polished up the rims. Also washed and detailed the whole car, after changing the headlight cover.. which didnt align right. The hood actually sits ontop of the light cover a little. Perhaps i didnt put the motor arm on at the right angle? it looks like maybe its not closing all the way.

I found an issue, the inner bumper is bent, and the headlight's black plastic cover dosnt clear it. I guess i need to pull off the bumper.

Prety long update..

Edit: Pictures..or a couple.
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I need to use only the fabric part cause the front doors i think had tweets on the vinil, theres holes near the dash. I'd like to take my cassette holders, but the new one is AT, and old is MT. Does it still just swap over?

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I think we've gone over this. Take pictures of the two center consoles you have. Yes, the cassette holder will swap if the other cars has the console with the hole. If it doesn't, you'll have to swap out the entire front portion. While doing this, since one is a manual and one is automatic, you'll have to swap the square piece that goes around the auto shifter for the leather manual boot.

While the cars are complete, you should do some pre- and post-facelift comparison shots.

Yea we went over it with the Manual to manual, i was wondering how easily it would go MT to AT.

Pics?!
Fuzzy Dice
I have done quite a few kilomiters since monday.
replaced the front grill peice, and changed the fake headlight plastic.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...9/IMG_0019.jpg
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Cleaned off the rims.

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Headlight Issue:
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Pics 2, Interior shots:
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The only door that's rusted. It also has a dent on the outside..
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Originally Posted by Ayeobe

Yea we went over it with the Manual to manual, i was wondering how easily it would go MT to AT.

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Four screws remove the plastic square and shift boot. Easy swap.

Hah, nice. I asked a guy who says he's a master mechanic, but he says "it dosnt swap over" ... im just gona stick to asking you guys if anything gets complicated, like that headlight cover for example.

Here's a good one, i need a new front bumper. Like, the whole thing. Plastic and metal. Im gona take the plastic bumper off the 87, but can i take the metal part too? Anyone know? The bumper on the 89 is bent up, which is why i dont have the plastic parts on the headlight yet. They dont clear the bumper.

Take both bumpers off, take a look for identical-ness. There was a facelift, so there's a high probability that they won't swap, but people do swap them a lot. Ask someone who has.

Small update, i got the old accords cassette holder in, and its more brown then red. it dosnt match perfectly with the new interior. I might just swap the part around the handbrake aswell, to make them match.
I also armor-all'd the whole interior and vaccumed everything. it looks waaay better.

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I also added the right side headlight plastic, and pulled the fuze for the retractor motor on that side, so it dosnt crunch up my only good plastic parts for that side against the bumper. It winks now.

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I found and parked next to a 92/93 accord, same color as mine, but EX instead of EX-i:
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haha love the winking, and not a bad project at all

project is coming along quite nicely, it looks nice and clean, good stuff :thumbup:

Thanks guys. I like the winking, but ill be happy when i can make both flip at the same time again, with all the peices in place. What do you guys think of the steelies? Im considering those around-the-rim chrome "hubcaps" to go with the H logos, but im not sure. it kinda looks good as it is.

Anyway, tomorow i might tool a bit more, though i have a feeling getting the handbrake cover peice off is gona be intresting, and only so it matches with the peice i swapped.. lol. Ill see how the weather is tomorow.

Lookin forward to more coments, guys, and thanks for the coments so far!

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Originally Posted by Ayeobe

Small update, i got the old accords cassette holder in, and its more brown then red. it dosnt match perfectly with the new interior. I might just swap the part around the handbrake aswell, to make them match.
I also armor-all'd the whole interior...

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1) That's the fading problem I've seen to only occur in '86-88. Neither of my 89's had this problem, but both of my 88's did.

2) NEVER, EVER use Armor All in these interiors. It ruins them.

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Originally Posted by Ayeobe

Thanks guys. I like the winking, but ill be happy when i can make both flip at the same time again, with all the peices in place. What do you guys think of the steelies? Im considering those around-the-rim chrome "hubcaps" to go with the H logos, but im not sure. it kinda looks good as it is.

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You should leave them both up for the time being, and keep the steelies with "H" caps. It's very sex.

I hate you, by the way.

I want a sedan now.

Damn, i alredy armor-all'd it. But the 87 got armor-all and it didnt get ruined? It just gets shiny. Is there anything else to use to shine up the black plastic, at least? As for the headlights, i am leaving them both up, but i kinda do a salute to who-ever has pop-ups, or other accords as i drive by, by poping the lights. Right now, it just winks lol. And, sedans are awesome. lol. How-ever, if i can find a nice hatch, im gona buy it, cause i still want a manual car.

So, steelies with no chrome? Alright. They do look sick, freakin original rims, but all cleaned up.

As for the fading problem, the handbrake on the 89 is more broun than red, like the interior of the 87, so if i swap out the part that goes around the handbrake, itll actually look better. It rained today, though, so im gona probabily do it tomorow.

Over time, the Armor All (with extended use and some sun) will crack the soft materials such as the dash, parts of the door panels, the handbrake, etc.

Salute on, my friend. When you have both. ;)

Get a sedan with a stick.

What were you going to chrome on the steelies?

Again, fading: half of the interior in the last two cars I had were brown, but the first two stayed deep red. I dunno, maybe it's just the cars I've had. The browning effect is gross, though.

Finding a nice stick sedan around here is damn hard. If i find a Hatch in a JY in FL, ill build her up, and ill have the sedan for cruising in comfort, and a MT hatch for having some fun.

BTW i just put a casette in the car for the first time, and i didnt know that when you turn off the car it pops it back out... :omg: Freaked me out LOL

Pictures from my 2:30 to 4:00am cruise lol.
(Im putting the tripod in my car, now.)

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And a pic of my mini-fleet:
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And the interior of the accord again:
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Yes, i love my car, damnit. lol

I love your car!

I happen to have a brand new (yeah, brand new) 86-87 sedan rear bumper here that's still on the primer. If you want it, it's yours. I just want to have some used parts from your older sedan for my hatch.

We could even do a little photoshoot with my car and yours.

BTW, you need fog lights to go in those missing covers.

I was going to use the front bumper for the 89 aswell as the rear. My rear is in bad shape, tho, so perhaps we can arange something. When would you be able to meet up? I have thursdays and saterdays off. BTW i added you on MSN, but you alwease seem to be busy, so hit me up.

So, i hear a bit of a knock, but not loud enough to be a knock, under the hood. I gave it a listen, but i couldnt figure it out. It might be one of the pulleys, maybe a realy loud valve click among the less-loud ones, i dont know. But its kinda worrysome. Perhaps ill take a vid if you guys want, and ill have the guy who i helped rebuild the engine for his 86 Mustang GT have a listen, aswell.

Double post?! But for pictures.

Okay, so i found my builders plate. it says 09/'88. Woo, its an 88! I was born in 88. How awesome is that?

Kay, on with the pics!

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This one is because i like both the Accord, and that old bus in the background.
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Wallpaper.

Im usin 837 as my wallpaper, but both are prety awesome. I dont know where to post stuff at 1280, or i'd link you guys to it.

looks great I actually love the look of 3gs with cleaned up steelies

Thanks man. I only roll on black rims. So far, only steelies. Might consider black 5spoke, but i like steelies just fine.

a black 5 spoke would be pretty sweet too, I love the look of all black rims in general

No new pics, but im workin on makin the right side pop-up fit right. Its realy not workin out too good. I still gotta figure out the courtesy lights, but i was out all day. Ill be sure to get pics of THOSE in action, at night.

For some reason, the light sits too low when its closed, but its far enough forward. It also dosnt sit completley closed, which im prety sure is why it dosnt sit flush with the fender. Maybe its about the arm and what angle its bolted into the motor?

Heres a couple pics of the roadtrip i did on friday, starting with one of the car in my driveway, and ending in down-town montreal.

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(thats at Champlain mall in plattsburgh)
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(Alredy back...)
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I love how the interior glows...
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Only did about 230km in that day. Its 1220km since i bought it, on monday july 12th, and i think its at about 1250km now.
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Some apartment complex down-town
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Gare Windsor, also connected to Bonaventure Metro.

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Today, sittin outside my friends place.

Hope you like the pics. If anyone wants any of these as desctop backgrounds, i guess email me, or link me to a host that dosnt make em 800x600~ max.

wow that thing is so mint!!! <3 it and i also agree steelies on 3gees is <3!

and the 86-87 grille is so damn sexy ^_^

looks pretty tidy man

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that's cool how the entrance to those 2nd story buildings work. never seen that before

oh yeah the car is looking pretty mint too lol

That's a very nice find right there. Good luck with it.

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wow that thing is so mint!!! <3 it and i also agree steelies on 3gees is <3!

and the 86-87 grille is so damn sexy ^_^

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Thanks man. I love the steelies look. And yeah, the 86/87 grille kicks ass. Sooo smooth.

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that's cool how the entrance to those 2nd story buildings work. never seen that before

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Thats Montreal, man. Its pretymuch everywhere around here, and those houses are prety new as far as i can tell. Ill try parking on a street with a ton of older ones some time.



Yeah, the car is prety minty. Just needs a bumper up front, and a headlight bucket alignment (ehhh..) and then the courtesy lights in the front doors dont work. If all that's fixed, its pretymuch bran new.

EDIT:
i have a few desctop backgrounds now.

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POSTWHOREING LOLZ.

Just kidding ... heres a new pic! Infront of Le Stade Olympic. woo.

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And check out the clouds?! No wonder im not outside anymore eh? Its thundering. so i took her home.

Yay pics, I like the last two posted!

i'm taking the car out next week.... be prepared for a photoshoot :D

Awesome! Should be sweet. We should talk about a location.

UPDATE ...on the pics. Not on the car... its still the same =/

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Okay, tiny update.. and a question. I went to two honda dealers, and nither of them had Honda keys for our old cars. They didnt have ither the Valet or the master keys, and i realy would love to have them for this minty fresh accord.. So, im wondering if theres any honda dealerships who still have them? Or, where can i get some?

In other news, i took a few shots at like 3:30am again, near the olympic stadium.

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What kind of key do you want?

They sell these plastic keys on Ebay and I know Honda de Sigi had Ilco Plastic Keys like 3 years ago.

They're not labeled "HONDA" tough...

Yeah, i want the "HONDA" ones. My 87 has the Valet key, too, but i dont have a plastic covered one with HONDA on it for ither accord. It upsets me, a little. They dont seem to exsist anymore, though.

I have one here that I can spare.

Bellevue Honda here in Washington still does. Same with Renton Honda.

Thats prety far from here. Do they have Valet keys? Maybe ill try the Florida ones, though..

New pics! I havnt been able to work on taking the bumper off the 87 cause its been boxed in with ...stuff, so its still not perfect ... but there was an awesome sunset i barely was able to catch!

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It seems the next thing im gona have to deal with is my headlight bucket. I think its still a little messed up, but i dont know what's going on in there. I dont realy have
much knolege about how this is suposed to work, as i never delt with it on the 87, so im not sure where to start. Heres pics of the problem:

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6056/img0015800.jpg
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As far as i can tell, its actually the arm thats not working right. I cant see or feel the headlight catching on anything.

I left my house today with about 159 530km, turned right, hopped on the highway and ended up on a Ferrie into Burlington. Now im at 159 888km. This means im at 2080km since i bought it, on July 10th.

On with the pictures, however!
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Waiting for the Ferrie on the way to Burlington

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On the Ferrie
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The spray of the sea ...lake, sorry.

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Historical Highway side lookout?

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On the way back, waiting for Ferrie

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On it....

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And finily, a picture of me at Target, to prove i was there...lol last time i went i didnt have such a pic.

So, that was my day. A total of probabily about like 9 hours on the road. Hawt daim.

Video:
http://yfrog.com/17cimg1052z

woah love the third and fourth pictures the last one is pretty epic too!

Thanks, man.

The next pics will likely be of me troubleshooting the coolant issue. self-taught mechanic friend of mine says it could be the headgasket, cause theres coolant missing, but no leaks. That's gona suck sooo bad.

looks great and missed your post about the bumper swap, yes just unbolt 2 bolts on each side behind the bumper lights , unscerw side scerws slide off, slide preface bumper on install same way as instalion, they are a direct swap :D i did it to my 88

It needs the metal bumper, and a sand down/paint for the 87's bumper heh..

just use the 87s metal part? and just sand and paint it satin black!

LOL, i was gona paint it body color, including the black part. But, the 87 is gone now, so i cant use the metal part. Im gona go to pull a part in october and... pull a part. lol. Im gona be there a while, taking the trim from an 87, to match the rear bumper and front bumper.. and anything else that's cool. Ill post stuff up for people here, too, if i find something sweet.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3...mg10111280.jpg
that pic is FTW!1

Nice. Wish my own could look that good.

Mine isnt perfect, you should see the list of things to improove lol.

Body work:
"Fix the over 9000 tiny little rust spots" (i think theres like 5 or 6)
Some-how pull the dents out of the rear doors
re-paint the front right fender
get a new bumper, and a pre-facelift bumper cover
Get the stupid FR headlight bucket to sit right and work right...
To keep with the pre-facelift look, im gona swap out all the side trim aswell.
Also, who thinks the rear bumper lip looks stupid, when theres no front bumper lip? I stare at it sometimes like "Why would you do that?" lol.

Matenence:
All liquids flush/change, and replace a few hoses
FR upper balljoint
RL Upper controll arm
Alignment
Not sure where to put "Paint valve cover"

Thats pretymuch it. To acheive perfection my car must have all that done to it. Then, to make me happy it must be manual lol. That might be a while, though, as im prety sure the AT works fine.

Thanks for the comments guys! i was prety happy to have the opertuenity to take such awesome pictures for you gents!

And when you finally finished your list, your new list will be ready :D
Keeps you off the street!

Lol. This car is addicting. It's sitting out front, and im wondering where i could drive to. Not for any reason, just cause i wana drive it. its nuts. Sadly i just realised because the driveway was re-paved, i cant park in it n do work. Not sure if ill be able to use it to do work at all.. I hope so. the job that makes the biggest mess is the coolant flush, and thats basically water and ..whatever coolant is. so, it shouldnt stain right? Anyway, i cant wait to get started.. all the body trim and bumpers will have to wait a while, cause im gona concentrate on the mechanicals, and keep the body work for maybe during the winter when i have a better job, and more cash, and alot less want to drive the car.

Not sure about the coolant, cause there's also some lubricating fluid in it (and anti freeze).
Something lubricating will be oil I guess... But would be nice if anyone could confirm this since I'm not 100% sure :P

So my accord's Bday is coming up. What should i get her? Lol. Its in september. She will be 22. Maybe i should get that H logo, but im so damn broke. All proceeds are going to the Florida drive...

To answer my question, i think im getting her a battry and an altornator. Turns out the alt dosnt charge well under 1200rpm, so it looks like im gona get to do what i didnt do in the 87, heh. Batt will be dropped in out of the 87, probabily.

Before doin all of this, im gona make sure everything is well connected.. I guess, no matter what the mileage, a 22 year old car is a 22 year old car.

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Get the stupid FR headlight bucket to sit right and work right...

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this, is going to have you swearing lots if you want it 100% perfect :O

You've done it then? How does one do that? lol. Im not much learned in aligning stuff, so im kinda not doin it yet. Also, the charging system is my new highest priority ....

id start by replacing the whole head light bucket , then u get the fun of messing around with tighting and loosening the bolts 1000x as u try to adjust it and u may need some shims , i never bothered with getting mine perfect just so they opened and shut haha

indeed, they never go back to how they should be

This one better go back to how it should be... i want it perfect. Anyway i got more important shit to think about, such as my charging system, and getting a new freakin' job.

OKAY! So, i got my light working! It was catching on some random rust-colored metal thing ... so i pushed it down, and it works no problem now! its a little crooked, though. Ill get pics some time soon, i neeeed to wash it first though. Every time i was gona wash it the driveway was occupied, and today its raning on and off..

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its a little crooked, though.

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Don't plan on fixing this. It'll never come out perfect. It will always be a little turned or a little close to the hood or fender.

Im not quite ready to say "shit, i cant do any better." It can defenetly use some additional straightening, even if it never gets to the point of perfection.

Ok, its not washed, cause the weather is getting worse, but...
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Stop posting pictures of your car, you're making me want a sedan.

Oh my God, if I had an '89 LX-i/SE-i sedan...all of my friends would stop bitching.

Lol.. arnt they easyer to find than coupes? and you should remind your friends they're lucky to get lifts lol

They always bitch that I'm one of the only people at school with a coupe and that mine doesn't have power locks. Sedans solve both of those problems, haha.

What happened to your other sedan?

It was rotten, bad. We're talkin beyond the point of beyond repair. Its gone, but i might have to visit it to pick some parts up...lol.

Yeah, i like the sedan's body better than the coupe, anyway. i cant decide between the hatch and the sedan, though. As for the aerodeck ... it'd have to grow on me. lol

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They always bitch that I'm one of the only people at school with a coupe and that mine doesn't have power locks. Sedans solve both of those problems, haha.

What happened to your other sedan?

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lol tell your friends to stfu and that u drive what u want, if they dont like it they can walk lol

cars > friends :D

Alright, not much of an update. Still havnt been able to do much, and theres not much to do. Oil chage will be ASAP, and so will coolant flush.. soon as i figure out how to dispose of it?

So, a bit of a concern now. My freakin fuel light hasnt come on. Ive been on Empty for about 35km i guess, and im not sure if its gonna come on tomorow, or ever. kinda makes me nervous. I do rather want to see that yellow light slowly fade on.. and off again. Seriously. Any ways to diagnose it short of taking stuff apart? I guess the easyest way of doing it would be to get to the console.. but if theres another way, i'm all ears.

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Alright, not much of an update. Still havnt been able to do much, and theres not much to do. Oil chage will be ASAP, and so will coolant flush.. soon as i figure out how to dispose of it?

So, a bit of a concern now. My freakin fuel light hasnt come on. Ive been on Empty for about 35km i guess, and im not sure if its gonna come on tomorow, or ever. kinda makes me nervous. I do rather want to see that yellow light slowly fade on.. and off again. Seriously. Any ways to diagnose it short of taking stuff apart? I guess the easyest way of doing it would be to get to the console.. but if theres another way, i'm all ears.

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Just fill it up and check how much you had to fill it with..
I think there will be someone on this forum who can tell you at which point the empty light should come on. I can't, since we here in Europe work with Liters instead of Gallons ;)

We use Litres in Canada too.

If you want to have that thing diagnosed, it's rather simple. Pop the access port in the trunk area for the fuel gauge unit. The shop manual tells you how to check it.

Both of my Accords never had a working fuel light :( The problem lies in the sending unit, not the gauge cluster.

I'll show you how to diagnose this next time we meet :D

keep a couple litres of petrol in a bottle or something in the car, and just keep driving and see what happens first. either the light will come on, or you will run out lol. and you will have your emergency fuel with you :thumbup:

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We use Litres in Canada too.

If you want to have that thing diagnosed, it's rather simple. Pop the access port in the trunk area for the fuel gauge unit. The shop manual tells you how to check it.

Both of my Accords never had a working fuel light :( The problem lies in the sending unit, not the gauge cluster.

I'll show you how to diagnose this next time we meet :D

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My bad, didn't see he's in Canada.. :)

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keep a couple litres of petrol in a bottle or something in the car, and just keep driving and see what happens first. either the light will come on, or you will run out lol. and you will have your emergency fuel with you :thumbup:

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I guess that's not the way to go. Last few litres of gas in your tank is where all the dirt floats in. You don't want that in your engine.. :lol:

Guess i'll fill it, and see how much gas i used since two weeks ago lol. Im guessin im on fumes. I'm surprised the 87's fuel light worked fine, but not the 89's! Damn. Gona have to go get some sending units? lol.

Thanks for the suggestions gents!

So, i filled with ... 45.5L. How big is the tank again? and it has a 10L reserve right?

Your tank would be 60 Litres I think. Mine's just 45.. :dunno:

Yes, it's 60L and the light should come on after there's less than 10L

Alright, so i need to sweat it out a little longer on Empty ... Damn, i bet this tank could last two weeks if i let it. Including the two hour-long drives i did last week lol. Thanks for the help. Guess next week-end ill find out if it works or not ... Though i think i'd prefer makin sure it works by diagnosis than by risking running out heh...