Picked up this Accord about 2 weeks ago in Tucson, AZ. Has 42,390 original miles on it. The car was purchased in Hawaii and shipped to Tucson, AZ in 1996 where it stayed until my rescue of it. It ran and drove but had a pretty bad coolant leak which I found out was coming from either the back of the coolant pipe and the intake manifold barbs. The old lady that owned it had only driven it 4k miles in the last 22 years! so basically every coolant hose, and component that touched coolant had to be replaced, not an easy task especially since there were over 13 hoses to remove, not including the Coolant pipe behind the block and under the intake manifold.
Things I had to do to restore it to running and driving condition:
-rebuilt and rebooted the original driveshafts
-purchased an Aisin Timing belt kit
-replaced all hoses with Gates molded ones
-new Honda Thermostat and Radiator with Honda Type 2 blue coolant
-new VC gasket
-new NGK sparkplugs
-replaced leaky injectors with good condition used ones
-new air filter
-replaced 195/60/14 LR tire that was bald
-new LF headlight socket for motor arm
-drained and filled Tranny with Honda ATF
-Oil and Filter change with Honda filter and Honda Synthetic Blend 5w30 oil
-new front hydraulic motor mount, rear mount and torque mount inserts
Here's some photos of when I got it:
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