yay for progress! pics moar of them nao
and did u go with a afermarket coil? accel super stock runs $45 and is like 45000 volts makes a huge difference! well it did on my car anyway lol
yay for progress! pics moar of them nao
and did u go with a afermarket coil? accel super stock runs $45 and is like 45000 volts makes a huge difference! well it did on my car anyway lol
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
bass man um how did you remove the bottem of the dash?? i tried doing this but seems to have some hidden screws and i wanna change the beige to the stock grey like yours and im liking the fat cincos bro will you sell them??
I'm about ready to sell it rather than take a match to it... Now the brand new coil (Yellow Accel. Used to have a chrome Accel) gets hot and doesn't give much for spark... Possibly a ground issue...
I officially give up on getting it running by Sunday... I think I'm gonna either get a stock carb car harness and put it back together, but tucked, or I'm gonna wait till I get another LX-i and strip it out. That's looking like a good option.
What part of the bottom of the dash are you talking about? The little cover on the left or the whole bottom? The cover has 4 screws at each corner, but the rest of the dash is 1 peice. They made them 2-toned, though. I wont get rid of the Five's unless I get $300; tires are pretty new, but only 3 match.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Working on it again. Got a gf now and she has a lot of my time, but she loves helping under the hood, so
I tore the engine harness out today and just about got bit by a widow... Buddy of mine said he never seen me move that fast before! haha. Gonna try to get the dash out and start replacing the harness wire by wire (solder and shrink wrap... Yay) and hopefully it will fix the issues.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Any progress?
It's kicking my ass... Takes me about an hour to do 10 wires. I got about 28 wires left... Arg...
Bass like Base... Not fish.
And I only got about 10 left...
Bass like Base... Not fish.
looks like fun
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
It's calming work. I enjoy it! Not when it's 95 outside, though... ugh
Bass like Base... Not fish.
haha true that
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
Here we go again...
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Planned?? Shoot, I'm working on the fly here... haha. would have been done but I had to run and get family from the river. Back to work.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Ok... I had the same exact problem I had before I pulled the harness out and redid it, only this time I hit the blinker while the key was off and it turned the blinker on... After some poking around, I figured out the positive lead and the alternator lead were backwards on the fuse box (kinda odd as they aren't reversable), so strangely enough everything is working perfect and it fired right up!
Something weird, though; the alternator lead is not hot, and when I hook up my 0/1 from the alt to the batt, it makes everything turn on again. The first time I rewired it, I had that hooked up at the same time, so hopefully it didn't do something... I think I'm gonna have to leave my 0/1 out for a while til I figure it out.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Ok... So I got it running after I put gas in it, and it didn't want to shut off... soooo it's gonna go back to the dead row til I can get another parts rig. Either that or just screw that wiring and go primitive with the wiring!
Bass like Base... Not fish.
just get a switch and tap it in to the fuel pump wire!! or do a whole race setup on the dash !!
1988 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe 123k miles.
I was thinking about that... Kinda thinking about doing a remotely mounted head unit and get a harness to mount the faceplate on the dash.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Getting an 88-89 LXi to part out. Yay connections!! Has the 5 spoke LXi directionals on it too! missing 2 hub caps.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
Considering it is a carb, shutting off the fuel pump won't do anything. There is still a bowl full of fuel which the carb feeds on, so it will remain running for a good 30 seconds after the pump shut off. You actually want to shut off the coil.Originally Posted by Civic Accord Honda
just get a switch and tap it in to the fuel pump wire!! or do a whole race setup on the dash !!
Sam
1989 Accord LX: Sold with 208k-now somewhere around 230k with new owner
Current:
2014 Elantra Sport 6MT
2000 Montero Sport 4x4 (beater, trail rig)
yup, my 4dr's fuel pump was switch operated (dunno why, thats just how it was when i got the car) and there were a few times i forgot to turn it on, id drive 3 blocks and then it would start boggin down
The LXi is here! Just gotta get my other projects done first and it won't take me long with the honda.
The LXI has a factory EQ and LXI Directionals if anyone is interested.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
BTW, I finally got around to putting the rest of the fat fives on. I don't like it not being lowered in the rear at all while the front is down a good 1 1/2", but I'll get it lower after I get it running.
Bass like Base... Not fish.
you don't want to bypass the pump relay, the idea is if you get in a wreck, once the engine stops, the ignition stops and turns off the pump. if it didn't do this it could just keep spraying fuel all over the engine in a fire. the second ignition pulses stop, the relay cuts power to the pumpjust get a switch and tap it in to the fuel pump wire!! or do a whole race setup on the dash !!
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