Bought from the original owners (!!!) for $1000 this week. For a 28 year old car, it's just about in perfect condition bumper to bumper. Doesn't leak a drop or smoke, no major rust, clean blue vinyl-trimmed interior, and all maintenance up to date. I've been driving it for a few days and a couple hundred miles. Such a bauce car. I love it.
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Welcome! After your fifth post, you can show pics. Do it quick!
Dr_Snooz
"I like to take hammers, and just break stuff, just break stuff." - Beavis
1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
Shop manual downloads available here: CLICK TO VIEW
Welcome and like the Dr said, start posting!
Welcome! I just picked up my own '84 Accord Hatch a few weeks back.
1984 Accord Hatchback
2005 Mazdaspeed MX-5
2007 Mazda 3
That thing is NICE! Congrats on the find!
The sky finally quit puking on everything long enough for me to get the car washed and take some pics. Hooray!
Not bad for a $1000 car if I say so myself
Hot damn! That thing is super clean! Definitely a good buy! And a stick, FTW! Got any plans for her?
Well I have... contingency plans, in case the spending money appears, haha. I've just been dd'ing it while my other beater is in the shop getting upgraded. The main thing I want to address right now is the vacuum system, because it likes to crank up the idle to 2500. I haven't decided whether to try fixing it or just rip it all out like someone here did. The engine is otherwise rock solid though. It's been well cared for.
I would like to freshen the suspension with Spax/Koni. That can wait for now since it rides okay but I can tell the shocks are getting tired. Replacing a couple speakers, antenna, a few trim bits, making a cargo cover, and so on. Just the little things that make a difference in a dd.
And I know you're all wondering breathlessly, this is my other beater that I picked up a year ago for $1900 (as it sits in pic 1), a '96 Legacy Brighton AWD.
I fixed some stuff; cleared the headlights; put in a leather wheel, cruise, and tach, and WRX seats.
It's down right now as we get it upgraded to WRX brakes from the stock front discs and rear drums, with an SVX master cyl, and I have a set of WRX wheels that need to be wrapped in rubber and put on. This one has been a long journey of fixing little fiddly crap (like rebuilding the shifter linkages, 10x more of a PITA than you'd think!) but it's really been a fantastic car.
Hatch looks good. What are your plans?
The idle problem is super common. Usually it's one of those thermowax valves that controls the high idle solenoid. It's screwed into a coolant line on the intake manifold or something like that. Look up thermovalves in the Factory Service Manual. I don't know if you can get new ones or not... But there may be a way to fix it or find another one at a wrecking yard...
Thats some money well spent!
Wow good buy!! Looks well taken cared of, looking forward to future posts!!
Very nice car!
Dr_Snooz
"I like to take hammers, and just break stuff, just break stuff." - Beavis
1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
Shop manual downloads available here: CLICK TO VIEW
beautiful, that thing is MINT!
That's a really really nice accord u got there... THUMBS UP
just an ordinary Accord Lover =]
That's a beautiful car you've got there! Looks like its in good hands.
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