My 86 Prelude Thread

[Hazwan]

I filled them with fiberglass. I wish I could weld though

[Dr_Snooz]

You can weld. You just need a welder, about an hour's worth of hands on instruction and then to be left alone for a few hours. You'll be rockin' in no time.

[Hazwan]

Never touched a welder before but yeah I can learn and practice from there.. IF I have a welder..

Anyway I finally managed to start working on my 5 speed swap. I'm actually gonna do a minor freshening up in the engine bay so I figured I should pull the engine and do everything outside since its going to be easier. Besides I'm gonna repaint the bay.








I also have this massive oil leak around the crank pulley area. I figured it must be my main seal but then I was wrong.




I had the main seal replaced when I swapped this engine in months back. Looks like its coming from the oil pump area. I already have all the new gaskets and seals for this anyway. I had this suspected before besides it would be easier and better to do them all while I'm at it.

[79cord]

Well the transmission swap should transform its character!

[AccordB20A]

if he ever stops finding other things to fix while the engines out.

[Hazwan]

Updates!

Automatic trans separated




Intake off




Dirty ass intake


Block prepped for paint


Painted!


Replaced all the o-rings in the oil pump. Hopefully it didn't leak from the shaft area

[Hazwan]

Oil pump, water pump and water pipe installed


Rear main seal off, and trying to get the pan off




Took me over an hour to get it off. It was stuck real good




Pan painted


Exhaust manifold back on


Ran out of high temp silver paint so this has to wait

[Hazwan]

Trying to get the damn pedals out




Booster is out




Someones happy to get the stupid 2 pedals out


Heres what I did to it shortly after that DIE YOU STUPID PEDALS - YouTube

Feels good

[Hazwan]

Etching primer and painted the crossmembers


Primed


Orange base coat


Red pearl on




Cleared

[Dr_Snooz]

I'm actually gonna do a minor freshening up in the engine bay

If this is a "minor" freshening up, what does a major one involve?

[gp02a0083]

good work buddy, i respect your dedication to doing things right

[Hazwan]

If this is a "minor" freshening up, what does a major one involve?

Full car strip down to bare frame perhaps?

good work buddy, i respect your dedication to doing things right

Thanks! Better than brushing the paint over dirt and crap in the bay amirite??

Anyway I've assembled some rubber grommets, brake and misc pipes. I still gotta finish my harness and then I can put that back in and get the linkage and pedals back in.. then the engine is going back in!!









Starting to look so much better with the black contrast in the bay now

[gp02a0083]

your not kidding better than brushing stuff around. this is as close to a full on restoration without putting the uni body on a spit lol. this is the type and quality of work i like seeing

[AccordB20A]

top notch work!. come to NZ and do mine kthx

[79cord]

Plenty of impressive work once again. Beautiful!

[2oodoor]

Plenty of impressive work once again. Beautiful!

X2 ! You never cease to be amazing Hazwan

[Hazwan]

Thanks guys!

Snagged a bunch of shiny bolts and nuts at the yard lol






Fake ass mooogen pedals installed and the pedals are back on the car




Linkage and console installed


Replaced the starter brush since I already have it apart to clean and repaint it






Theres some tiny seepage at the back of my brake master cylinder so I took it apart and clean everything up. Replaced that one o-ring at the back and hopefully that would stop the leak. Everything else looks great though!

[Hazwan]

New boots and everything. Hopefully this would fit just fine with no more surprises later


Rewrapped my harness after I added a couple of wires, fuses and relays inside the stock fusebox to maintain the factory look










Intake back on


Clutch. Check out my sick alignment tool lol


Timing belt


OMG the transmission slides in without any issues!!


Hoping to drop the engine tomorrow. Hopefully everything would go as planned!

[Dr_Snooz]

Epic build!!!

[Hazwan]

Replaced the starter brush since I already have it apart to clean and repaint it






Theres some tiny seepage at the back of my brake master cylinder so I took it apart and clean everything up. Replaced that one o-ring at the back and hopefully that would stop the leak. Everything else looks great though!


New boots and everything. Hopefully this would fit just fine with no more surprises later


Making a custom harness for the engine. Mainly for the alternator and reverse light switch on the transmission.


Engine dropped in


Trying to fit my 'hybrid axle'

[Hazwan]

That didn't work. Its too long and probably gonna explode the moment I let off the clutch lol so I had to get a brand new one.. for the 3g Accord since noone local is selling a lude axle.



Auto axle with manual inner cup on the top. Ended up being about 20mm too long.

3g Accord axle in the middle. Length wise it is a few mm shorter than what a lude SI should be.

Manual axle with auto inner cup at the bottom. Too short obviously and the auto inner cup won't fit into the manual transmission anway. The reason why I'm not using it is because someone decided to cut and rewelded the shaft. WHY?! I don't really trust it so I didn't use it. I bought it for cheap and was planning to reuse the inner cup.. oh well

Also, my ET transmission that came off a DX lude has bigger splines like the SI. ???
My spare transmission which came off an 84 Accord has bigger inner splines and it accepts my axle just fine. I thought they all have smaller splines wtf?

And obviously that 3g Accord axle fits the transmission just fine



Outer CV fits.. kinda. Spline count matches my hubs BUT it was shaped differently and was fouling the dust seal on behind the hub :rocketwhore:




So I had to tear the brand new 3g Accord axle apart and replace the outer CV with my old ones. I HATE GREASE!

3g Accord inner cup and shaft, 86 Lude DX outer


Whats left of the Accord outer CV.. I couldn't get it off because they're using too large of a C-clip... The inner clip was too big and won't seat into my transmission too. Fucking aftermarket crap!

[Hazwan]

Installed a few things










IT RUNS AND MOVES UNDER ITS OWN POWER!!


Nothing explodes or catches fire. No leaks except for the valve cover since I didn't put the RTV around the corner as I'm gonna take it off and paint it. Oh and my PS rack leaks but yeah no more engine oil leak!

I took it for a drive around the neighborhood and it shifts fine. No funny noises or anything

All that left now is to put the front end back together again and I should be done with this car.. for now!

[JSmythe]

When you visit The Southern US, I will trade you room and board for painting my cars. You rock. Love your threads. Pretty sure i teared up when i read the end of your Accord thread.

[Hazwan]

Its running now. All is good. Drove around the neighborhood and theres no funny noises or anything. Took it out further and everything is great! Feels like a different car now.















I do have an issue with the shifter not being centered though. It shifts fine, it doesn't bind or anything but its angled too far back. I know they're supposed to bend back but it can't be this much??

Neutral


Third


Fourth


I thought I had it installed upside down but like I said the factory shifter is supposed to bend back but not this much. The shifter doesn't sit centered in the hole in the body either. Its like the whole thing is pushed too far back causing the linkage to be pulled forward and causing the shifter to lean back. WHY? I have the correct shifter and all. Mounts? What else am I missing here?

It shifts fine, its just bothering me lol

[79cord]

Great to see it all together & sorry to hear about the driveshaft difficulties. Must admit I've never tried to get an outboard CV joint apart, obviously they don't and shouldn't come apart easily!
I guess the shifter location problem has to be with linkage unless Honda had different length selector shafts between Accord & Prelude G/boxes (or something) to ensure connecting bolt could be undone easily around anything that might be in the way?