Quote:
Originally Posted by 68style
Door lock just seems like a weak motor.
This gen and the gen after Civics... honestly I've never seen one that doesn't leak nowadays... they're horrible... so is every Honda/Acura product of that era as far as I can tell. Good luck with that, people usually start with unclogging drain tubes and replacing tail-light seals, but seems like you've got a bad weld on yours.
|
Yeah, a bad / broken weld is what I've had suggested.
I think that every seal in the trunk has leaked previously, and I've replaced them all, but not the tail lights, which haven't leaked on me yet.
I've fixed so many leaks on my car that I think I should make a guide on what to look for. Some places that leaked are:
trunk vent
gas cover release cable seal
trunk weatherstrip
sunroof drain valves
bumper cover clips
the seams in the sunroof run channel and around the trunk's drain channel needed sealing
Quote:
|
Maintenance for the motor, timing belt job on a Civic of that era shouldn't be that much in labour it's pretty easy. I know a place in Richmond that the guy works for pretty cheap... I don't use him for complicated jobs, but he's very competent and good for stuff like this. He's behind Home Depot, if you want his contact let me know.
|
Thanks, 68style. Someone I know from way back and who has worked in their dad's auto shop for years has offered to do the work for me. Hopefully, it's taken care of now. But if it comes to it, I'll ask you about it.
Quote:
|
I will hasten to say that if you're trying to make it perfect, it's a diminishing return... I don't know the general state of your vehicle or mileage, but you're very much coming up on the "is it worth it?" point price-wise with all this maintenance... I think these cars are at the point that you just drive it into the ground and don't bother with a lot of it unless you're super OCD or the car means something special to you somehow.
|
Not perfect, but set to be road-worthy and worry-free for years to come. Judging from the post fliptuner found, the timing belt is at 14 years now (but only 68,000 KMs), and the car itself has low KMs. I hope it will run for at least another 5 years without issue. It's still a solid car that doesn't cost much to insure or drive, and that's fun to drive, and that I can do a lot of the basic work on (but obviously not this stuff).
Quote:
Originally Posted by fliptuner
|
Haha. But it's just the more involved stuff I haven't got done... if not counting replacing the power steering and clutch fluid, which are definitely long overdue. From that old list you found, I actually did the vtec solenoid and rebuilt the distributor (which, in hindsight, was kinda silly - it woulda been about the same cost and better to buy a new one, and the rebuilt one will still go a lot sooner than a new one would). I though it'd been only a couple of years since I planned to do the rest of the work myself. I guess it's been longer.
I think I'll get a new timing belt rather than use one that's been sitting around here for 4 years, and who knows how long before that. This should be the last timing belt change this car has. Might as well make sure it'll be good for as long as possible.