Trisha,
Check out the "engines from Japan" in you local newspaper or freebie type
paper. We purchased a few such engines and have had very good luck with
them. You...well, we couldn't...can't rebuild an engines as cheaply. Seems
there's a law over there that you can not drive a car with more than 40k on
the engine...emission laws it would seem. So, they put new engines in their
cars and sell the retired engines over here (and around)....
Good luck,
WFO Herb
>From: "Trisha" <patricia.sauthoff@Colorado.EDU>
>Reply-To: "Trisha" <patricia.sauthoff@Colorado.EDU>
>To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: no lbc- honda question
>Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:53:23 -0600
>
>Hey there cats and kittens,
> I don't know if any of you know much about computer controlled cars,
>but
>you seem to know everything else so it's worth an ask I suppose.
> Here's the issue. My '89 Honda CRX is very sick, and she's slowly
>dying.
>A few weeks ago I parked the car outside of my house, and she didn't want
>to
>start for awhile. We checked the compression and it's really low. The
>battery is brand new and fully charged. After tinkering with it a lot my
>b/f
>managed to start it yesterday. The best he could tell me is that he gave
>it a
>stern talking to and cranked it until it started. I drove her today for a
>little bit, and she's definitely having some issues off the line. 0-10 mph
>is
>pretty slow, after that she's okay. There is a subtle knock in the engine,
>and we're guessing that a rod is going bad. The knock is really quiet, so
>it's not too bad for now, but I do realize that it'll only get worse, and
>probably pretty fast.
> My questions are: How long until the engine dies completely? Is a
>rebuild
>easy? How easy is it to get the engine out anyway? If I decide to look
>into
>wrecked cars to steal parts from I'd like a manual transmission (I have an
>auto right now), is it a fairly easy conversion? Also if anyone knows, are
>there any other engines that easily drop in, other Honda's, or Japanese
>cars?
> I've signed up for a CRX list, so if no one knows that one should be
>coming through in a few days, but since I know you and trust your expertise
>I
>thought I'd ask here first.
> If this all works out I intend to change the fuel filter, which is
>pretty
>old, and probably the spark plug wire set, since it seems a little off as
>well. Would changing these first do any good, or should I just wait until
>I
>can get the engine out and open?
>
>TIA
>Patricia
>'59 Bugeye
>'89 CRX
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