My sister criticizes everything about me.
It is one of the things that Mom loves about her.
My sister convinced our sister-in-law to sell me the car for $250 years ago.
I wouldn't feel right turning a profit on family, although arguably, I should have lowered the price.
I finally went back and tried to remove the coolant jacket drain plug, but I was limited by my ability to hang from a 1/2" wrench with one hand.
I weigh 235 pounds and I was lifting myself off the ground. I didn't think I could fit a breaker bar in there.
I sprayed PB Blaster on it and then finally tried to figure out why Mom's new refrigerator is peeing the floor.
I had just fixed the water dispenser in the old one when she had it hauled off!
I saw a client and bought crowfoot wrenches for my serpentine belt removal tool, but they didn't have 19mm, so I exchanged it for a ratcheting wrench.
I wanted a long wrench, but I could not just buy one.
The normal wrench was cheaper and longer, but I figured I would still need to double-wrench, so I bought the ratcheting one.
It required PB Blaster, two wrenches, and a surprising amount of force, but I broke it loose, and after a great deal of ratcheting I loosened it as far as I could.
I couldn't fit my hand past the intake and I couldn't move the intake enough, so I climbed under to remove the bolt, and all of the contaminated water in the coolant jacket dumped on me.
I wanted to have a professional look at my head today, but I will need to do that tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Xist
It says to reinstall the oil filter, but we are still removing stuff!
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I am moving that step!
I guess that I am here:
59.Remove the intake studs with two nuts and a socket wrench. Remove the dowel pins, intake and exhaust gaskets and clean the cylinders, intake, and exhaust mating surfaces with brake cleaner and a Scotchbright pad.
61.Clean out this EGR passage with throttle plate cleaner and a flathead screwdriver.
62.Clean the radiator hose connections inside and out with a Scotchbright pad.
63.Vacuum all that debris.
64.Clean the bore on the tube with the o-ring that goes across the back of the engine block to the back of the water pump with a Scotchbright pad and put silicone paste on the o-ring.
I am going to look for my gauges. I don't feel like cleaning an engine that may be bad, the gallon of brake cleaner won't be here for two days, and my latest can of brake cleaner is clogged again.
[I ended up spending all evening writing this]
The lower timing cover is broken. Only one bolt hole is still intact at all. I want to do this right, but the soonest I could get a replacement was two weeks, and I don't want to wait that long!
I am checking again. Oh boy! I am checking again!
I looked at twelve dealerships, including Majestic. The cheapest was $21.28, the most expensive was $26.24, the cheapest shipping was $5.86, the most expensive was $33.05, the cheapest total was $29.95, the most expensive was $62.06, the fastest was 6 days, and the slowest was 16.
I looked at 16 eBay listings for OEM parts. The cheapest was $25, the most expensive was $72.39, 13 offered free shipping, the most expensive shipping was $39.99, the cheapest total was $26.95, the most expensive was $82.98, the fastest was 6 days, and the slowest was 9.
One place is selling a Honda cover through Walmart for $27.78 with free shipping. It is supposed to be here in 14 days.
I looked at 20 aftermarket ones on Amazon. The cheapest was $26.95, the most expensive was $26.24, the cheapest shipping was $5.86, the most expensive was $33.05, the cheapest total was $29.95, the most expensive was $62.06, the fastest was 8 days, and the slowest was 15.
RockAuto has it for $24.79, plus $9.99 shipping, and $2.94 in tax.
It would supposedly be here in 3 days.
The machine shop was supposed to machine the head in 2 days years ago.
If I dropped off the head the first thing tomorrow and they had it back to me in 48 hours I could start putting the car back together on Friday.
I could save $8 by ordering a Honda cover through eBay, but it wouldn’t be here until Monday, and I wouldn’t be able to start reassembling until then.
Without paying extra, the cheaper of the two dealerships that should get it here by Monday would charge $41.30.
How many bolt holes does it really need?!
I entered a 5% off coupon into the "How did you hear about us?" box and saved $1.24.
This is the only thread that I can find about replacing the head gasket in Chorizo:
Would you resurface your own cylinder head?
I commented that the local machine shop charged $85 to mill .003" off that head--and I need to park in front of the "Office" sign.
I also acted like that head was heavy.
I carried the 1.7L head up the driveway and into the garage. I hurried because I didn't want it dripping all over the concrete, but I didn't think it was that bad.
I had looked for those heater core screws that I lost, but didn't see them on a diagram. I figured that I needed to talk to a human about 50¢ screws, but in that thread I shared a picture of the diagram, and I figured that if I searched for the heater core cover I could find the screws.
I did, but the diagram was for the heater core assembly, so I should have been able to find it earlier. Honda 90122-SR3-003Screw, Tapping (5X12)