Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic

Layspeed · Post by **Layspeed** » February 8th, 2012, 3:29 am

I really like the undercarriage shots! 8)

Bill · Post by **Bill** » February 8th, 2012, 5:09 am

That is just such an awe inspiring assemblage of Honda parts and time and work. Your first drive should make you smile for the better part of a month! :D

steve.ewing@ottawa.ca · February 8th, 2012, 6:53 pm

I'd be afraid to drive it. Pretty sparkly clean.

Oldie · Post by **Oldie** » February 8th, 2012, 7:14 pm

Spotless! 8) :D

islander · Post by **islander** » February 8th, 2012, 7:50 pm

steve.ewing@ottawa.ca wrote:I'd be afraid to drive it. Pretty sparkly clean.

Believe me that goes thru my mind constantly. I will most likely wax most of everything before it sees the road, just to make it easier to clean and a less chance for dirt to stick to anything. I have a few concerns about some of the vaccum lines. The previous owner had blocked off a few of the lines and being that it isn't the original motor, basically I want to make sure everything is hooked up properly. I will take pictures and post them in the proper section.

islander · Post by **islander** » February 12th, 2012, 10:30 pm

FINALLY!!!! My car came to life again today. After many times of trying to figure out the timing, I threw my Haynes manual across the garage and researched this forum again. I am now a firm believer these manuals or only good for hhmmm... learning how to do an oil change

Just goes to show how valuable the knowledge is on this forum and for that I thank all of our members. All that's left to do now is install a brake master and I should be off to the races.

Layspeed · Post by **Layspeed** » February 13th, 2012, 1:48 am

VROOOOMMM! Congrats Jeremy :D :flame

Steph · Post by **Steph** » February 13th, 2012, 1:51 am

That Haynes manual has a lot of haters. I've never actually even seen one, but don't tell Pete that, as we've had a thing going on for ages where he defends it, and I rubbish it.

Congrats Jeremy! :D

islander · Post by **islander** » February 13th, 2012, 1:51 am

Shake and bake :burnout

Bill · Post by **Bill** » February 13th, 2012, 5:45 am

Think of the Haynes manual as the shop manual for the tech that doesn't need the book, just a reference...

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Restoration Islander's First Generation Honda Civic