I'm very glad I still have my parts car. It has been very generous with parts that I need to put mine back together with proper Honda parts.
The red battery cable is 4 ft long and spliced with a black ground wire that is about 2 ft long and grounds in 2 separate places.
No wonder I couldn't figure out where it was supposed to go. It's certainly not meant for a 1stgenCivic.
The parts car supplied me with 2 "normal" cables in decent condition. Problem solved.
I still can't believe how butchered some of my wires were.
Got some more done today as the weather warmed up nicely.
I installed my very first oil seal. Replaced both drive axles.
Hopefully, tomorrow, when I look under the car, no more oil leak.
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The most common leak at that point is that a gasket for the distributor housing was used for the early 75 CVCC engine. It is almost right, but causes a leak at the bottom of the housing. The part number is close and a lot of parts books show it as the correct gasket, but it just is not right. If you can't get the right one, cut one from some card stock and use that, I have done it many times.
Clean off the area and check it close first though, better to make sure than to start chasing it with parts. make sure that the tube into the head is tight and that it was installed with sealer...
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
username wrote:The most common leak at that point is that a gasket for the distributor housing was used for the early 75 CVCC engine. It is almost right, but causes a leak at the bottom of the housing. The part number is close and a lot of parts books show it as the correct gasket, but it just is not right. If you can't get the right one, cut one from some card stock and use that, I have done it many times.
Clean off the area and check it close first though, better to make sure than to start chasing it with parts. make sure that the tube into the head is tight and that it was installed with sealer...
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
=Bill
Thanks, Bill - here's another pic that seems to confirm your diagnosis. Does this confirm it's the distributor housing?
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Yeppers, looks like that is the wrong gasket. You don't want the one that ends with the -000 that is the early one. The later one is a -010 or later number. Or you can make one yourself, there are tricks to make your own in the tips and tricks section. I have made some in the middle of parking lots, hundreds of miles from home, they work fine.
I had to trim my carburetor gaskets up so they didn't cut off flow, or stick out over the outside edges and look ugly. By the time I'd finished, I might as well have made them myself!
