DaInFaMMuS1

You are smart enough to do this, even if you weren't I made a guide on what you need to do it! Its stickied at the top of the forum

SupraManAG

nothing to do with wits
its just take 10 years of waiting around. bumpers take that shape

97BlackAckCL

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asianspec

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So Chris, whats the update?

tired of seeing the same videos.

DaInFaMMuS1

That makes 2 of us lol. Car is in PA still, and I'm in FL. It's actually pretty much finished, I just need the time and money to bring it down. I've been making vids with my DD in the meantime to keep me busy lol.

SupraManAG

:ghey:

97BlackAckCL

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:gheylaugh:

asianspec

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damn man, is it running? i can get a quote for you already for shipping if you want.

DaInFaMMuS1

I already got a shipping quote and whatnot, I just need to come up with the cash for it lol. The car runs, brake booster fixed, seized front caliper replaced. Needs to be tuned.

SupraManAG

Still :ghey:

DaInFaMMuS1

So I posted this pic on FB:


And my friend whom I used to live with and went to tech school with left a pretty nice comment which brought back memories of driving around w/him



I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so I did both LOL. I want my car back!

97BlackAckCL

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I was hoping you posted this on here

Catfisha

Awwwww.....her name's Claudia. Is that a different Chris?

asianspec

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There are 3 Chris's active in the 1st gen forum. lol

DaInFaMMuS1

Lol yea it was too good not to share

Yes, my CL's name is Claudia. My M3's name is Candice Marie. I see no problem with naming my cars, theyre practically part of the family.

starboy2nv

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Chris i dont see you on my FB any more... Kay Gee... I named my car "The Butch" lol

DaInFaMMuS1

Lol you talking about me on FB?

Daily reminder on the fridge to keep at finishing the CL


Also got this thing recently, a whole new level of fun lol.

SupraManAG

Is there something in the works? When is your eta?

SupraManAG

Miss the good ol days. You need to move back...Kumars no fun

97BlackAckCL

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Nice Ninja bro

starboy2nv

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sorry to disappoint lol

97BlackAckCL

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Get with it Kumar

DaInFaMMuS1

I wonder if Kumar will ever finish his car lol. Arber what's the deal with yours? Almost done? This thread always brings back some memories and emotions lol, finally got some motion in my plan for my own

SupraManAG

Soon

DaInFaMMuS1

What do you have left to do? Shoot me a text brother

97BlackAckCL

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DaInFaMMuS1

Sooooo...Operation: Get Claudia was literally a long, arduous journey but she has officially been rescued!

For the past month my G/F has sent certified mail, emails, and phonecalls to this shop to let them know the car was being picked up since they were avoiding me. Eventually they caved, but gave me some outrageous bill for all the combined work and machine shop costs, etc . I was not having that, so eventually I agreed to pay for the machine shop work and whatever other parts were necessary to get the car back together to be operable to transport and not pay any labor or storage fees since after all it's their fault the damn car was there so long.

When I arrived, this is what I saw.







You'd think they'd clean the damn car for 6k in repairs right? Wrong. Basically it was a dirty hackjob to get the car running to go on and off the truck. Turned the car on, its idling like shit and I'm told that they never seated the piston rings so they're sticking, so they need to add oil and whatnot, run the car and check compression to make sure cylinders 1 and 2 come back to life, which makes me IRATE. But the process does seem to be working so whatever, she's coming home. Pay my bill, get the car loaded up on the truck and send her home

Back home where she belongs




I've still got a long way to go as the car is filthy, not running completely right and has some hacking I need to undo, but at least the process is started!

Gnate

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Woohoo!! Good luck

97BlackAckCL

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Glad to see you got her back finally bro

97BlackAckCL

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It's stories like this that discourage me from doing a swap or letting a shop take possession of my car

jumpmanbsktbll

So what exactly was done and what isnt done that you have to finish? Did you drop all this cash for nothing? Wasted time too?

DaInFaMMuS1

Don't let this discourage you, it happened to me because I never did my research before handing my car over. Had I did my research I'd have known that although the owner knew Hondas, he never had the time, manpower or equipment to complete what I wanted in a timely fashion. Lesson learned. It also helps that I'm now knowledgeable enough to do my own work from now on.

Thanks!

The cams and valvetrain were never installed, and the bottom end was never ran consistently to seat the rings. I have to clean her up inside and out, redo/reroute some wiring since they messed up my wire tuck, install some missing nuts and bolts, fix the sticking ring issue, and get her tuned. Then I can get her registered and insured and on to phase 2, making it race car worthy.

SupraManAG

cant wait...

97BlackAckCL

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because race car...

DaInFaMMuS1

Been spending most of my time here trying to figure out this combustion issue. Cyl's 3 & 4 have combustion but 1 & 2 dont. Compression has come all the way back up in 2 and almost all the way on 1 but still nothing



1 and 2 look like this even after running the car.


3 and 4 look like this.

Got a spark tester to try to see if the cap, wires, or distributor are at fault or if I have a bigger issue.

SupraManAG

Ground the 1st and 2nd plug while leaving 3and 4 unplugged. Dont shock yourself. It has to be electrical. Your plugs look too clean to run lean. Im sure its not serious.

DaInFaMMuS1

Yesterday was eventful, while testing for spark, I killed the starter lol . Picked up a new starter, cap and rotor. Put the new starter in, it cranks a few times and then no more. Test voltage at the battery with my meter, 10.1v and dropping Killed my Optima Yellow Top. Tried charging it overnight with a battery jump box but the crank is still too slow, so I'm gonna get a new battery today.

While I waited, I took the distributor apart to inspect for my spark issue, found some interesting results.

Old vs New rotor


That old rotor was horrendous , and the cap lead points weren't the best either. Installed a new cap and rotor and reassembled the rest of the car to wait for a battery, hopefully this solves my issue and I can have her running so that I can concentrate on putting my M3 back together

97BlackAckCL

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Hope that was all it was man, definitely glad to see you have your hands back on the car. What are you doing with the M3?

732xghost

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I had no idea you were having issues with the shop? why were they avoiding you?

SupraManAG

Shops in general suck. Good ones are hard to come by. Most people I know go there and work on their car themselves. They practically live there. My shop did a shitty job. I entrusted the head guy with my car, he has been working on it for nearly 8 years now. One day he decided not to work on cars anymore. Just a shit show. As Chris said. In the end we know so much more that we can just do the whole thing ourselves... finding the time is a totally diff story