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Everyone is welcome, but keep the mustangs on the straight and narrow. lol I used to work on the ol' Caddy's. Fun cars. Although the STS-V has that nasty Northstar in it still... cool car tho. I like the CTS-V sedan better, minus the bad superchargers lol
whats up guys. just bought a 2005 TSX for a new daily. 1 owner, low miles and dealer maintenance records, 6 spd. nothing too big planned for it, just get it lower to the ground, a nice exhaust and see what happens from there. id be down to meet up sometime with you guys
whats up guys. just bought a 2005 TSX for a new daily. 1 owner, low miles and dealer maintenance records, 6 spd. nothing too big planned for it, just get it lower to the ground, a nice exhaust and see what happens from there. id be down to meet up sometime with you guys
2005 TSX, 6 spd, Navi. 109k miles. 1 owner, dealer maintaned. I have all records since the car was bought new, all the way down to new wiper blades. i need to buff the headlights, and the car needs a claybar and wax and buff, but other than a couple small door dings its pretty much mint
Doing a valve adjustment this weekend any pointers. I'm a little nervous and anxious to get my baby running right again. I hate the sound it's making at idle right now not as quiet as it used to be.
Doing a valve adjustment this weekend any pointers. I'm a little nervous and anxious to get my baby running right again. I hate the sound it's making at idle right now not as quiet as it used to be.
I'll be doing mine too this weekend, along with seals and gasket. I personally have never done it, but seeing eric the car guy videos really helped me understand more and i feel a bit more comfortable doing it. Best of luck
I also went ahead and purchased the 10mm special valve adjustment tool, not sure if you bought that already...should make it easier
Amazon has iti usually its only 20 bucks. Or you can use a 10mm and a flathead and make sure it dont move when you tighten it lol...but the tool is cheap enough to invest in and it will save you time.
Amazon has iti usually its only 20 bucks. Or you can use a 10mm and a flathead and make sure it dont move when you tighten it lol...but the tool is cheap enough to invest in and it will save you time.
nice hopefully we have one lying around the shop if not imma have to order one for the future and just do it the old fashioned way this time.
I did my valve adjustment this past summer, took me the whole day only bc I had to pull out my SC as well. I'd get a gauge feeler as well with that valve adjustment tool; the specs on the adjustment should be labled under the hood of the car. "Eric the car guy" gave great information on how to do the adjustment, it wasn't hard at all just tedious. Yeah, change your valve gaskets & spark plug gaskets as well while your doing the valve adjustment, kill 2 birds w/ one stone. If you don't have the tool to remove the spark plug gaskets, you gotta try pry them out carefully; you may have to use some force as well too while inserting the new ones. MOST IMPORTANT NOTE, gotta let the car be cold before doing the valve adjustment or it will mess up the valve lash measurement.
I did my valve adjustment this past summer, took me the whole day only bc I had to pull out my SC as well. I'd get a gauge feeler as well with that valve adjustment tool; the specs on the adjustment should be labled under the hood of the car. "Eric the car guy" gave great information on how to do the adjustment, it wasn't hard at all just tedious. Yeah, change your valve gaskets & spark plug gaskets as well while your doing the valve adjustment, kill 2 birds w/ one stone. If you don't have the tool to remove the spark plug gaskets, you gotta try pry them out carefully; you may have to use some force as well too while inserting the new ones. MOST IMPORTANT NOTE, gotta let the car be cold before doing the valve adjustment or it will mess up the valve lash measurement.
I have everything prepared cars sitting in shop tonight. So sheep be cold have all the seals plugs and tools ready purchase the tool on amazon got it at like 8 so pretty happy bout that. Hopefully it will be easy on this one.
Just an update I finished and valve lash is gone 100% thanks midnightcivic for that link it made the job 1000 times easier and an pic of the front head she's still clean at 85,000
Timing belt is easy as hell with the motor out...Quit slacking Travis lol.
Well the motor on my daily... 2000 Accord coupe is still in the car lol Its too late to put the motor in now. Show seasons coming. So no pulling an engine now lol
Well the motor on my daily... 2000 Accord coupe is still in the car lol Its too late to put the motor in now. Show seasons coming. So no pulling an engine now lol
I'm a master mechanic... timing belt job without a lift is a 6 hour job going fast. I don't have 6 hours right now working flip 12 hour shifts all week. ... Im not ripping my dash out right now to redo the harnesses and put new pedals, cluster, ecu, and shifter and cables. plus dropping the subframe to swap it all out. I just spent 4k on headlights and new front bumper so timing belt can wait lol
TxTL, they're thinking about doing a cruise to Roma's Italian restaurant in Lancaster. I'll update more later bc theyre thinking about changing the date.
01-18-2017, 08:53 AM
Doing a valve adjustment this weekend any pointers. I'm a little nervous and anxious to get my baby running right again. I hate the sound it's making at idle right now not as quiet as it used to be.
