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There just standard b series hoses and B series shafts for a vt crx
Honda CRX EF7
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So now the brake is finally sorted i got a bit of a leak, well i large one. Turns out one of the radiator hoses had a ridiculous split in and was pissing water out everywhere. Got that sorted and now everything seems to be running fine!
I got some speakers that im going to put into the rear interior loads of good reviews and not very expensive!
My dials where in kmh and bill kindly supplied a mph insert so we set about taking the clocks out
This dial is a completely different shape to the one bill gave me
We had to a carry out a small bit of custom engineering to make it fit
Then it was all fit snug
My plan is to get some s2000 dials somewhere down the line so im not to fussed anyway.
I also recently bought a karcher wet and dry so set about giving the interior a very good clean out. The pictures dont really do it justice but its 100x better
Here is what the inside of my karcher looked like
Then i set about giving her a good wash!
This is the mouldy side of the paintwork as seen previously giving it a jet wash got rid of all the scabby parts you cant still tell the lacquer has peeled but it looks so much better now
I got some speakers that im going to put into the rear interior loads of good reviews and not very expensive!
My dials where in kmh and bill kindly supplied a mph insert so we set about taking the clocks out
This dial is a completely different shape to the one bill gave me
We had to a carry out a small bit of custom engineering to make it fit
Then it was all fit snug
My plan is to get some s2000 dials somewhere down the line so im not to fussed anyway.
I also recently bought a karcher wet and dry so set about giving the interior a very good clean out. The pictures dont really do it justice but its 100x better
Here is what the inside of my karcher looked like
Then i set about giving her a good wash!
This is the mouldy side of the paintwork as seen previously giving it a jet wash got rid of all the scabby parts you cant still tell the lacquer has peeled but it looks so much better now
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So been doing some jobs on the little CRX first was to fix the awful oil leak i had, which turned out to be the shaft seal on the gearbox. Me and my dad kept topping it up but i kept popping out of 5th after so long.
Anyway i took it to blanch how kindly replaced it for me and put more or less 2 litres of gearbox oil in, so it had leaked quite a bit! It hasnt jumped out of 5th since though so fingers crossed thats what it was.
Blanch also let me know the upper arm right bushing on the drivers said is worn so im considering buying some skunk 2 classic series front camber arms. Does any one have any experience with these?
I also had three engine light codes, no vtec and a bouncing rev counter.
Next up was a trip to see Billb who kindly plugged the vtec sub harness in for me and removed my engine codes. It may be worth pointing out at this time that the CRX had been to a garage who did work on the vtec solenoid apparently and my two codes where vtec solenoid related...
I had also purchased a new dizzy cap and rotor to try fix the jumping revs issue as the cap was cracked and only had one screw, bill went to remove the dizzy which was bolted in with one bolt which he removed using his hand... again the garage had repaired the dizzy with a new ignitor...
We replaced the cap and rotor and put some new bolts in and now its running sweet as a nut!
I also got my self some alpine speakers for the back to try and drain the walbro fuel pump noise
Next up bill gave me the spare wheel well cover so i set about putting the carpet in that i bought previously. I was going to use wood but this worked out as a much better option.
First off i cut it to fit round my ghetto battery box
This is wedged fairly tight, the wood use to jump when you went over a bump.
Layed the carpet out and cut it into a smaller square to fit straight into the car, pretty good piece of carpet for the money.
I didnt take many photos but i basically took the plastics out and layed it down cut it roughly to size placed the plastics back on and had this
I then trimmed the carpet to give it a flush fit ending up with this
I'm quite pleased with it and hopefully it might drown some of the walbro fuel pump noise out.
Next up on the list of tasks is, track rod ends and camber arms, either bushs or full new replacement. After this ill be looking to get some decent tyres.
Anyway i took it to blanch how kindly replaced it for me and put more or less 2 litres of gearbox oil in, so it had leaked quite a bit! It hasnt jumped out of 5th since though so fingers crossed thats what it was.
Blanch also let me know the upper arm right bushing on the drivers said is worn so im considering buying some skunk 2 classic series front camber arms. Does any one have any experience with these?
I also had three engine light codes, no vtec and a bouncing rev counter.
Next up was a trip to see Billb who kindly plugged the vtec sub harness in for me and removed my engine codes. It may be worth pointing out at this time that the CRX had been to a garage who did work on the vtec solenoid apparently and my two codes where vtec solenoid related...
I had also purchased a new dizzy cap and rotor to try fix the jumping revs issue as the cap was cracked and only had one screw, bill went to remove the dizzy which was bolted in with one bolt which he removed using his hand... again the garage had repaired the dizzy with a new ignitor...
We replaced the cap and rotor and put some new bolts in and now its running sweet as a nut!
I also got my self some alpine speakers for the back to try and drain the walbro fuel pump noise
Next up bill gave me the spare wheel well cover so i set about putting the carpet in that i bought previously. I was going to use wood but this worked out as a much better option.
First off i cut it to fit round my ghetto battery box
This is wedged fairly tight, the wood use to jump when you went over a bump.
Layed the carpet out and cut it into a smaller square to fit straight into the car, pretty good piece of carpet for the money.
I didnt take many photos but i basically took the plastics out and layed it down cut it roughly to size placed the plastics back on and had this
I then trimmed the carpet to give it a flush fit ending up with this
I'm quite pleased with it and hopefully it might drown some of the walbro fuel pump noise out.
Next up on the list of tasks is, track rod ends and camber arms, either bushs or full new replacement. After this ill be looking to get some decent tyres.
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Thanks man just plodding through the little tasks i can at the minute, going to get a carbon fibre battery box i think
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Nothing exciting has really happened, I have replaced the monster truck tyres with some proper ones! The front lip is now even more battered than ever from my trip to mimms. Some people did get some nice photos though.
I have written a list of things i want so just waiting for payday. First purchase on the list is an NRG short hub, NRG snap off steering wheel and NRG snap off lock!
I have written a list of things i want so just waiting for payday. First purchase on the list is an NRG short hub, NRG snap off steering wheel and NRG snap off lock!
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Thanks man still a long way to go yet
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Did a really boring job today and changed the fog light switch almost looks OEM
Much better than the older yellow thing that was fitted you can just see here
Much better than the older yellow thing that was fitted you can just see here
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Nice crx buddy, seen one like this in Newcastle the other day and I couldn't take my eyes off it, owner probably thought who's this tw*t haha
Was probably me lol i work in newcastle
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Couple of cheeky little updates.
Picked up my fibreglass bonnet from Billb's! Needs trimming down etc still. This wont be done for a while when it gets painted. hopefully getting some wide front arches in FG to match when it goes K.
Got my self an NRG slim boss and NRG snap off kit.
Also bought quite a few bits of Nick headlights, mats,dash mat, sidelight etc
Got some new bulbs for the new headlights, was sick of having the JDM lights as i didnt have proper H4H bulbs fitted
Also ordered all new ball joints for the suspension overhaul went with delphi after billbs recommendations.
Next up i collected the replacement rear glass off billb for my car. Got the window man to come out and fit it. He removed the old glass went to put the new one in and it turned out it was the wrong glass. I probably should have checked before but you win some you lose some.
So i was left with a window like this
Lots of searching and i finally found a window down in doncaster i set off straight from work in newcastle to see Dral a member of crx uk to collect my new glass! The next day i had this
It makes the side of the car look so much cleaner! Still needs painting but Aaran will be sorting that!
Old drivers mat on the left new on the right not much difference on the photo but the old one had a hole in it
And today my mudguards arrived!
Still so much to do. I also took delivery of some MG ZS rear calipers. I still need to get the disks and pads. Also need to buy some Accord type r front calipers and new disks and pads and wait for my polybush kit to turn up from H tune along with my traction bar, rear camber arms and front upper camber arms.
Getting there slowly
Picked up my fibreglass bonnet from Billb's! Needs trimming down etc still. This wont be done for a while when it gets painted. hopefully getting some wide front arches in FG to match when it goes K.
Got my self an NRG slim boss and NRG snap off kit.
Also bought quite a few bits of Nick headlights, mats,dash mat, sidelight etc
Got some new bulbs for the new headlights, was sick of having the JDM lights as i didnt have proper H4H bulbs fitted
Also ordered all new ball joints for the suspension overhaul went with delphi after billbs recommendations.
Next up i collected the replacement rear glass off billb for my car. Got the window man to come out and fit it. He removed the old glass went to put the new one in and it turned out it was the wrong glass. I probably should have checked before but you win some you lose some.
So i was left with a window like this
Lots of searching and i finally found a window down in doncaster i set off straight from work in newcastle to see Dral a member of crx uk to collect my new glass! The next day i had this
It makes the side of the car look so much cleaner! Still needs painting but Aaran will be sorting that!
Old drivers mat on the left new on the right not much difference on the photo but the old one had a hole in it
And today my mudguards arrived!
Still so much to do. I also took delivery of some MG ZS rear calipers. I still need to get the disks and pads. Also need to buy some Accord type r front calipers and new disks and pads and wait for my polybush kit to turn up from H tune along with my traction bar, rear camber arms and front upper camber arms.
Getting there slowly