Honda Civic Revival

On monday, the first thing I did was to put the ball joint nuts and made sure they were tight. Also, I had to tighten tthe drive axel nuts and i had to tighten the main subframe bolts to 60foot pounds. On tuesday, I was just putting things on that needed to be attached again. First, I had to put the body mount brackets back on. After, I had to put the AC compressor back on. While I was doing that, Adam put the engine steering rack bolts back in and tight. Second, Adam was going to put the disk breaks back onto the front wheels.  We both did a check to see if we missed anything and noticed that the axel support bracket needed to be tightened.   We checked the power stearing hose and had to add a clamp it because it was not connecting properly. After, I put the alternator bolts in. Wednesday, we had to re attach the clutch slave cylinder. We also had to connect the clutch  cables. when connecting them, we had to make sure they were in the right spot becaus...

The engine has been hooked onto the crane and we are just waiting to get the Civic back onto the lift so that we can start assembling the engine back to the car. Adam changed the oil and the filter in the car. We got the car on the lift, and lowered the car onto the engine.  When putting the bolts on the studs that hold the engine up, Adam realized that one of the bolts was not tightening. We realized that the stud was coming loose and the threads were starting to strip. Mr. Ds took it to a repair shop and they installed helicoil which cleans out the damaged threads and the helicoil is a new thread added in. After we fixed the engine studs, we lifted the car so that we could start attaching things that were on the bottom. The first thing we did was get the axels and connect them to the transmission. After, Adam was going to put the exhaust back on, while i attached  the power steering pump. The second thing we did was to put the subframe back on.  To do this...

The engine is out. The first step is to see what the new engine needs from the old one, and move the parts over. The wiring harness had to be moved over to the new engine and it is very important that the correct plugs were connected into the right spots. It is important because we would not know if there is a plug in the wrong spot until the engine is back in the car and we have done a test run. If there was a miss connected plug, then we would have to take the engine out again and figure out whats wrong. Some hoses had to be removed and transferred over to the new engine. One hose was too long to be connected so we had to cut it and make it the right size. I had to move the power steering pump over. I was careful to make sure i put it on the right way because if you turned it upside down, the bolts and the holes would still line up which made it look like it would still fit. Moving all these parts over, was a slow careful process because there were times where we woul...

During the start of the week, Mr DS said that I had to fix 2 things with the sub frame while Adam was gone. One problem with the sub frame was a bolts threading inside the frame, broke off and therefor I had to cut it. After cutting the bolt, the bottom half was still in the frame. I had to get a metal cutter and cut a little flap that I could bend back to get the piece out. That was where I cut the flap. When the piece was out, we sodded the metal back together. The other problem with the sub frame was that the bolt that held the motor mount together was rusted and seized. Mr DS would use rounded jaw clamp to grab the rubber and hold it to try and keep it from spinning while I used an impact wrench to try and loosen it. After a few tries, he said that we were gonna take it outside and burn the rubber of with a torch. He said that this way we would have a better chance at getting the bolt loose. After he got the bolt loose enough that it would spin a certain amount but ...

Took off the subframe. After taking off the subframe, we have a rolling cart to put under the car so we can role it over to the lift. After getting the car on the lift, it was time to take the engine out. We had to take off the power steering hose to the pump. First, we had to move jack stands under the engine. Second, we had to lower the car so it was just a few centimetres above the jack stands. We then had to find strong points where the jacks would go so the engine did not fall when lifting the car. Finally, I had to take the final 2 bolts off that held the engine in place. 

The first step I did was loosening the 4 main sub frame bolts. The next step was unscrewing  the AC compressor, and moving it out of the way. Adam removed stering rack. Dissembling the sub-frame: The First step, was to take off the steering rack bolts and brackets. The second step, was to disconnect the exhaust flange from the exhaust pipe. The bolts were really rusty so Mr. DS and I had to use a torch so that the bolts would expand and make them easier to come off. The third step, was to take off the power steering hose and brackets.