just bought my first honda!
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Joined: Jan 2010
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From: sunny fl
just bought my first honda!
and its about to die.
Its an '87 accord sedan LX. automatic. almost everything is original( yup dry rotted all over under the hood- hoses etc) please forgive me I know next to nothing about cars but Im trying to get into this and get the car going well ( kids gotta get to and from school!) I picked it up real cheap $450- i'm hoping i didnt get ripped off. It does run- it is real hard to start most of the time and will stall out on idle all over. which is great at a red light. I know the hot air hose is completely detatched from the carb and at least a couple screws are missing from the lid of the carb as well- inside is a filthy filter that looks like it doesnt fit properly at all- it shifts a little hard too---have i come to the right place?
Its an '87 accord sedan LX. automatic. almost everything is original( yup dry rotted all over under the hood- hoses etc) please forgive me I know next to nothing about cars but Im trying to get into this and get the car going well ( kids gotta get to and from school!) I picked it up real cheap $450- i'm hoping i didnt get ripped off. It does run- it is real hard to start most of the time and will stall out on idle all over. which is great at a red light. I know the hot air hose is completely detatched from the carb and at least a couple screws are missing from the lid of the carb as well- inside is a filthy filter that looks like it doesnt fit properly at all- it shifts a little hard too---have i come to the right place?
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Welcome!
Yeah, you're at the right place for help like that. I'll leave this post here as a "welcome-introduction" but post your questions in the "general tech" section. Look out for a grey-beard guy who calls himself HondaDude - this'll give him flashbacks to when your car was new...
You want to be the mechanic? Or do you want to be able to talk intelligently when you take it to a shop? That'll help us decide how to answer your questions.
If you do it yourself, it'll probably be a process of replacing all the ratty hoses & stuff. Maybe there won't be ONE SINGLE thing that suddenly makes it all work nice, but more likely a combination of 100 little things.
Get the general tune-up stuff up to date.
Get an air filter; get new spark plugs (unless you know they're already new).
Some night when the car's completely cold; open the hood, start it, and turn off all the lights. Look for the distributor cap & sparkplug wires for arcing, like a dull blue glow. If so, then get new plug wires, distributor cap, whichever is arcing.
Yeah, you're at the right place for help like that. I'll leave this post here as a "welcome-introduction" but post your questions in the "general tech" section. Look out for a grey-beard guy who calls himself HondaDude - this'll give him flashbacks to when your car was new...
You want to be the mechanic? Or do you want to be able to talk intelligently when you take it to a shop? That'll help us decide how to answer your questions.
If you do it yourself, it'll probably be a process of replacing all the ratty hoses & stuff. Maybe there won't be ONE SINGLE thing that suddenly makes it all work nice, but more likely a combination of 100 little things.
Get the general tune-up stuff up to date.
Get an air filter; get new spark plugs (unless you know they're already new).
Some night when the car's completely cold; open the hood, start it, and turn off all the lights. Look for the distributor cap & sparkplug wires for arcing, like a dull blue glow. If so, then get new plug wires, distributor cap, whichever is arcing.
Last edited by JimBlake; Jan 6, 2010 at 09:07 AM.
Hi New Member
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 10
From: sunny fl
Thanks!
thats for the greetings guys! I do plan of trying to do some of the simplier fixes/ maintenance stuff myself ( maybe its just me, but I always feel like the wool is being pulled over my eyes at a repair shop) being a novice though I know there are gonna be things I just cant tackle and will need a pro- so I'll need to know or at least sound like I know what I'm talking about..I'll post my q's in the general tech. Thanks again!
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