93hatchcx

bumpidy bump bump bump...

93hatchcx

ttt

bbarbulo

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just get a manual and start servicing your own car. Take isht apart for no reason, clean it, put new gaskets on it, and call it a day Adjust your valve lash... change your fuel filter, change your accessory belts.

93hatchcx

seems hard.... ya where can i get good manuals?

bbarbulo

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you don't need good manuals unless you are doing engine internals. Chilton and Haynes do it for me. I don't touch engine internals of course other than specs like cyl press, crankshaft endplay, valve lash, etc.

I once took like a year off from modding and playing with cars, and it came to installing my H&R coilovers, and I was like a 15 year old kid with a hard on -- I didn't know where to start. I had done my susp many times previously, but I was just outta practice. I looked around, there was my car, my tools, my parts. I was thinking to myself... WTF is wrong w/ me, I been here for 10 minutes, parts should be flying left and right at this point. I was just intimidated to pick up a wrench again. I forced myself to get started, and it was like riding a bike. Since that time, it's been non-stop. I've been working on my mini-fleet of vehicles constantly since then.

bbarbulo

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Side note - Chilton manual for 96-00 Civic has the wrong valve lash specs...supposed to be 0.20 mm intake, 0.25 mm exhaust side. Spark plug gap is 1-1.1mm