I did not know that I could do this, and as a result, ripped the timing belt and spent an additional half-day having to uncouple the front engine mount, loosening the alternator, pulling off the belts, pulling off the crankcase pulley, removing the lower timing belt cover, and so on and so on. Because the engine would be in pieces, and because of the expense and effort invested already, I agreed to have the water pump, timing belt, and head gasket replaced. Also, run a yellow wire from the No. I guess that I'm just a little nervous about actually doing the swap. Many Civic owners used the door mounted belts just as they would pillar mounted belts, buckling and unbuckling as necessary. You will need engine mounts, wiring harness and other little parts that will give you a major headache. Originally posted by blisk im confused with my 89 civic hatchback and it doesnt say if it is a Si or Dx or either of the others How can I find out? I managed to get the engine tuned up and clean while I had it out, I then did a compression test and I found that the 2 cyl had only 125 psi.
Even the top of the piston was scrubbed clean. Then run a light blue wire from the connector to the No. Additional options were air conditioning and fog lights, as well as the different Honda Genuine Accessory alloy wheels. While this setup did satisfy the federal regulations, the front doors had to be opened very wide to allow access between the belt and the seat. Just concentrate on making the Distribuitor fit.
The donor car is a 1991 Acura Integra with the B18A Non Vtec. Call the local parts supply places for expertise. Again I got all the info on the wiring, to make things simple, the 7 cables on the distribuitor go as follows. The breaker bars annoy me. You know, first time jitters and all lol. He loved it until the insurance carriers tried to reclassify it as a sports car about three or four years in. The engine fitted was the 16-valve with 4-point injection and output of 108 hp 81 kW.
If u get the relay I am going to give the pin outs since the relays are not too explained. The difference, though, is that if I am going to the trouble of taking the head off of the car, I will also be doing the water pump and timing belt at the same time as they also have not been tended to in many many years. If you feel anything, you might as well stop right there. This instructable is now officially useless to you. They just squirt fuel into the common manifold plenum as required and whichever cylinder was on the intake stroke got gas. This engine was made for good gas mileage and reliability which it excels at. But there was more to come, and in late 1989 the new top model of the hatchback was the new SiR, fitted with the 1.
Lift the head easy, for me, at least. Hope I helped on a lot of ur questions and if u still have doubts, feel free to email me xtremevtec90 hotmail. So, I went into the engine bay prepared for the worst. The new injectors on the multi-point engines are low-impedance units. Time to start the wiring. Taking larger gauge yellow wire with black stripe from the existing connector located in the engines harness on the left-hand shock tower, does this. A way to identify it is because it comes with a 4 speed tranny.
The new engine has four. Plan on spending the time to do it correctly. There is an adapter required for certain models. I set them aside near the fuse box. The wagon, known in Japan as the Civic Shuttle, continued to be built until 1996. .
Their help may be invaluable. I guess you could just say I would gladly appreciate any pointers, insights and help y'all can offer. I will give him that. The harness is constructed with quality mil-spec, oem colored wire and finished with a nice clean looking mil-spec nylon sleeving for protection. I bought a new 1990 with a four speed on April Fools Day of that year. I've since learned that it if you've been taking care of your engine, it should look like clean motor oil. Please make sure to select your model.
Heat it up and it will expand. Lift out the manifold and set aside. Now, being careful to use the same color wires on the other side of the connector, make the final cylinder sensor connections inside the car. Welcome to the modern world of multi-point electronic fuel injection. My biggest concern was finding out if the tranny would work. Good luck getting the asking price. Just 2 legs are able to hold down the dizzy.
My mechanic told me that the pistons needed new rings. Theres a ugy in honda-tech. It ain't pretty but it gets almost 40mpg on a good day. The car has always been in a garage, never been in snow and only in rain twice! That being said, I squeezed my fat butt in the back of one of these for a trip, from St Louis, to Bismarck, S. In other markets, more powerful D16A7 and D16A9 engines were used instead, which made 122 hp 91 kW and 132 hp 98 kW respectively.