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Ok so I'm just about sick of working on my 87 Turbo Coupe. I mean I fix one thing and something else goes wrong. Im just tired of every weekend having to fix something on it so I can keep it running as good as it does.
So when I first got it the power windows, locks, wipers, radio, cruise, and power seats didn't work. So I figured out that the ignition switch was bad and replaced it. When I did everything above was fixed and started working great. Well now 3 months later it's starting to do the same thing again. Im sure since it sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t and it’s the same systems failing it’s prob the same thing. But why after 3 months is the same circuit going bad in the same way?
Next is the cooling system, When I first got the car the cooling fans weren't working, I did all the testing and found that it must be the ECT. So I replaced it but it didn’t fix the problem and the fans still didn’t work. Well I did some more research and found that over time there is a coolant line in the lower intake that can get clogged up so I spent a night in the garage pulling and replacing the line. Sure enough it was clogged up with this brown mud like stuff that had the consistentsey of beach sand. I replaced the line, put it all together and BAM the fans kicked on when they were suppose to. Well that lasted a week and then the fans stopped working again. I thought about it and since I had 2 other coolant leaks I decided to spend a little money and replaced all the coolant hoses under the hood. Again when I got to the line under the intake the new line was already clogged up again. Got the car all put back together with no visible leaks and the fans working again. It's been a week now and the fans have stopped working again (guessing clogged line) and Im losing water in the cooling system with no visible leaks. I can smell a faint smell of coolant when I turn on the heater but the smell only last for a second and there is no coolant in my floor board so I don’t know at this point.
When I got the car it had a crazy idle. I cleaned out the IAC but it didn’t seem to help. I checked the volts on the TPS and they seemed to be in spec. So I started checking all the vac lines and found that they were all cracking and just coming apart. So the same weekend I replaced the coolant hoses I replaced all the Vac lines under the hood also and so far that seems to have fixed my idle issue.
Two weeks ago the blower motor for the heater started making a wining noise and over this last week it has gotten so bad that I don’t even want to run the heater for all the noise it makes. Im sure it’s a bearing in the blower motor and it will need replaced. Since Im thinking the heater core is leaking some I guess I might as well replace this part at the same time.
Next to deal with is the snaggle tooth frontend that’s on my car. It was smashed when I got it and if you have seen the car you know that it's just the fiberglass that is busted. But it took me 2 months to find a new nose for it and now that I have it I can't find a decent person to paint it at a fair price.
But even when I get the frontend painted I still can't seem to find a new inner park light cover to replace the busted one I have now. Speaking of light covers, I was cruising down I30 the other day coming home from work. I passed an 18 wheeler and heard a tap on the side of my car as I did. When I got home I noticed that the tap I heard had to be a rock or something off the 18 wheeler that had hit the side of my driver tail light cover and broke part of it off. Now Im looking everywhere for another set of them (looking for a sit since the passenger one has a crack in it) with no luck at this point.
I just don’t know how much more money I want to put in this car. I mean every week Im having to fix something and at this point Im getting sick of it. I have a closet of new parts waiting to go on the car but can't put them on since Im always having to fix something. New wheels, New nose, FMIC, Koni Struts for the front, and a set us air shocks for the rear. Im trying to start my own business and it's really hard when Im having to hemorrhage money from my bank account to keep my baby here running good. Im just getting tired guys, Im really thinking of getting another civic for now. Not to go fast in, but to just have a car I can fix up a little without something always going wrong. The TC is a dependable car and has never let me down. But its taking a lot of work to keep it that way… :-(
So when I first got it the power windows, locks, wipers, radio, cruise, and power seats didn't work. So I figured out that the ignition switch was bad and replaced it. When I did everything above was fixed and started working great. Well now 3 months later it's starting to do the same thing again. Im sure since it sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t and it’s the same systems failing it’s prob the same thing. But why after 3 months is the same circuit going bad in the same way?
Next is the cooling system, When I first got the car the cooling fans weren't working, I did all the testing and found that it must be the ECT. So I replaced it but it didn’t fix the problem and the fans still didn’t work. Well I did some more research and found that over time there is a coolant line in the lower intake that can get clogged up so I spent a night in the garage pulling and replacing the line. Sure enough it was clogged up with this brown mud like stuff that had the consistentsey of beach sand. I replaced the line, put it all together and BAM the fans kicked on when they were suppose to. Well that lasted a week and then the fans stopped working again. I thought about it and since I had 2 other coolant leaks I decided to spend a little money and replaced all the coolant hoses under the hood. Again when I got to the line under the intake the new line was already clogged up again. Got the car all put back together with no visible leaks and the fans working again. It's been a week now and the fans have stopped working again (guessing clogged line) and Im losing water in the cooling system with no visible leaks. I can smell a faint smell of coolant when I turn on the heater but the smell only last for a second and there is no coolant in my floor board so I don’t know at this point.
When I got the car it had a crazy idle. I cleaned out the IAC but it didn’t seem to help. I checked the volts on the TPS and they seemed to be in spec. So I started checking all the vac lines and found that they were all cracking and just coming apart. So the same weekend I replaced the coolant hoses I replaced all the Vac lines under the hood also and so far that seems to have fixed my idle issue.
Two weeks ago the blower motor for the heater started making a wining noise and over this last week it has gotten so bad that I don’t even want to run the heater for all the noise it makes. Im sure it’s a bearing in the blower motor and it will need replaced. Since Im thinking the heater core is leaking some I guess I might as well replace this part at the same time.
Next to deal with is the snaggle tooth frontend that’s on my car. It was smashed when I got it and if you have seen the car you know that it's just the fiberglass that is busted. But it took me 2 months to find a new nose for it and now that I have it I can't find a decent person to paint it at a fair price.
But even when I get the frontend painted I still can't seem to find a new inner park light cover to replace the busted one I have now. Speaking of light covers, I was cruising down I30 the other day coming home from work. I passed an 18 wheeler and heard a tap on the side of my car as I did. When I got home I noticed that the tap I heard had to be a rock or something off the 18 wheeler that had hit the side of my driver tail light cover and broke part of it off. Now Im looking everywhere for another set of them (looking for a sit since the passenger one has a crack in it) with no luck at this point.
I just don’t know how much more money I want to put in this car. I mean every week Im having to fix something and at this point Im getting sick of it. I have a closet of new parts waiting to go on the car but can't put them on since Im always having to fix something. New wheels, New nose, FMIC, Koni Struts for the front, and a set us air shocks for the rear. Im trying to start my own business and it's really hard when Im having to hemorrhage money from my bank account to keep my baby here running good. Im just getting tired guys, Im really thinking of getting another civic for now. Not to go fast in, but to just have a car I can fix up a little without something always going wrong. The TC is a dependable car and has never let me down. But its taking a lot of work to keep it that way… :-(
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