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I spent forever thinking up a topic. I would've posted some before this, but I have absolutely no experince when it comes to cars.
'Tis why the 'Noob of the Year' award goes to me:
I bought a 1988 CRX DX 5-speed monday night. I was really stupid, and payed way more than reasonable. I'm absolutely cashed out for the next month or so because of this car. I don't care though, I own a CRX now. (Dances some more)
I'm still not exactly sure what the specs are in the car, I've had a hard problem finding any actual information on the web, this forum has been immensly helpful so far. Many people don't have my newb problems though.
Not only did I pay WAY too much for a project car, I am missing three essential things. [1] Tools [2] Knowledge [3] Boo-kus of monies.
So I pray that someone here helps me out, alot. There is alot of things wrong with this car. I have taken pictures and such, but I won't post them just yet. I need to go through and highlight the things that I have questions about. That's essentially everything.
It would really help if there was a rexxer here in orlando who would take poor me under the wing.
I bought this CRX as a learning tool. All work will be done by myself, and anyone who volunteers to help me in this long journey. Eventually I'll map out a plan to tackle this baby. Just need help figuring the order of priority.
I plan to do a basic tune up [oil change, install missing air filter, new plugs, wires, fuel filter] ASAP, money pending. So with that info, onto the problems! *breaths deep*
Major problems:
There are more minor problems here on my yellow pad with all my notes, but I don't want to bore everyone too soon! I'll post pictures as soon as I can figure out where to hose and how to reply with them. They paints a better picture of the car.
As of right now, I am unaware of any oil leaks, as the oil in the engine right now is dirty. Normally this is a good indication that they're arn't any.
I'm approximating it has about 200k miles on it. The odometer has 179k miles on it, but I don't know how long ago it stopped working or was disconnected.
I think you for reading through this, now hopefully you'll reply
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`Johnathon "The recipient of the noob of the year award"
'Tis why the 'Noob of the Year' award goes to me:
I bought a 1988 CRX DX 5-speed monday night. I was really stupid, and payed way more than reasonable. I'm absolutely cashed out for the next month or so because of this car. I don't care though, I own a CRX now. (Dances some more)
I'm still not exactly sure what the specs are in the car, I've had a hard problem finding any actual information on the web, this forum has been immensly helpful so far. Many people don't have my newb problems though.
Not only did I pay WAY too much for a project car, I am missing three essential things. [1] Tools [2] Knowledge [3] Boo-kus of monies.
So I pray that someone here helps me out, alot. There is alot of things wrong with this car. I have taken pictures and such, but I won't post them just yet. I need to go through and highlight the things that I have questions about. That's essentially everything.
It would really help if there was a rexxer here in orlando who would take poor me under the wing.
I bought this CRX as a learning tool. All work will be done by myself, and anyone who volunteers to help me in this long journey. Eventually I'll map out a plan to tackle this baby. Just need help figuring the order of priority.
I plan to do a basic tune up [oil change, install missing air filter, new plugs, wires, fuel filter] ASAP, money pending. So with that info, onto the problems! *breaths deep*
Major problems:
- Speedo doesn't work. Nor does the odometer. I'm just kinda guessing how fast I'm going based on the tach and traffic. Smart, right?[/*]
- No Center console. No climate control, no radio, no nothing. I see the wires underneath the dash though. Extremem Double negatives![/*]
- My baby idles weird. I'm not sure what CRX's normal idle RPMs are. She idles roughly at 1.5k. Even weirder, sometimes when I put it in neutral to cost to a red light, the revs JUMP to 4.5k, right past the fuel cut-off that had wormed itself at 4.7k. I'm not even sure if there is supposed to be a cut-off. My newbiness has me thinking the ECU may need to be re-mapped[reset?].[/*]
There are more minor problems here on my yellow pad with all my notes, but I don't want to bore everyone too soon! I'll post pictures as soon as I can figure out where to hose and how to reply with them. They paints a better picture of the car.
As of right now, I am unaware of any oil leaks, as the oil in the engine right now is dirty. Normally this is a good indication that they're arn't any.
I'm approximating it has about 200k miles on it. The odometer has 179k miles on it, but I don't know how long ago it stopped working or was disconnected.
I think you for reading through this, now hopefully you'll reply
`Johnathon "The recipient of the noob of the year award"