misledxcracker

Those darned pistons arent no fun :-\ cant c-clamp them, and i couldnt find the special tool for the life of me the only time a "mechanic" works on my soob..... brake jobs

a few months back, i saw an ea81 ragtop... those things ARE sick

the buy it now price is cheaper than two timing belts alone... i'd go for it

00.2 is what my meter shows when both leads are touched together. i'll have to test the TPS itself tomorrow, i couldnt figure out what to set the meter on... and now that i figured it out it's too dark :-\ terminal A and B both look shot, the wire looks "folded" right next to the plug.... like the wire itself might have broke while the insulation didnt... and that black stuff that's supposed to cover up the wiring, right by the plug, is history.

Got it. You learn something new every day I think the wires are toast then, because when I test continuity on the wires, it shows the same stupid "1" that it shows when it's not even being used... meaning NO connection, im assuming.

Thanks daeron! Yeah, this electrical stuff is giving me the heebie-jeebies.... I'd take a head gasket or oil pump over this any day! My meter is cheap. $6 at Harbor Freight cheap It has 200, 2000, 20k, 200k, and 2000k. I appreciate all the help, I'm sure learning stuff about car electricals will help me in the long run

And I'm reading the FSM (I printed the whole thing out from PDF! ) I get confused sometimes... but can the ignition timing have anything to do with this?

okay, i tried checking the sensor, i dont know what it is, my meter wont give me any readings... just sits at 1... maybe the meter's broke? there's 5 different ohm settings... maybe i have the wrong one? and now im getting both code 25 (TPS) and code 31 just came up... speed sensor? i think this car's falling apart on me... :-\

The vacuum modulator on my old DL failed. Replaced it with Fram, failed 3 weeks later. I dont trust them either :-\

That's a beauty! Which interior light do you need?

I see an XT!

Changing the sensor's output wouldnt pass a California emissions test, I can tell you that much... I'm also interested in the instructions on those things... Always been skeptical about that kind of stuff.

I wouldnt trust the stock oil gauge at all. Mine sat at 10 PSI at idle, the aftermarket one (with SS lines) registers 40 PSI.

oops

After staring at my mom's '88 Prelude and my '89 XT6... doesnt look like it would fit... IMO the prelude hood looks smaller...

Yup, the O-ring... ...too early in the morning

The oil pump for my GL coupe (i bought new also) didnt come with those gaskets. it came with the shaft seal (the round one) already installed. all you'll need is the mickey mouse gasket, you only need the shaft seal if you're resealing an old one.

I have no idea why you'd want to put prelude parts on an xt6... i really dont

You'll be alright, that oil pump's a piece of cake

Go 5-lug and call it a day

okay, i suspect the wiring 100% now... i didnt check anything this morning, had to take a 30 mile drive in a pinch... so i just took off. NO CEL, and no erratic idle. idled SMOOTH, even in freeway traffic. I am going to check for continuity on the wires, but.... how in the heck do you check for continuity? what setting do i set the meter on? i have this cheap Harbor Freight digi-multimeter, and I lost the little paper "manual" once i figure that out, i'll post back with results...

i believe a lot of hardware stores carry roll pins, i've gone to Home Depot and they've had them (in a pinch) i just usually save the roll pins from the old axles... they dont need the pins for a core

Looks like I'll be under the hood tomorrow with the meter The TPS at kragen and autozone cost around $300... wow. just, wow. I do notice if I jiggle the wiring, it acts different somewhat... what's the worst case scenario here? if the wiring is, indeed messed up, how hard is it to fix? oh yeah, now the idle's just completely screwed up at 250-400rpm, theres no more time when the car decides to be nice

every time i've had a distributor problem, i always had the Crank Angle Sensor code flashing at me from the ECU. Do you have the ECS light on? then again, if it's carbed... I am stupid, dont listen to me I only know FI.

those things are really cheap, hell, i could mail you two of them