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    ToolManTimToolManTim
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      Basics first: ’01 Honda Civic, 4D, LX model,1.7L. Roughly 135k miles. Regularly maintained, short of the 300$+ things. (not a good enough job to afford it)

      Got it completely paid off, and (after a year of waiting…. long story) finaly signed over into my name completly. But had to take it through local emmissions before the paperwork was able to be completed, and came up with a few codes. Top amongst those was the P0740, and a few others due to overheating. Got the oil changed (had been working odd hours for several months straight that prevented me from getting that taken care of, either on my own or just going to a shop) and it ended up clearing the codes. A few months later I start getting idling problems when coming to a stop, feeling like it was misfiring. Checked and replaced plugs (the old ones were considerably old, but no signs of other problems), and ultimately had to replace my ELD. Fixed that problem, but the P0740 TCC code came back a few weeks or so later. Now, I have to admit, I did a rather abnormal thing for me, and ‘let it slide’ thinking it was just an intermitant problem/false read (i don’t remember why). -edit- Durring this time I had also taken it to a friends dad who is a mechanice, and it was pointed out I had a rather low idle speed. about half what he thought it should be for the type of car. (it usualy sits around 1.5krpm or so)

      FF to a few more months after, and my car just dies on me. It still ran, everything was on, even the engine. But it simply got no power to the wheels.Ran like it was in neutral no matter what gear it was in. Had it hauled off to a local Transmission specialist shop, and let them look at it, atleast as much as they could without pulling it out. And I’m told that the Torque Converter is pretty much gone. It had “blown up inside and spewed it’s guts out, and ended up clogging the filter”, as they so colorfully put it. They were nice and let me leave it there for nearly a month while I tried to scrape together the 1.5-3K to fix it (and they didn’t charge, even for the tow to their shop). Now, I have it back in my driveway, front wheels off, ready to try and tackle this myself (amongst a few smaller maintenence/repair issues I was needing to do… brake system and possible front suspension overhaul/upgrades).

      I do have just about all the needed tools for the job (hence the name ^^. And my name doesn’t end in Taylor 😛 ), minus some of the more expensive ones and a hoist or stand. Plus maunals and diagrams galore. But I’m looking for some more experienced input. So any advice, guides, help, etc. would be great.

      Also, due to its age (and I’ve been reading how this particular year/model’s trans has an issue of dieing around 150k.. I do deliveries, so I’d guess it just sped up the process), I’m looking into possibly doing a rebuild on it as well. I watched your video on the gear/clutch replacement, ETCG, and was wondering if you could possibly elaborate on the whole process a bit.

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      dreamer2355dreamer2355
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        Get well soon.

        Im recovering from back surgery myself too. Dont over do it.

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        ToolManTimToolManTim
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          Small update.. I’m finally back to work on this thing! Weather’s being more accommodating lately. ^^ Got the problematic axle nuts off. Had one that was so stuck on that I was literally bouncing on the end of my breaker bar! O_O And got the axles out (damn, they weigh more than I gave them credit for!). Looking like I’m going to have to remove a good chunk from underneath, in order to drop the trans. And I noticed some leaking, so a rebuild may be in order after all 🙁 . And I when trying to start it up to see how things were cranking (and in an attempt to get the more stuck on nut off) I discovered the battery was dead! Looks like a few more store trips are in my future before this thing gets back on the road! heh

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          EricTheCarGuy 1EricTheCarGuy
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            I don’t recommend rebuilding as it’s more expensive and if you don’t have experience in that area you may end up replacing it anyway. Good luck.

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            ToolManTimToolManTim
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              Looking like I’m just going to overhaul this car (and upgrade a few things mentioned before) by the time I get done with the main ‘project’. Got the exhaust manifold off (after a bit of effort, and some penetrating oil), and found a few 1-2 mm sized cracks along the middle, running down to the O2 sensor hole, and one on the back of it too (in all, both about 2-3 inches in length, each). Both O2 sensors have white burning on the tips, too. I don’t want to say anymore of what I ‘may’ end up doing lest I jinx it and *do* have to do them. >_< On a side note, I should be able to get another car, soon-ish (from stuff with the wreck). So I can hopefully get back to normal work, make more money, and get this project finished in a timely manner! ^^ So, your recent videos about 'used-car buying' will come in handy as reminders and pointers of things I wouldn't have considered before.

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