New Wagon Owner in New York.
markl
New Wagonist
Hello,
I was going to take pictures of my 1991 Honda RT4wd and make a proper post. But my Son decided to drive through some BIG puddles during Irene and now the wagon has some issues. The car run rough throughout the rev range.
I checked the Code on the ECU and it is 14 flashes which I believe is a EACV issue. I am going to check the oms tomorrow and give it a good cleaning. I think I am going in the right direction but I do not have a Service Manual for it yet.
I do not have pictures of the wagon yet but here are a few pics of my other "hobby hondas".
going sideways while Ice racing the 86 Civic
Autocross in the 1989 Integra
Mark
I was going to take pictures of my 1991 Honda RT4wd and make a proper post. But my Son decided to drive through some BIG puddles during Irene and now the wagon has some issues. The car run rough throughout the rev range.
I checked the Code on the ECU and it is 14 flashes which I believe is a EACV issue. I am going to check the oms tomorrow and give it a good cleaning. I think I am going in the right direction but I do not have a Service Manual for it yet.
I do not have pictures of the wagon yet but here are a few pics of my other "hobby hondas".
going sideways while Ice racing the 86 Civic
Autocross in the 1989 Integra
Mark
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Clearly, you know how to have fun with your cars. Thumbs up.
Mark
Here is a video from Summit.. Ouch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri56jtPIhTs
On another note, it it correct a noob like myself cannot even read the classified?
Mark
Read the rules. You'll get there.
Welcome.
I live in Clinton, close to Poughkeepsie. My Mom lives in Cobleskill. I make all of the AMEC ice races.
I have been thinking about taking the wagon out to an icerace and run it in the street legal class. We will see.
How did you make out from the storm? I drive though some towns in the Catskills yesterday and some towns are destroyed. I had 5 inches of water in my basement. Have to rip the whole thing out..
If you go out to an icerace I will be driving the #34.
Mark
Keith
Before
What I saw today
I am actually looking forward to iceracing this. I am again on the lookout of a clean RT4wd within 5 hours of me for a daily driver. I love these things
Mark
I have located a nice shell. IT is a complete car except for the engine and 5 speed. I will move my good drivetrain to the new shell. I will have many parts left over. I do not have enough room to keep the old shell, so email me if you are looking for something.
Here is the new shell.
It lives
Mark
I am picking up the new shell in a few weeks. Should have the wagon rolling by the end of the month.
I have been running the stock under 2.5 liter Autocross class with the Adirondack Motor Enthusiasts Club at Albany/Saratoga Speedway
Also I ended up winning the Stock under 2.5 Liter class! Beat out Miatas and Mini Coopers. All in the 1g teg.
Sometimes it does not go well though..
http://youtu.be/EaGyk4b-xZ4
Does anyone have a link to online factory service manuals?
Does the rear driveshaft pull out like an American car?
I need to pull the shifter. Any tricks?
Mark
#1 Car91 RT4WD Son rolls it, denting every panel except for tailgate and hood
Bought #2 Car, 91 RT4WD shell. Someone converted a automatic RT4WD car to a Manual and use this car for parts.
Parts missing: Engine, Transmission, driveshaft, shifter, cables, all steering (rack pumps hoses) pedals assembly, ETC.
Plan: Move drive train from car #1 to car #2. The main harness on car #2 was hacked for some alarm system and the plug from the main harness to the engine harness on the driver's side was cut up.
I decided to move the known good main harness from car #1 to Car #2. This required I basically gut the front portion of the interior of the car, removing the dash, pulling back the insulation, and all of the heating plastic.
Found 1 1/2 gallons of nuts in the heating system from some busy rodents :x Cleaned everything.
Swapped harness, installed engine trans.
This is where it got weird. When I shut the door, I noticed the dash lights would glow very dimly. The rear lights would work OK. The fuel pump would not run. Also the rear wiper did not work.
I cannot tell you how many weird dead ends I looked at. I bought both the Factory service manual and the electrical troubleshooting manual.
FINALLY, I found out car #1 started out as a automatic car. It still had the automatic transmission controller under the seat.
Then I took apart the dash (i have done this at least 4 times chasing bugs)to get to the connector which connects the main wiring harness to the left rear harness. This connector is above the left fresh air vent.You have to disassemble EVERYTHING to get to it.
I looked closely at the connector it is pinned differently. The only thing I can think of is the automatic and manual main harness is different at this connector. EVen if the both start out as a 91 RT4WD.
I had two routes to go. I could put the left rear harness from the 1st car in the second car. This would have been a hassle because I would have had to drop the headliner and wire to the back wiper. Or, repair the main harness from the 2nd car. I choose to repair the 2nd car main harness.
Now the fuel pump and the rear wiper works, but the car will not start. No spark. Remember I am now using a main harness, which has been hacked. I used the Factory service manual to troubleshoot the issue and it states two wires going to the distributor should be grounded. They were not. I ended up checking the wires from the distributor to the ECU and the ohm out fine. I decide to replace the ignitor and now I have spark and the car runs, but runs poorly. I swap to a spare ECU and the car runs fine.
The rest of the swap went without incident.
It has been a long road but worth it.