Picked up my 1989 JDM ESL-X exactly 1 year ago today. I always wanted a manual car and just something unique, then I saw it pop up on FB marketplace and went and had a look. Had been sitting in someones shed, started but could not drive it. Got my local genuine mechanic to install new brakes, power steering needed fixing, still has a small oil leak, but runs amazing now. It only has 175,000km on the original engine and body. It has a B18A engine due to it being a Japanese made one. It's the sedan just like others have with the pop ups, but its a 5 speed manual and has some unique Japanese features which I like. The main issue up next to fix is some bad rust where the upper doors like meet the roof, you know how our regular cars the doors don't like join into the roof? Well since this and some bad rubber which didn't keep water out of the vent part it has caused rust on both sides of that roof meets door area. I'm getting it professionaly done soon it wont be cheap, but I'm happy I saved this car and knowing it is a 1 of 1 especially in Australia makes it worth it to me. I don't know anyone who has an ESL-X edition from the JDM market, even in America.
That's awesome I've never even heard of that trim. I hope for the best for the restoration of the car. When it's done please send me some clips or photos to my Instagram when it's all done.
Subscribed. Great info. Going to watch your past videos. Picked up a 38k mile one owner 89 Lxi sedan a few weeks ago and going through all the maintenance
My 88 lxi hatch REALLY hates reverse, and theres a massive whine that comes from driving and even just rolling in reverse gear with the clutch disconnected, I'm not sure what it is, but I plan on taking out my transmission when I do my next clutch job and seeing whats up
Either your low fluid or more than likely the transmission needs a rebuild with new bearings, especially the input shaft bearing. Or possibly your wheel bearings.
I have an 1988 Honda Accord, automatic trans.. have replaced the alternator and the battery as well.. but for some reason alternator doesn’t sent enough energy to the battery it’s about 11 amps… any suggestions you can share with me???… gracias amigo in advanced
Hi there I have a 1988 2.0 accord, which won't start from cold unless you tip the accelerator, and then cuts out once engine heats, was hoping you might be able to advise. Thank you
The O rings on the idle control valves get dried up. Need to change them. Vacuum leaks that won't throw a code with the OBD 0 PGMFI system. Two of the sensors that control the FI can go bad. One is the MAP, and the other is the altitude sensor. The MAP is in the 'BOX' in the engine bay. The other is mounted in the car on the blower HVAC unit under the passenger foot area.
Can you share the location of the main relay you talk about in this video. Also do you know if there is a difference in parts numbers of the distributor and camshaft between a fuel injected engine and carbureted. Thanks any help info greatly appreciated, AL
If you download the master manual 3geez.wiki-tv.com/Honda_service_manuals there will be a rough picture of the location of the main relay underneath the driver side dash, There is a difference between the distributors and camshafts between carbureted and fuel injected A20s. th-cam.com/video/hXGF2UDfHAY/w-d-xo.html
I've got an 88 Honda prelude that will run for about a half hour and then shut off for about a half-hour it'll start back up for about 15 minutes then die. I replace the fuel pump all the filters up to the carburetor the relay turning on the fuel pump put a fuel pressure gauge in line and it's hitting where it should maintaining that pressure as well. What would cause this kind of problem?
@@aziangarage The ignition system was my first thought too, especially the ignitor and coil. If these have a crank sensor, that's also something to check. Next time it dies and won't restart, quickly pull one of the plug wires off and check to see if it has spark before it cools off. If there's no spark at the plug wires, check to see if there's spark at the coil and report back.
I'm not sure what you mean, you want the headlights to pop up but not have the lights on? There is a button you can press by the ignition that pops the headlights up but will not turn on the lights. The fuses for the pop up motors is in the fuse box in the engine bay and the headlight fuses are located under the dash.
My first car was a 87 Accord Sedan. While I no longer have the car These were my problems The Moon roof leaked Other problems I had were the tail light seals failing causing water ingress, this will cause the STOP light fuse to blow as the brake light housing gets flooded. The Highbeam stalk would fail. I replaced it several times, one could think it was a problem to my car but failures were never the same each time. First failure, I could not push the stalk to keep high beams on, but could pull to flash Second failure, I could push to keep high beams on, but when I pulled to flash high beams, after a second of holding the stalk I noticed smoke coming from the stalk area. Third failure was the same as the first. All stalks where from junkyards. The High Pressure Power Steering hose split in front of the exhaust manifold, This is what ultimately made me get rid of the car, as the brake calipers were also needing to be replaced due to seals failing, brake booster was also leaking but I got that replaced to pass inspection, So the car would've failed inspection the following year.
Hey man, just went out to my 1986 Honda accord, I had my brights on then went to switch them to low and now they won’t turn on at all, the switch was always touchy but I’m not sure if I blew a fuse or not
Hey bro I have an 8 7LXI that has the PGMFI light on how do I get it off or is it normal to be on? I’ve been looking through 3GEES and I can’t find anything.
not sure if you still reply, but, what did you do for your weber swap, how the throttle cable doesnt pull fully or how the TV cable hooks up to it. I am having issues with the TV cable with mine. In your video you said youd send some resources on it, but i didnt see much in the desc for it.
It looks intimidating, but it is possible for DIY, just take your time, take a breather every now & then. I have done 2 so far. A shop will charge $1000. Either way ya go, R&R the water pump & tensioner while you are in there. I bought all my hardware thru Rock Auto. Buy a Shop Manual!
The stock 240cc low impedance injectors (resistor box). You can run almost any Honda injector or GM style injector with the appropriate top hats adapter and wiring.
If running high impedance injectors your going to have to get rid of the resistor box, if you want to stay low impedance for whatever reason DSM injectors are an option.
I have a carburated 88 lx accord. I looked at the weber 3238 but it looks like it would decrease power. I guess not having the vacuum lines might do something. Do you know if the weber comes with instructions to help with the conversion. I have taken the carb off and put back on more than I can count but if this conversion can take away the hassle of all those vacuum lines then hell ya. Things like the EGR valve and the air suction valve what would I do with those? And the Distributor? and does this affect the cruise control? Love this video btw! This car seems like a hassle to find information about. Reading the haynes and chiltion manual don't mention these problems or suggests a 3238 weber carb. I really do appreciate it!!
The Weber 32/36 and 38 are bigger than the stock carb, paired with the right fuel pump and jetted correctly I guarantee it will be an increase with power. It definitely wad noticeable to me and I didn't re jet a thing. As long as you have the adapter plate for the intake manifold . Worse case you can make one or have one made. Distributor stays just connect the vacuum hose for vac advance to the Weber. You can just block off the EGR. I think a Weber install video is on the list.
my 87 lxi has flickering air control lights aswell as the passenger door lights not coming on.. I'm pretty sure the lightsbulbs might be festoon style but no luck getting them on.. I think it might be an alternator issue since my gas gauge is always fluctuating around the actual reading.. maybe being a little "too accurate". I just changed my battery so anybody let me know if anyone has had this issue :-) 🫡🫡
The main relay is the same for most 80's and 90's Hondas but the plug is just different. I just used jumper wires for a mid 90's Civic main relay from Amazon.
Picked up my 1989 JDM ESL-X exactly 1 year ago today. I always wanted a manual car and just something unique, then I saw it pop up on FB marketplace and went and had a look. Had been sitting in someones shed, started but could not drive it. Got my local genuine mechanic to install new brakes, power steering needed fixing, still has a small oil leak, but runs amazing now. It only has 175,000km on the original engine and body. It has a B18A engine due to it being a Japanese made one. It's the sedan just like others have with the pop ups, but its a 5 speed manual and has some unique Japanese features which I like. The main issue up next to fix is some bad rust where the upper doors like meet the roof, you know how our regular cars the doors don't like join into the roof? Well since this and some bad rubber which didn't keep water out of the vent part it has caused rust on both sides of that roof meets door area. I'm getting it professionaly done soon it wont be cheap, but I'm happy I saved this car and knowing it is a 1 of 1 especially in Australia makes it worth it to me. I don't know anyone who has an ESL-X edition from the JDM market, even in America.
That's awesome I've never even heard of that trim. I hope for the best for the restoration of the car. When it's done please send me some clips or photos to my Instagram when it's all done.
Could you do a video on the 3rd gen accord window fix? We need that!!!!
how would you know what lines to remove and plug after a weber carburetor is installed, along with how to tune the thing?
Subscribed. Great info. Going to watch your past videos. Picked up a 38k mile one owner 89 Lxi sedan a few weeks ago and going through all the maintenance
I picked up at 89 LXI I like to see pictures of yours.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾doing the work of the 3geez gods as always 🙏🏽
My 88 lxi hatch REALLY hates reverse, and theres a massive whine that comes from driving and even just rolling in reverse gear with the clutch disconnected, I'm not sure what it is, but I plan on taking out my transmission when I do my next clutch job and seeing whats up
Either your low fluid or more than likely the transmission needs a rebuild with new bearings, especially the input shaft bearing. Or possibly your wheel bearings.
I have an 1988 Honda Accord, automatic trans.. have replaced the alternator and the battery as well.. but for some reason alternator doesn’t sent enough energy to the battery it’s about 11 amps… any suggestions you can share with me???… gracias amigo in advanced
Hi there
I have a 1988 2.0 accord, which won't start from cold unless you tip the accelerator, and then cuts out once engine heats, was hoping you might be able to advise. Thank you
It would be awesome if you make some video regarding alternator/ battery trouble shooting..
The O rings on the idle control valves get dried up. Need to change them. Vacuum leaks that won't throw a code with the OBD 0 PGMFI system. Two of the sensors that control the FI can go bad. One is the MAP, and the other is the altitude sensor. The MAP is in the 'BOX' in the engine bay. The other is mounted in the car on the blower HVAC unit under the passenger foot area.
Does anyone know where I can get a driver's front door window run for a 1988 Honda Accord the rubber is destroyed...???
Can you share the location of the main relay you talk about in this video. Also do you know if there is a difference in parts numbers of the distributor and camshaft between a fuel injected engine and carbureted. Thanks any help info greatly appreciated, AL
If you download the master manual 3geez.wiki-tv.com/Honda_service_manuals
there will be a rough picture of the location of the main relay underneath the driver side dash, There is a difference between the distributors and camshafts between carbureted and fuel injected A20s. th-cam.com/video/hXGF2UDfHAY/w-d-xo.html
Do the 1986 to 1989 integra differentials have the same problem with the pin?
I would say yes, when visually comparing the differentials to the A20 they look identical.
@@aziangarage Thank you. I just did the integra swap on my car. It's been sitting for about 2 years. Hopefully startying it tomorrow.
I've got an 88 Honda prelude that will run for about a half hour and then shut off for about a half-hour it'll start back up for about 15 minutes then die. I replace the fuel pump all the filters up to the carburetor the relay turning on the fuel pump put a fuel pressure gauge in line and it's hitting where it should maintaining that pressure as well. What would cause this kind of problem?
I would check the ignition stuff next, distributor cap/rotor in good condition or ever replaced?
@@aziangarage The ignition system was my first thought too, especially the ignitor and coil. If these have a crank sensor, that's also something to check. Next time it dies and won't restart, quickly pull one of the plug wires off and check to see if it has spark before it cools off. If there's no spark at the plug wires, check to see if there's spark at the coil and report back.
I have a question bro Do you know what the fuse for the headlights is so that it opens and closes without the light on? greetings ✌️
I'm not sure what you mean, you want the headlights to pop up but not have the lights on? There is a button you can press by the ignition that pops the headlights up but will not turn on the lights. The fuses for the pop up motors is in the fuse box in the engine bay and the headlight fuses are located under the dash.
My first car was a 87 Accord Sedan.
While I no longer have the car
These were my problems
The Moon roof leaked
Other problems I had were the tail light seals failing causing water ingress, this will cause the STOP light fuse to blow as the brake light housing gets flooded.
The Highbeam stalk would fail.
I replaced it several times, one could think it was a problem to my car but failures were never the same each time.
First failure, I could not push the stalk to keep high beams on, but could pull to flash
Second failure, I could push to keep high beams on, but when I pulled to flash high beams, after a second of holding the stalk I noticed smoke coming from the stalk area.
Third failure was the same as the first.
All stalks where from junkyards.
The High Pressure Power Steering hose split in front of the exhaust manifold,
This is what ultimately made me get rid of the car, as the brake calipers were also needing to be replaced due to seals failing, brake booster was also leaking but I got that replaced to pass inspection,
So the car would've failed inspection the following year.
Got a good link for a weber 38 carb?
www.ebay.com/itm/402743386182
Hey man, just went out to my 1986 Honda accord, I had my brights on then went to switch them to low and now they won’t turn on at all, the switch was always touchy but I’m not sure if I blew a fuse or not
Try taking it apart and cleaning out with electrical spray and switch
Had to replace 1 in my 89 Accord about 4 years ago. Just buy 1, not that hard to R&R
Hey bro I have an 8 7LXI that has the PGMFI light on how do I get it off or is it normal to be on? I’ve been looking through 3GEES and I can’t find anything.
Did you check the computer for a code?
not sure if you still reply, but, what did you do for your weber swap, how the throttle cable doesnt pull fully or how the TV cable hooks up to it. I am having issues with the TV cable with mine. In your video you said youd send some resources on it, but i didnt see much in the desc for it.
Hey man I got a 89 lxi my timing belt is loose could you possibly do a video on how to replace that properly
It looks intimidating, but it is possible for DIY, just take your time, take a breather every now & then. I have done 2 so far. A shop will charge $1000. Either way ya go, R&R the water pump & tensioner while you are in there. I bought all my hardware thru Rock Auto. Buy a Shop Manual!
What injectors are you running in your car? Looking for a part number for upgraded injectors if possible.
The stock 240cc low impedance injectors (resistor box). You can run almost any Honda injector or GM style injector with the appropriate top hats adapter and wiring.
If running high impedance injectors your going to have to get rid of the resistor box, if you want to stay low impedance for whatever reason DSM injectors are an option.
ive been wondering about a weber carb but now i know that it is possible, im definitely going to be doing the swap
Did u do the swap yet? How did it go? Where did u buy the weber kit? Do u have pictures of where all the hoses go?
@@Wohard no I haven’t done it yet I’ve been worrying about other repairs on the car, I might just engine swap the car
I have a carburated 88 lx accord. I looked at the weber 3238 but it looks like it would decrease power. I guess not having the vacuum lines might do something. Do you know if the weber comes with instructions to help with the conversion. I have taken the carb off and put back on more than I can count but if this conversion can take away the hassle of all those vacuum lines then hell ya. Things like the EGR valve and the air suction valve what would I do with those? And the Distributor? and does this affect the cruise control? Love this video btw! This car seems like a hassle to find information about. Reading the haynes and chiltion manual don't mention these problems or suggests a 3238 weber carb. I really do appreciate it!!
The Weber 32/36 and 38 are bigger than the stock carb, paired with the right fuel pump and jetted correctly I guarantee it will be an increase with power. It definitely wad noticeable to me and I didn't re jet a thing. As long as you have the adapter plate for the intake manifold . Worse case you can make one or have one made. Distributor stays just connect the vacuum hose for vac advance to the Weber. You can just block off the EGR. I think a Weber install video is on the list.
Also check out the 3geez wiki link in the description, there are shop master manual pdf files available.
Someone pls help with my accord
My car is not running on full potential it does not accelerate doesn’t start on first crank turns off
I’m a year late, picked one of these about about 3 months ago and problem after problem coming in
my 87 lxi has flickering air control lights aswell as the passenger door lights not coming on.. I'm pretty sure the lightsbulbs might be festoon style but no luck getting them on.. I think it might be an alternator issue since my gas gauge is always fluctuating around the actual reading.. maybe being a little "too accurate". I just changed my battery so anybody let me know if anyone has had this issue :-) 🫡🫡
The main relay is the same for most 80's and 90's Hondas but the plug is just different. I just used jumper wires for a mid 90's Civic main relay from Amazon.