My dad was really great with cars and anything mechanical in general. Great man. He passed away two years ago and I didn't get to learn that much from what he offered since I was a college student and mainly played video games in my free time. Out on my own now and your videos make me feel connected with him again as my brain lights up when you refresh me on so many things he showed me that I barely paid attention to as a kid. Thank you so much!
4:15 I had this exact hose fail on my 1998 Honda Civic LX in the summer of 2020. It was overheating for around 10 minute of my 15 minute commute home. I got it towed and replaced but it was a close call. I think the head gasket is still OK. No unusual fumes in the exhaust. This generation of Civics was great. I bought it when I was 19 and I'm now 40. It's my first and only car and I drive it almost daily!
I spent months working on my vw to get it on the road and it developed a rod knock, but I found a replacement engine and installed it and now I daily drive it. That was the first time I've removed an engine from a car and reinstalled it, one of the main things that kept me motivated was watching etcg (and a bunch of other channels) videos Thanks for the help staying motivated!
I have no issue doing many repairs to cars, including swapping engines in late 60s Volkswagen Beetles. But this is a whole other ball of wax. Fun to watch, I learned a lot.
Absolutely amazing how hard kids are on cars. On my 20 yr olds CRV Ive installed two transmissions and an engine, in the time hes owned it. I think young people think cars have two speeds...on and off. Love these types of videos...as I have so been in the same place. Trying to take the "best" used stuff and make it work.
I’ve watched your old Honda engine replacement 6 or 7 yrs years ago and learned a lot from it, can’t wait to watch this one when I get home later. You’re the machine, Eric!
You gotta try out “the under the hood show” It’s a car repair podcast that’s been around for some time now. Very knowledgeable and entertaining. Try it out bro, you’ll thank me.
Nothing like having a qualified Honda dealer mechanic for a dad-!-lol -- As someone who swapped a lot of engines back in my day, Ill say theres MUCH satisfaction in A: the donor engine in this case being good to start with, and B: having virtually zero issues with the swap once done. I have fond memories of my first engine swap - as teenagers me and a buddy once swapped engines in a clean old old '63 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham we got for $50 that had a blown engine. The '63 had a 390" but no one had a 390" on hand so we took a 1964 429" and its transmission which was the same engine with different bore and stroke - the salvage yard swap book said it wouldnt fit, but after having the machine shop correct the driveshaft length we drilled two new holes in the rear trans. mount to relocate the mount holes, dropped it in using a local service station tow truck winch (I know sketchy, but we were young and crazy-lol) in the end it ran great and we marvelled at how great that old 4,800 pound land yacht rode on brick streets and down back alleys, that thing sucked up bumps and holes like an ocean liner and rode like a cloud on the highway--! that was back in the early 70's, good times and no worries.
Been tuning in for more than 10 years now, each and every one. ...will end when you do. Thanks for all these inspiring videos, i really am involved as far as a overseas viewer can be.
The Green 99 Civic! I learned so much from you working on this car in your other videos. My 99 EX is still kicking with 180,000 miles on it. Thanks Eric!
Just because you have done something on your channel before should not stop you from making another video about it! We are here for the journey with you. :-)
Thanks for showing us neophytes how you replace an engine+transmission in an old Civic. I found your channel years ago looking for a how to on brakes and I’ve been watching ever since for the information but also the entertainment. Thanks for sharing!
Eric, you took the whole front end of the car apart so you can install a good engine and transmission because the previous engine overheated. I can't believe that you are installing back old cooling hoses. This is the best opportunity to install new soft parts in the vehicle. I'm always replacing parts for the coolant system on my cars, every 65 000 miles (100 000 kilometers). OEM coolant hoses, thermostat, thermostat housing gasket, radiator cap, serpentine belt, and even radiator drain plug with o-ring.
My very first car, that I beat on and learned how to drive in the snow, was a 1999 Civic VP in that same coral emerald green. I still dream about it. Thanks Eric!
I learned a lot on watching your videos specially on Hondas, i am a big fan ever since, i own now a Civic 2017 M/T 2.0 it never let me down. A big THANK YOU on sharing your knowledge with us. hope you do a video on newer Hondas specially Civic. Keep it up, stay safe and STAY DIRTY. ;)
I have gone through 3 of those exhaust manifolds in my 2000 civic. I hated it so much, i saved up 5 bills and bought a carb legal magnaflow stainless steel manifold. Love it!
Eric is the best mechanic out there im from uk and ive started studying mechanics and in my spare time i always watch your videos because its going to help me become like you 💯
My brother had a previous model dxi. Great car. Loved working on it too. Broke the timing belt, flipped on a new one and on it went with more then 250.000 miles on it.
Good job! I have a black Duster 2015, earlier I was horrified that it could be stolen and I put in it all my savings, recently I took Car Alarm TX-100 - it really works, so no more panic on this account. Looks tiny, fancy, cool. I think it works for budget cars for sure.
I like the time lapse stuff you did here. Reminds me of a Hagerty Redline Rebuild video. I've been watching your videos for years and years. I love the Honda content!
Very nice job. I started laughing when you were mentioning passing up service stations. My daughter just got her learner's permit. She has been driving my wife's Prius. I told her let's go to the service station. And she got the drive to 66 Mustang. No power steering no power brakes. 302 with a cam. I was laughing so hard. At the same time I'm going to have to go have the passenger seat surgically removed from my backside. I wish I would have ran video
Eric - I have been watching you since the beginning. I just wanted to sy Thank You for what you do! I love your videos and passion for making them. Have learned a lot through the years!
I had one of those back in the day, in South Africa Honda was part of the Daimler-Benz group and locally manufacture by MB, they were called Honda Ballade and we had the top of the range model with a B18B4 engine, full leather interior, Grundig sound system etc. I loved my 1.8l 'civic'...
Same thing happened to my 4.6, one of the heater core hoses just blew off. The thing was steaming for hours. But then just put the hose back with a legit screw clamp, luckily I didn’t melt my water pump.. everything was good and I got a free coolant flush!
Hey Eric long time viewer I'm Puerto Rican and that song that you played in a time lapse of the salsa is one of the best salsa songs of all time I don't know if you knew that but it was awesome to hear thanks for that keep up the good work
That T splitter for the cruise control vacuum will do the job just fine. I had to do the exact same thing after swapping out that shitty intake manifold to the y8 manifold. It's been a good 6 months now and no issues whatsoever.
Nothin like a happy engine and transmission after a swap. Hope I'll be able to say the same one day for my pickup! Great seeing the Element in the background. I'll assume it's the current daily driver of choice. Thanks for another great vid Eric! Take care.
I live in Central New York, so just as bad in Winter. On my '88 Nissan, when I replaced all 4 brake lines & 2 fuel lines, I deleted that same plastic cage that "protects" the lines; maybe in Arizona from rocks, but here it's just a container for the snow and highly corrosive melting agents they use here. I've seen holes rot through where those guards are. NiCop lines are a must around here- steel lasts maybe 3 years. Many roads/highways in NY are horrible, loaded with dangerous debris, plugged tires are common.
Love the video! One thing I do to make things easier is keep the engine harness plugged up and just pull the harness from the ecu into the bay. That's the way the factory does it and it saves a lot of time and headache. 👍
I recently moved to Indiana from Washington State. Talk about a change.. every car I work on is so rusted. You look at my Honda Civic. Little to no rust it's a tough adjustment tbh. Lol Not only that I never had to replace steel brake lines until Indiana.. lol the rust belt chews up cars for breakfast. Oxy acetylene torch is my best friend. Oh and my air hammer. 😉
Gone through 2 of those D16Y7 motors. Oil disappeared in both of them. Didn't burn it, didn't leak it. Thought it was the valve stem caps letting oil into the manifold since I found oil in the exhaust. Rebuilt the head on that second motor, oil stopped disappearing so I started checking the oil more infrequently. Then one day it shoots connecting rod onto the interstate...again.
29:20 I can totally relate to that, I have 2 cars, a 4.0L v8 and a 1.5L 4 cylinder, occasionally I have to drive the 1.5L and my god it's slow, but it's kinda more fun to drive cos it's a zippy light front wheel drive, I throw that thing around corners all day long
I use to hate merging onto the freeway in my 2.0 cavalier with all the cars behind me while i got it floored and barely hitting 50 when i finally make it up the hill😂
With 20 year old cars, I highly recommend replacing all of the coolant hoses, and be sure your distributor-to-camshaft O-ring is not leaking oil onto the coolant hose directly under, on these years, just like the one shown at 4:20 that is the main culprit in this series of Hondas. Other than that, change your transmission fluid and oil frequently, and you're golden, oh and if you are driving hard on your Honda, never hurts to run your heater-core on full-heat and full-fan-speed, on recycled-air setting, so it acts like a secondary radiator. Roll windows down if you get hot, do this in the summer, to keep your Honda cooler.
It's funny, my dad wasn't very handy with cars and didn't usually fix things himself. Because of this, I have taught myself how to fix cars, which has saved me thousands of dollars over the last few years. A friend of mine's dad is a mechanic, and he has no inclination to work on his own cars. I asked him about it once and he said that part of it was that his dad was such a pain to work with that he never wanted to touch a wrench.
I'm still learning, but I usually have to ask my brother because my dad always just tells me that he only knows how to fix American-made cars, not Japanese ones. 😂
Not sure if this will get answered..but I have a 99 Civic, manual tranny. It recently overheated. I was out and it ran hot, I happened to be near a parking lot so I stopped the car, called for help and had coolant brought to me. We found a hose that had split, ran and got a new one, installed it. Drove the car to my kids' house, as it was closer and checked some things. Replaced the thermostat just in case, they're cheap, so we usually do on the cars this happens to. Ran it for a while to make sure it was good. Seemed fine. Left to drive it home, which is about 14 miles, but heavy traffic all the way. Did fine about 5 miles. Started running hot again, I turned the heater on full blast and all the way up. Helped for a couple miles. Red lights did not help. Eventually the gage went up into the red (which I had avoided until this point), it would not go down. I had to pull off the road about a mile from home, so had gone about 13 miles. Got water in the radiator once it cooled down, as I had stopped at a collision shop. Made it home. I have not driven it since. I am wondering, how to KNOW if the head gasket is blown or the block cracked. I have put ALOT of work into this car, I love it, and was trying to fix it up. Unfortunately, I have no one like you, Eric, that is an actual mechanic. We all know what we know, and learn more all the time, mostly from your videos. I am trying to decide if it is worth finishing and fixing, as there was still the paint job and some wire cleaning and repair to do with the harness from the dash area that goes into the driver door. Basically I just need to know if there are fairly simple steps I can do to know it is the block or a blown head gasket, and not just maybe the radiator or another hose we failed to see leaking, or that all the hoses need replacing...please help. And thank you for your videos...they have made me more knowledgeable, for sure.
That headliner would bother me so much... I know you are not doing a full restoration on this thing, but if the donor car has a better headliner I would switch it over. The car sounds super happy though!
My only intention was to get it running so he could get it back to NY. He drove it back last week and the car is doing fine. If he wants to mess with the headliner, he can.
@@markwilliams2620 does a staple gun really work?! I got a Mustang and ripped the head liner down and put glue everywhere and it lasted a week. I will have to try the staple gun.
@@ericthecarguy I was going to say maybe you could swap that over from the parts car as well as the sunvisors now that you have one I provided they have the same interior color
Hey Eric I just sent you a tweet about this but just for the benefit of people in the comments: There's a two-pin connector located under the right kick panel in the cabin that you need to short out before you set base ignition timing. Shorting that connector (as I understand it) disables the ECU's influence over the ignition timing. Otherwise the timing will just look perfect because the ECU will be compensating for the distributor being off (now why you need to manually adjust the timing when the ECU can do that, I don't know...)
at 15:48 he refers to flushing out the heater core, valuable information and a good thing to do when you got the engine out. only commenting because I was having trouble recalling which honda civic video shared this info. Anyone know if he has a video discussing valve adjustments on the D series engines?
Watching this brought happiness to my day. Still depressed but it's always a pleasure watching Eric do engine jobs.
Believe me, I can relate more than you know. Hang in there. Take it one minute at a time if you have to. Take care of yourself.
How’ve you been doing? These videos make me happy too
@@ericthecarguyRespect 🫡
My dad was really great with cars and anything mechanical in general. Great man. He passed away two years ago and I didn't get to learn that much from what he offered since I was a college student and mainly played video games in my free time.
Out on my own now and your videos make me feel connected with him again as my brain lights up when you refresh me on so many things he showed me that I barely paid attention to as a kid. Thank you so much!
4:15 I had this exact hose fail on my 1998 Honda Civic LX in the summer of 2020. It was overheating for around 10 minute of my 15 minute commute home. I got it towed and replaced but it was a close call. I think the head gasket is still OK. No unusual fumes in the exhaust.
This generation of Civics was great. I bought it when I was 19 and I'm now 40. It's my first and only car and I drive it almost daily!
I spent months working on my vw to get it on the road and it developed a rod knock, but I found a replacement engine and installed it and now I daily drive it.
That was the first time I've removed an engine from a car and reinstalled it, one of the main things that kept me motivated was watching etcg (and a bunch of other channels) videos
Thanks for the help staying motivated!
Comments like yours really make my day. Thank you.
I have no issue doing many repairs to cars, including swapping engines in late 60s Volkswagen Beetles. But this is a whole other ball of wax. Fun to watch, I learned a lot.
Civics are easier to work on than you might think. I did all of this in 2 days with filming easy. Thanks for the comment.
Absolutely amazing how hard kids are on cars. On my 20 yr olds CRV Ive installed two transmissions and an engine, in the time hes owned it. I think young people think cars have two speeds...on and off. Love these types of videos...as I have so been in the same place. Trying to take the "best" used stuff and make it work.
23:25
I love that sound, it's music to my ears!
I miss my '98 Civic. Same color too. Hope your son enjoys it, you're an amazing dad!
Am I the only one that never gets sick of Honda videos haha I sold mine abit ago and I still love watching these
I’ve watched your old Honda engine replacement 6 or 7 yrs years ago and learned a lot from it, can’t wait to watch this one when I get home later. You’re the machine, Eric!
You’re a good dad, Eric. Always a great video
Brings back memories of my little civic that went to the scrap heap in the sky 😭
Still the only place I come to get car advice
You gotta try out “the under the hood show” It’s a car repair podcast that’s been around for some time now. Very knowledgeable and entertaining. Try it out bro, you’ll thank me.
Clearly you haven't watched any SMA videos.
@@anthonycox9470 clearly you’ve mistaken me for someone who cares.
@@jayyoutube8790 Clearly you can't tell that I was not talking to you.
...and the only place you need to.
I just cant explain how sweet this is.. this is all for his son. this just makes me so happy
Nothing like having a qualified Honda dealer mechanic for a dad-!-lol -- As someone who swapped a lot of engines back in my day, Ill say theres MUCH satisfaction in A: the donor engine in this case being good to start with, and B: having virtually zero issues with the swap once done. I have fond memories of my first engine swap - as teenagers me and a buddy once swapped engines in a clean old old '63 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham we got for $50 that had a blown engine. The '63 had a 390" but no one had a 390" on hand so we took a 1964 429" and its transmission which was the same engine with different bore and stroke - the salvage yard swap book said it wouldnt fit, but after having the machine shop correct the driveshaft length we drilled two new holes in the rear trans. mount to relocate the mount holes, dropped it in using a local service station tow truck winch (I know sketchy, but we were young and crazy-lol) in the end it ran great and we marvelled at how great that old 4,800 pound land yacht rode on brick streets and down back alleys, that thing sucked up bumps and holes like an ocean liner and rode like a cloud on the highway--! that was back in the early 70's, good times and no worries.
Oh, yeah - over 30 minutes of an ETCG project; the top reason to love Fridays. Great quality as always - best visuals on TH-cam.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I liked this one too. Always great to see you. Thanks for tuning in each week.
@@ericthecarguy No problem, Eric - never miss it.
Been tuning in for more than 10 years now, each and every one.
...will end when you do.
Thanks for all these inspiring videos, i really am involved as far as a overseas viewer can be.
I appreciate that very much. Thank you!
Eric knocking those d series crank pulley bolts loose like it's nothing. What a hero 👌
I love the timelapses followed by the explanations. I love seeing you move around the shop and car. Make this your new standard of video.
The Green 99 Civic! I learned so much from you working on this car in your other videos. My 99 EX is still kicking with 180,000 miles on it. Thanks Eric!
Just because you have done something on your channel before should not stop you from making another video about it! We are here for the journey with you. :-)
Thanks for showing us neophytes how you replace an engine+transmission in an old Civic. I found your channel years ago looking for a how to on brakes and I’ve been watching ever since for the information but also the entertainment. Thanks for sharing!
Eric, you took the whole front end of the car apart so you can install a good engine and transmission because the previous engine overheated.
I can't believe that you are installing back old cooling hoses. This is the best opportunity to install new soft parts in the vehicle.
I'm always replacing parts for the coolant system on my cars, every 65 000 miles (100 000 kilometers). OEM coolant hoses, thermostat, thermostat housing gasket, radiator cap, serpentine belt, and even radiator drain plug with o-ring.
The hoses from the parts car were fine. No need to spend the additional money if I had good parts on hand. Thanks for the comment.
I've been watching your videos for years and I want to say a massive thanks, you have been a huge help with nearly if not all my own projects. Legend.
That is a super video. You make everything look easy and most things are difficult to do. You made the car power train work like new.
My very first car, that I beat on and learned how to drive in the snow, was a 1999 Civic VP in that same coral emerald green. I still dream about it. Thanks Eric!
I never work on Honda's not do I have the desire to ever own one but I still love the education information/ purposes of videos like this
Eric, you're a great mechanic. I'm learning new things from you. God bless you!!
Thank you!
I learned a lot on watching your videos specially on Hondas, i am a big fan ever since, i own now a Civic 2017 M/T 2.0 it never let me down.
A big THANK YOU on sharing your knowledge with us. hope you do a video on newer Hondas specially Civic. Keep it up, stay safe and STAY DIRTY. ;)
I have gone through 3 of those exhaust manifolds in my 2000 civic. I hated it so much, i saved up 5 bills and bought a carb legal magnaflow stainless steel manifold. Love it!
Good call on that one. Thanks for the comment.
Eric is the best mechanic out there im from uk and ive started studying mechanics and in my spare time i always watch your videos because its going to help me become like you 💯
Try watching South Maine Auto's. ECG mentions Eric O from SMA regularly. They are both very competent mechanics worthy of watching.
My brother had a previous model dxi. Great car. Loved working on it too. Broke the timing belt, flipped on a new one and on it went with more then 250.000 miles on it.
Your first Civic engine video (4 part series?) Gave me the confidence to do it myself! Great video as always
something so satisfying about watching those timelapses. feels like a spa day :D
I had one of these back in HS (90 civic) I really enjoy your clips Eric, keep em coming and hope you have a good day buddy.
Thank you. You too.
Good job! I have a black Duster 2015, earlier I was horrified that it could be stolen and I put in it all my savings, recently I took Car Alarm TX-100 - it really works, so no more panic on this account. Looks tiny, fancy, cool. I think it works for budget cars for sure.
Hey Eric, Gr8 vid. Brought back some long distant memories from my younger days.
Love the funky head lining modelled at the end on the test drive 😍👍😎
Man I'm glad I found this channel, great stuff and great for therapy (disabled). Thank you Sir.
I like the time lapse stuff you did here. Reminds me of a Hagerty Redline Rebuild video. I've been watching your videos for years and years. I love the Honda content!
Very nice job. I started laughing when you were mentioning passing up service stations. My daughter just got her learner's permit. She has been driving my wife's Prius. I told her let's go to the service station. And she got the drive to 66 Mustang. No power steering no power brakes. 302 with a cam. I was laughing so hard. At the same time I'm going to have to go have the passenger seat surgically removed from my backside. I wish I would have ran video
Eric - I have been watching you since the beginning. I just wanted to sy Thank You for what you do! I love your videos and passion for making them. Have learned a lot through the years!
Thank you very much for watching all these years. I really appreciate it.
I had one of those back in the day, in South Africa Honda was part of the Daimler-Benz group and locally manufacture by MB, they were called Honda Ballade and we had the top of the range model with a B18B4 engine, full leather interior, Grundig sound system etc. I loved my 1.8l 'civic'...
I love to see people happy after a good job is done. Can tell you enjoyed this one. :)
Same thing happened to my 4.6, one of the heater core hoses just blew off. The thing was steaming for hours. But then just put the hose back with a legit screw clamp, luckily I didn’t melt my water pump.. everything was good and I got a free coolant flush!
*THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AWESOME FATHER, ERIC*
I have been looking forward to this video all week.
I hope your son appreciates all your hard work.
I’m just thinking of swapping an engine on my manual 99 civic so this all definitely boosts my confidence 😅
Hey Eric long time viewer I'm Puerto Rican and that song that you played in a time lapse of the salsa is one of the best salsa songs of all time I don't know if you knew that but it was awesome to hear thanks for that keep up the good work
very useful video, Eric. Thank you very much, would like to see more of these. Love to see there are still people putting lots of love into these cars
That T splitter for the cruise control vacuum will do the job just fine. I had to do the exact same thing after swapping out that shitty intake manifold to the y8 manifold. It's been a good 6 months now and no issues whatsoever.
Hi Juan over here, thanks for the tutorial video but one thing that I like most is the background of Latin music,yeah salsa😂👍🙏
Nothin like a happy engine and transmission after a swap. Hope I'll be able to say the same one day for my pickup! Great seeing the Element in the background. I'll assume it's the current daily driver of choice. Thanks for another great vid Eric! Take care.
love 90s civics. have had a few.
I live in Central New York, so just as bad in Winter.
On my '88 Nissan, when I replaced all 4 brake lines & 2 fuel lines,
I deleted that same plastic cage that "protects" the lines;
maybe in Arizona from rocks, but here it's just a container
for the snow and highly corrosive melting agents they use here.
I've seen holes rot through where those guards are.
NiCop lines are a must around here- steel lasts maybe 3 years.
Many roads/highways in NY are horrible, loaded with dangerous debris,
plugged tires are common.
Love the video! One thing I do to make things easier is keep the engine harness plugged up and just pull the harness from the ecu into the bay. That's the way the factory does it and it saves a lot of time and headache. 👍
I've never danced this much during an ETCG video.
Thank you Eric for helping me fix my civic dx. It's funny because I go thru the same problem as hes videos..
Awesome video, and great work Eric. This is the kind of stuff that keeps me coming back to your channel.
Thank you!
Father of the year is Eric the Car guy:)
Your hardcore ETCG1!
I recently moved to Indiana from Washington State. Talk about a change.. every car I work on is so rusted. You look at my Honda Civic. Little to no rust it's a tough adjustment tbh. Lol Not only that I never had to replace steel brake lines until Indiana.. lol the rust belt chews up cars for breakfast. Oxy acetylene torch is my best friend. Oh and my air hammer. 😉
Gone through 2 of those D16Y7 motors. Oil disappeared in both of them. Didn't burn it, didn't leak it. Thought it was the valve stem caps letting oil into the manifold since I found oil in the exhaust. Rebuilt the head on that second motor, oil stopped disappearing so I started checking the oil more infrequently. Then one day it shoots connecting rod onto the interstate...again.
Great video, very satisfying result. Thanks again, I never seem to get tired of these.
Excellent video. It was fun watching you, especially the high speed parts where you’re mostly a blur. Good stuff!
Thanks!
29:20 I can totally relate to that, I have 2 cars, a 4.0L v8 and a 1.5L 4 cylinder, occasionally I have to drive the 1.5L and my god it's slow, but it's kinda more fun to drive cos it's a zippy light front wheel drive, I throw that thing around corners all day long
I use to hate merging onto the freeway in my 2.0 cavalier with all the cars behind me while i got it floored and barely hitting 50 when i finally make it up the hill😂
Awesome, this is a great daily. I had a 98 for 5 years never had any issues. Thanks for the awesome video.
29:14 that hellcat power pushes you into the seat!
haha Good job Eric!
Great video and AWESOME time lapse music 😁😁
SUPER! Just like the good ol' days, Eric!
Glad to have you back bid bro.......boom
Loved it👍, Thanks for sharing Eric👍
Indeed it's a happy car now, for thousands of happy miles ahead👍
With 20 year old cars, I highly recommend replacing all of the coolant hoses, and be sure your distributor-to-camshaft O-ring is not leaking oil onto the coolant hose directly under, on these years, just like the one shown at 4:20 that is the main culprit in this series of Hondas. Other than that, change your transmission fluid and oil frequently, and you're golden, oh and if you are driving hard on your Honda, never hurts to run your heater-core on full-heat and full-fan-speed, on recycled-air setting, so it acts like a secondary radiator. Roll windows down if you get hot, do this in the summer, to keep your Honda cooler.
I did replace all the hoses as well as the distributor 'o' ring. Thanks for your comment and input.
@@ericthecarguy Learned that from you :) Nice to hear from you, hope you have a great weekend!
I’m diggin these time lapse segments.
33min! Time to get a beer or two, it is evening here down under :).
Edit: For for an engine you had doubts about she purrs! Great job , great video.
Sweet sounding engine and good acceleration for 95hp, happy days. 😊👍
Your son sounds like mine he watched me all his life work on cars and I guessed all he learned was if it’s broke see Dad.
It's funny, my dad wasn't very handy with cars and didn't usually fix things himself. Because of this, I have taught myself how to fix cars, which has saved me thousands of dollars over the last few years. A friend of mine's dad is a mechanic, and he has no inclination to work on his own cars. I asked him about it once and he said that part of it was that his dad was such a pain to work with that he never wanted to touch a wrench.
he didnt learn to leave new pRTS alone :)
I have this problem with my whole family
I'm still learning, but I usually have to ask my brother because my dad always just tells me that he only knows how to fix American-made cars, not Japanese ones. 😂
@@CoronaTheFatCat most japanese car dont need a lot of fixing!
Glad you mentioned Rich from DBG!
I'm proud to call him friend. He's also a great mechanic with a great channel. Thanks for the comment.
I like your videos and your high quality skills as a mechanic..
Great video Eric , and love the lounge / elevator music too
cheers for the share mate, you're a good dad!
Not sure if this will get answered..but I have a 99 Civic, manual tranny. It recently overheated. I was out and it ran hot, I happened to be near a parking lot so I stopped the car, called for help and had coolant brought to me. We found a hose that had split, ran and got a new one, installed it. Drove the car to my kids' house, as it was closer and checked some things. Replaced the thermostat just in case, they're cheap, so we usually do on the cars this happens to. Ran it for a while to make sure it was good. Seemed fine. Left to drive it home, which is about 14 miles, but heavy traffic all the way. Did fine about 5 miles. Started running hot again, I turned the heater on full blast and all the way up. Helped for a couple miles. Red lights did not help. Eventually the gage went up into the red (which I had avoided until this point), it would not go down. I had to pull off the road about a mile from home, so had gone about 13 miles. Got water in the radiator once it cooled down, as I had stopped at a collision shop. Made it home. I have not driven it since. I am wondering, how to KNOW if the head gasket is blown or the block cracked. I have put ALOT of work into this car, I love it, and was trying to fix it up. Unfortunately, I have no one like you, Eric, that is an actual mechanic. We all know what we know, and learn more all the time, mostly from your videos. I am trying to decide if it is worth finishing and fixing, as there was still the paint job and some wire cleaning and repair to do with the harness from the dash area that goes into the driver door.
Basically I just need to know if there are fairly simple steps I can do to know it is the block or a blown head gasket, and not just maybe the radiator or another hose we failed to see leaking, or that all the hoses need replacing...please help. And thank you for your videos...they have made me more knowledgeable, for sure.
That headliner would bother me so much... I know you are not doing a full restoration on this thing, but if the donor car has a better headliner I would switch it over.
The car sounds super happy though!
My only intention was to get it running so he could get it back to NY. He drove it back last week and the car is doing fine. If he wants to mess with the headliner, he can.
@@ericthecarguy
Staple gun is your friend.
Sincerely,
6' 1" guy who owned a few beater Prizm's and a Colt.
@@markwilliams2620 colt as in Mitsubishi?
@@markwilliams2620 does a staple gun really work?! I got a Mustang and ripped the head liner down and put glue everywhere and it lasted a week. I will have to try the staple gun.
@@ericthecarguy I was going to say maybe you could swap that over from the parts car as well as the sunvisors now that you have one I provided they have the same interior color
Love your videos. Thanks for putting them together. I know it's time consuming.
I approve of your music choices Eric
Thanks Eric for another great video , learned a lot as always . Be safe
11:45 god damnnn where did you find such a clean D-series hollyyyy, thing looks factory new
Yay a repair videooo
PS
Too many scam shops around... This is why people avoid maintenance until everything breaks down
lol Eric is pissed as fuck through the whole video
Love these types of videos. What a great little car!
Hello USA always enjoy watching your videos I am from South Africa
Hey Eric I just sent you a tweet about this but just for the benefit of people in the comments: There's a two-pin connector located under the right kick panel in the cabin that you need to short out before you set base ignition timing. Shorting that connector (as I understand it) disables the ECU's influence over the ignition timing. Otherwise the timing will just look perfect because the ECU will be compensating for the distributor being off (now why you need to manually adjust the timing when the ECU can do that, I don't know...)
probably because the cam position sensor is used for more than just timing
another awesome ETCG video!!
Thank you!
Eric they didn’t actually pass the “ no Honda left behind act” just saying
Your green Element looking good man
Merry Christmas Eric and everyone! 🎅🎄🎁
If I'm the son of ericthecarguy ill be a great mechanic already.
Thanks for the video. Lots of work. I would go 1 stop further & replace the header in the car.
Mmm Honda😏 Love learning how to increase my Honda knowledge and skills❣
Great video , thanks, the ads are intense, Dern-it-all! " Gary in Oregon "
at 15:48 he refers to flushing out the heater core, valuable information and a good thing to do when you got the engine out.
only commenting because I was having trouble recalling which honda civic video shared this info.
Anyone know if he has a video discussing valve adjustments on the D series engines?
Perfect timing as always mr.etcg