Robert,
I
applaud your decision to go ahead with the head work. Perhaps you can hang
out when the work is being performed like I was able to during my engine
swap. It's amazing when the guy working on the engine runs into a little
snag and you're right there to fill him in on the history. If $600 is all
it takes, that's a bargain- my brother had the head on his Maxima re-done years
ago and he drove it for another six years+ (rust & other problems forced him
to get rid of it).
2001
Accord LX sounds, well, kinda nice. Too bad it's not a 2003 Accord- now
that's nice!! Honda finally got some style back into the Accord's body
design. Also too bad the engine isn't the V6 since there's a Comptech kit
for it at http://solar.innercite.com/comptech/sc_av6.html just aching to be bolted on. Try
this forum for Honda Accord stuff:
George
'89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 126k miles
"Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD,
next=dyno"
-----Original Message-----For those that recall, I had some problems which I thought was due to a bad EACV or a possible blown head gasket.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robert K. Kuhn
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 6:26 PM
To: The Rex list
Subject: CRX: Head gasket.. And another Honda...
I want to thank Jason Ustica and George Freeeman for your replies (and George for the really high tech how-to on how to construct a tool for checking to see if coolant has seeped into the cylinders).
Anyway... I've determined that I've got the beginning of a leak due to a head gasket. After calling around to friends, peers and other Honda repair shoppes, all highly recommended that I have the head and block resurfaced. I got quotes ranging from $500 up to $1K. This put me at a precipice. Repair, spend some additional money and do a B18 or worse, sell Jiggy "As-Is" (long story...).
After much thought, I decided to go ahead and have my shoppe do the repair (including the machine work needed). I believe when all is said and done, it will be close to $600 (USD) - Tax and all that stuff... :^P
Oh, BTW, I also picked up a 2001 Honda Accord LX two nights ago. :^) That too is a story in itself and I'm not sure if we're going to keep it (it belongs to my parent's and it has about 8K miles on it - very pristine - just wished they had spent the extra bucks and gotten the EX or V6 EX ;^) ). Anyone know of any good Accord groups/people?Robert K. Kuhn
CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal)
1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc)
ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla)
Alpine Drive (San Diego County) - December, 2002
http://www.crx.org/southcal/events.html
Or...
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=339727
