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Car Forum / Honda Cars / October 2008500,000 kilometers!
Woo-hoo! Went over today. http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg Mind you, that's only 310,685 miles, so...  SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Woo-hoo! Went over today. > http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg > > Mind you, that's only 310,685 miles, so... What model do you drive? >> Woo-hoo! Went over today. >> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What model do you drive? '91 Integra RS, 2dr, 5 speed. Bought new in '91. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Woo-hoo! Went over today. > http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg > > Mind you, that's only 310,685 miles, so... How much rust, baling wire and duct tape holdin' that thang together??? Pass the salt please! <G> JT >> Woo-hoo! Went over today. >> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pass the salt please! Looking at the pictures on Tegger's web site... that puppy he's got is pretty solid, and I can't see any 'jury rigging' (AKA... Ontario Provincial Liberal Party 'modus operandi')! > <G> > > JT cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:gdqvok$683$1 @theodyn.ncf.ca: >>> Woo-hoo! Went over today. >>> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > is pretty solid, and I can't see any 'jury rigging' (AKA... Ontario > Provincial Liberal Party 'modus operandi')! Rust is basically non-existent. Where it's present, it's in places that aren't really important, like the front crossmember weld seams. There was rust in the windshield pinchweld, but that's gone now (lots of tedious grinding, and kind co-operation from the glass place). Lest anybody think the car is perfect, here is a list of the major stuff that's currently wrong with it: * High oil consumption (about 1700 mi/qt). * Differential pinion bearing whines between 45 & 50 mph. Annoying. * Shifter badly worn; clunk and doink noises when shifting into 2nd & 3rd * Driver door handle a bit sticky; sometimes have to push it back down. * Wiper blade holders very worn and loose (new ones on order). * Door & hatch weatherstripping drying up and getting hard. * Interior cloth very faded; top of rear seat beginning to disintegrate. * Velcro that holds hatch carpet in place has come adrift. * Driver's sun visor too tight & hard to swing up & down. * Clock dims intermittently; sharp tap with finger temporarily fixes it. * Headlights extremely sandblasted; tallow candles may be brighter. * Many exterior plastic pieces distorted with age, no longer fit 100%. * Summer tires down to wear bars, need to replace in spring. It's an old car. But it has new OEM shocks! SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:gdqvok$683$1 > @theodyn.ncf.ca: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > that's currently wrong with it: > * High oil consumption (about 1700 mi/qt). still ongoing, or is that getting better? my civic used to burn a lot, but that's improved substantially in the last couple of years that i've been using m1 - and istr you saying you'd been using that. some of the motorcycle boys say that high detergent oils help old smokers because they say it cleans carbon off the rings and lets them seal again. and i have to say, my engine is real clean inside these days - it was badly varnished up when i first got it. > * Differential pinion bearing whines between 45 & 50 mph. Annoying. > * Shifter badly worn; clunk and doink noises when shifting into 2nd & 3rd [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > * Driver's sun visor too tight & hard to swing up & down. > * Clock dims intermittently; sharp tap with finger temporarily fixes it. resoldering will fix that. > * Headlights extremely sandblasted; tallow candles may be brighter. > * Many exterior plastic pieces distorted with age, no longer fit 100%. > * Summer tires down to wear bars, need to replace in spring. > > It's an old car. But it has new OEM shocks! >> cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:gdqvok$683$1 >> @theodyn.ncf.ca: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > still ongoing, or is that getting better? It hasn't changed at all, actually. It seems to range from about 2100 to 1700, winter to summer respectively. But I'm still refining my inspection method. It appears ambient temperature may be a factor in dipstick readings: If my start reading is taken at 55 degrees and my finish reading is taken at 30, the amount of drop appears to be more than if both readings were taken at the same temp, and vice versa. > my civic used to burn a > lot, but that's improved substantially in the last couple of years > that i've been using m1 - and istr you saying you'd been using that. Yes, since Aug 18, 2006. > some of the motorcycle boys say that high detergent oils help old > smokers because they say it cleans carbon off the rings and lets them > seal again. and i have to say, my engine is real clean inside these > days - it was badly varnished up when i first got it. 12 years of Castrol GTX left my engine's head brown with varnish (no deposits mind you, just harmless varnish). The head was boiled when it was skimmed in 2003 when the head gasket went, so it was shiny silver when re-installed. Castrol GTX was used for three years after that. Since then it's had a steady diet of Mobil 1. There is at this moment not a trace of varnish; the head is about as silver as the day the head was skimmed. Because of Mobil 1, or because I need to let nine more years go by first? Hmmm. >> * Differential pinion bearing whines between 45 & 50 mph. Annoying. >> * Shifter badly worn; clunk and doink noises when shifting into 2nd & [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > resoldering will fix that. Once I work up the nerve to try and pop that clock out of the dash to fix it... Go check out some '90-'93 'Tegs at the wreckers to see what I mean... SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > cf005@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (M.A. Stewart) wrote in news:gdqvok$683$1 > @theodyn.ncf.ca: [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > It's an old car. But it has new OEM shocks! That's the way to buy a new car. Run it 'til the wheels are square. Best part it is yours with out a payment book.. <G> JT Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in news:i7RLk.87346 $Mh5.54845@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net: >> Woo-hoo! Went over today. >> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > JT T'ain't no rust on that thing. I hunt and kill rust like it was a Middle Eastern terrorist. There is, however, the conceptual equivalent of baling wire and duct tape on the car right now: A hair elastic. My radio antenna (manual) has lost its rubber gasket, and the plastic grommet above that has cracked. This all means water wants to leak into the hatch area. A new OEM antenna is $170, and I cannot buy the plastic piece on its own. Until I get around to doing some junkyard prowling, my daughter has given me a lime green hair elastic to wrap around the base of the plastic piece so water can't get in. It's working, too. So if you see a black '91 Integra with a lime green hair elastic around the base of the antenna, that's my car. :^) SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ "Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote >> <G> > My radio antenna (manual) has lost its rubber gasket, and > the plastic [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the plastic piece > on its own. Have you looked at the aftermarket kits that places like Pep Boys sell for around $20? I replaced the manual antenna on my 91 Civic a few years ago, using a Pep Boys aftermarket antenna, and the final result easily looks like OEM. "Elle" <honda.lioness@gmail.com> wrote in news:9a8Mk.2530$3w.1177 @newsfe19.iad: > "Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote >> <G> >> My radio antenna (manual) has lost its rubber gasket, and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > ago, using a Pep Boys aftermarket antenna, and the final > result easily looks like OEM. I did consider aftermarket, but my myriad poor experiences with aftermarket have prevented me from actually carrying out my consideration. My local (and trusted) Acura dealer sells an aftermarket power antenna for $29 versus the nearly $300 it costs for new OEM, specifically because of the difference in price between the two. Apparently the aftermarket works pretty well, and customers are happy with them. In any case, nobody buys the $300 OEM power antennas, for some very weird reason... I dunno. If a junkyard prowl turns up nothing useful, I may just go aftermarket, so long as I can keep the OEM connectors... SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in news:i7RLk.87346 > $Mh5.54845@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net: [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > So if you see a black '91 Integra with a lime green hair elastic around the > base of the antenna, that's my car. :^) Youse'll hafta be travelin' in TX for me to see it though with gas prices dropping like a rock, I may actually drive my '55 Prez back to the east coast in the spring. BTW, I've used truck inner tubes for custom gasket material over the years with good success. JT >Woo-hoo! Went over today. >http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg > >Mind you, that's only 310,685 miles, so... However, that means you are on the way home from the moon. Or 1.667 light seconds from where you started. >>Woo-hoo! Went over today. >>http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > However, that means you are on the way home from the moon. Or 1.667 > light seconds from where you started. Damn. I was meaning to put that flag back upright before I left the moon, and I forgot. Have to wait until next time, I guess... SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ >>>Woo-hoo! Went over today. >>>http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/500000.0.jpg [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Damn. I was meaning to put that flag back upright before I left the moon, >and I forgot. Have to wait until next time, I guess... Armstrong says he's "pretty certain" the flag didn't fall down and Aldrin couldn't see it from his side. The other launches have all been well documented. So, unless you "clipped a cone", I don't think you have to worry. Besides, that's what track workers are for. |
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