19 replies to this topic

[bigk3000]

no bad motor stories... im still baffled by my brakes. im sinking to a very low point where i just might actually take my car to a shop

[ChrisF-dude]

My 87 DX had a bad alternator once but the trouble was it got hit like 8 times. Header panel smashed, EVERY panel on the car dented and/or cracked. Floor and wells were rusty so when the lower control arm or ball joint broke and ripped the axle out of the tranny at 60 mph on I- 795 i figured it was time to retire the old girl and put her out to pasture. Good motor at 237k on it and no smooking or burning oil.

[Renan Pereira]

Not the worst, but the most aggravating was trying to find an ignition module for my HF. I ended up paying $80 for a used beat up one from all the way in Virginia(I live in Florida). I had to wait 3 weeks with no CRX. I looked all over the place here for that part and nobody had it for the HF, unless I was willing to pay Honda for it.

[Rampage]

Sometime in Sept/Oct I blew the motor in the Bulldog by shifting into 2nd gear doing 120km/h on the freeway... over-revved the motor, exploded the alternator belt, and ruined compression in 3 of 4 cylinders..... but it didn't die!

I have since swapped the motor of course, and need to learn how to shift

Cheers,
Mark

[cvcc_wagon]

Oh, and my tranny is leaking oil.

and to hi-jack for just a second, how do you know when the tranny is low on fluid, will the gears grind? Will it make some horrible noise?

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5th gear will die, then the diff will go. at least that's what happened to me

as for engine horror stories, just a head gasket that failed 5, maybe 6 times. can't remember exactly how many it was, it's a pain in the ass to change with a 2G tho.