Accord H22A Swap

[Vtecmec]

I think the sediment line is a myth, fuel pretty much dissolves everything. My 20 year old tank was like new inside. Once you have the water out, might be worth dropping some oil in the bores and hand turning the engine a few times.

[jjmartin349571]

Good(ish) news!!

Bought a pump siphon yesterday and went to drain the engine today. Decided to drain from the cylinders as this would be the lowest point water could reach. Pulled the HT leads so I could get my siphon in, and cylinder by cylinder, it came out bone dry! Moved on to draining the inlet manifold, and it looks like not all the runners had a lot of water spill in them - I can only guess the ones that had the most water run in them had the valves shut. As for the others, I think as the H series leans back in the engine bay, and they didn't get much water spill in, the water did pool high enough to run in the valves. I'm going to provisionally say the engine is not ruined I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

[jjmartin349571]

Was working on the Accord again this weekend. Attacked the ball joints with a wire brush and WD-40 which solved the spinning problem. Got the whole passenger side reassembled, was great to see the correct amount of wheels on one side after months of it looking like a wreck However, on the driver's side it would appear I killed the lower ball joint with a hammer at some point during a fit of 'intense enthusiasm' So now I'm going to strip both sides again, remove the knuckles and replace the ball joints for new ones. I was going to do this at some point, just a bit annoying it has to be now as I really wanted to get it rolling this weekend so I could flatbed it up to my house. Oh well

[jjmartin349571]

I started removing the steering knuckle tonight. Was nice and straight forward:

1 bolt to release the ABS sensor, some swearing and scraped knuckles in order to release the sensor from the knuckle. Then followed the wire up and remove 2 brackets each secured by one bolt in order to free the sensor and loom from the knuckle. Then undid the 2 bolts holding the brake line to the knuckle before removing the 2 bolts holding the brake calliper to the hub. Then I hung the brake calliper securely from the chassis removed the spindle nut (again) before undoing all 3 ball joints. I need to borrow a ball joint separator to get them off though completely though, so will try and sort that tomorrow. The lower ball joint was already undone from before however, so I had a bash at removing the drive shaft - the manual said I'd need to bang it out of the knuckle with a plastic hammer, however by grasping the knuckle and pushing the end of the driveshaft I got it out by hand

The fruit of my labour



At any rate I'm happy I understand how the control arms and steering knuckle go together and work now, another thing learnt. Just got to release the 2 remaining ball joints and I can get the knuckle to my mate's garage for him to press out the old joint and put a new one in. The new one turned up today from Euro Car Parts:



Not bad for £9.50!! at that price I'm tempted to replace the whole lot whilst I've got the chance seeing as the car is on 116,000 miles now. I'm quite tempted to remove the control arms and hammerite them too, tidy things up. Great service from Euro Car Parts by the way - I chose the free delivery, and it still turned up next day they've also got a 25% off selected parts promo currently, I looked up cam followers for my golf and it came in at about £37 which is a bargain for 8!!

Anyhow, really enjoying working on the car again my girlfriend just got a new job with a decent pay rise too, so we're moving to a house with a garage in the next few months which should definitely spur the project on. Plus we'll be moving to the county we both work in so we won't be spending a fortune on commuting anymore, which means more to spend on the cars!! Roll on H22A goodness!!

[jjmartin349571]

Went to release the upper ball joint today, long story short the tool I bought from Halfrauds wasn't up to scratch and now I need a new upper ball joint too Kind of my fault as well though, I should've seen it was going to happen with the design of the thing

On the plus side I roped my little bro into helping measure up the spoiler I bought recently, got to say it's a pretty good fit, especially considering it's meant for a 4th gen Prelude! I quite like it, what do you guys think? It's not flush in the pics as the studs meant it sits above the boot by about a half inch, so try and imagine it flush and painted in the same colour Also try to ignore the dent on the rear wing, the handle of a wheelie bin did that







I'm thinking this may find its way onto the boot of my Accord rather than the Prelude, would make my Accord pretty unique Got lots of other aesthetic ideas for the car too, can't wait to start pulling everything together properly

First thing's first though - go back tomorrow and remove the upper control arm Will bring the walnut trim home for some experimenting though so not all chores

[NafemanNathan]

Have you put your brother under a spell or something?

[mercutio]

i have an integra rear spoiler should fit the accord if you want one for each

[jjmartin349571]

Have you put your brother under a spell or something?

I'd spent ages talking to him about the car, probably a result of that

[jjmartin349571]

i have an integra rear spoiler should fit the accord if you want one for each

Would love to see how my girlfriend would react to me bringing another spoiler home as I've decided to do something else with the one I originally bought for the Prelude

Have you got any pics though mate? Wouldn't mind taking a peek at what it looks like

[mercutio]

looks just like the one you have lol