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    1993 civic dx bad alternator???

    been buisy working but took alternator belt off and pully spins fine by hand. Yesterday I drove around 15 miles to a gas station near my work and tried to start my car. It turned over then died. Had a loose negative battery cable, the positive one is fine though. Got some new connectors I...


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    1993 civic dx bad alternator???

    Yeah That's what im thinking. sounds like its a pully or the timing belt. going to check tb before work tomorrow. and while im at it, going to pull all the belts off and check pullys just to make sure what it is rather then just buying an alternator thinking its the one with the messed up pully...
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    1993 civic dx bad alternator???

    will check the battery yeah hearing the noise from the alternator pully EDIT: battery was a little corroded only on the positive terminal. also checked the power at the battery while it was running, stayed at 14.5 with nothing on, and around 14.0 with ac and everything on. thinking it...
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    1993 civic dx bad alternator???

    hello I have a 1993 civic dx and it has been making a lout noise kinda like bearing are out near the belts. Figured it would be comming from my alternator. the other night I was driving hone and when i was parking my lights started to get very dim then bright and dim again. when i turned the...
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    Blown Head Gasket Troubles

    93 civic dx here, had same problem. did hg my self, it was all right. check for spark. mine ran for a week then a while after it just died and did not start at all... tried to turn over just had no spark. turned out it was the whole dist. coil and everything had no power leading to it. EDIT...
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    no fuel???

    check the fuel filter? if you're fuel pump primes when you turn the ignition on but don't start the car it's fine. id say fuel filter then injectors. should be able to run on a bad injector but its worth the time to check them out just prime the fuel filter a few times then see if there is...
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    flat tire at my house?

    ill just go with fix a flat since it's just my stock steelies :P. I'll take a picture of the thing holding it on in a few, friend said it's rusted on but I'm pretty sure it's just the bolt holding it on.. tried to take the front tire off so I could get to the timing belt easier when i did...
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    flat tire at my house?

    hello i have a tire that slowly leaks air, haven't drove my car in a few weeks so its completely flat now. cant get it to a gas station to get air and cant get the tire off =\ has some huge bolt holding it on, is there any way i can get air into it without getting a air compressor?
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    won't turn over?

    taking the battery to get it charged here in a few. shop down the road does it for free (it's completely dead pushed my car around 12 miles to my house had to leave lights and flashers on) If it don't start I'm going to check the spark. was reading up on it, and it says to take the cap off...
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    Mini Me Swap questions/help

    take off the timing belt cover and you should see some marks line them and by turning the crank shaft pulley with a ratchet very slowly. gotta get under your car to do that. just lined everything up and im pretty sure your timing will be pretty close once you put the belt back on


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    won't turn over?

    hello I just recently did a head gasket change on my 1993 civic dx and it worked great for a while but now it won't start. sounds like it wants to but just cant for some reason. my car is a d15b7 all stock. stuff I have checked. Got new plugs and wires around 3 months ago. Plugs are all...
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    pesty scraping noise

    happened to me when i took my dust shield off while doing my head gasket. was very annoying lol :P still does it over speed bumps but oh well :P ill fix it when i get the chance lol
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    What would you pay for this 93 dx?

    id ask him if he would accept 1,000 for it. most I would pay is 1,200 But that's only if I loved the car lol. I'd say 1,100 is a good deal. mine was 1,400 with fading paint and a blown head gasket lol. Ripped off from my uncle haha -.-
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    93 civic dx brakes

    hello, i have a 93 civic dx and sometimes the brake pedal moves slowly to the floor, has brake fluid put some in a while back since I thought it might have just been low. any idea what could be wrong? searched for answers and got a little info but not sure what I should check first lol
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    1993 civic radiator fan?

    hello, I have a 93 civic dx and the radiator fan is not working, checked the fuse box under the hood, any idea what might be wrong? should I just get a new radiator? Pretty sure it's the cooling fan relay which I checked lol. Let the car warm up and it still has not came on. Thought I would...
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    lowering

    hello, I have a 93 civic dx with stock steelies and tires. Looking to lower it sometime soon, I know I want coil overs instead of lowering springs since I live in Washington state and sometimes there about a foot of snow the first few days. Going to be looking for rims on craigslist, noticed...
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    sun spots?

    hello, I have a black 93 civic dx and the paint is all good, just needs to be waxed a little and more taken care of. but the roof and trunk have kinda faiding marks all over, huge greyish white spots with no paint on it. or very little. feels kinda like primer or something. is there...
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    Coilovers, not so good, need recomendations.

    i'm looking forward to this. 1 question though. is it possible to buy coilovers and put them on and still have stock rims/tires? wanting to get suspension done then get rims. -.-
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    lowering 1993 civic DX

    hello, I have a 93 civic dx with stock steelies and tires. Looking to lower it sometime soon, I know I want coil overs instead of lowering springs since I live in Washington state and sometimes there about a foot of snow the first few days. Going to be looking for rims on craigslist, noticed...
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