nice rex. welcome to clubEF. you will never want to go back

 

yeah I've barely driven the car, and I already love it [8D]

 

Nice buy! I NEVER see CRX's anymore

 

no lie out of every honda i have ever driven. the ef was by far my favorite of all time. i ahve driven eg's ek's and ek si's a bunch of accords, i had a del sol. but nothing compares to the ef.

 

that's because they rust apart up north [8D]

 

^true, I was looking for one a few weeks ago, there are lots out there but all rusted up to hell.

 

So I've made some progress on this car.

Last week I replaced the clutch. Took me about 6 hours to get the transmission out, what a pain. Had to pull the battery, intake, radiator hoses, starter, axles, shift linkage, clutch cable, speedometer cable, and three motor mounts.



Once I got it out, the problem was obvious. One of the clutch springs had broken and was just rattling around in there. Some of the fingers on the pressure plate were bent. That explains why it was basically undriveable.



So I replaced the clutch with the original one out of my Civic. Did you know that all 1990-2000 d-series clutches are the same? I kept the original flywheel in there and put in my clutch disc and pressure plate. I also replaced the throwout bearing with a new one from Honda. Not that the old one was bad, but I already bought it, and I never want to drop the tranny again!

After that I replaced the coolant and topped off the transmission fluid. Reattached everything other than the speedometer cable which I broke by accident.

I also wanted to take care of the sloppy shifter, so I had purchased the Energy Suspension kit. So I pulled the linkage out and found this. It already had the ES bushings, WTF.



Turns out there were two other problems. This plastic part that goes around the ball of the shifter was deformed, the rubber boot was torn and there was no grease left in it. I replaced it with a spare that was sitting around



Also, this metal sleeve that goes through the bottom of the shifter, has these little rubber rings around it, and washers at the end, they were completely destroyed. Didn't have a spare so I greased it up, put it back together, and ordered a new one from the dealer. That will be here today.



That's about it for now. Here are a couple more pictures. I can't believe how much stuff I can fit in the back of this car. [8D]

 

im liking the fog lights. gena rallyx it too?

 

nice project! [8D]

 

Aside from the rust help that it needs car looks great!