My ED6... weekend racer on a budget

[M.Doban]

That's cray, maybe it's an ED6 thing? My ED7 came stock with a dead pedal. It can't be a facelift thing either because we're both after the 1990 changeover.

Don't mean to be all hoitytoity, I just find it curious

Nah, I gotcha. I mean, my car was an auto... and I've literally never seen the inside of another ED (besides the autos in yards). Maybe all manuals came with them... Like I said, my car is the only ED in my entire area that has a complete interior and isn't some Monster Energy drinking shocker sticker flat brimmed hat kid's "whip"

...sorry for the rant

hi ily <3

Aww!

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Good stuff!

Now you need to take those silly rubber covers off of your pedals and put grip tape on them.




Seriously, do it. You'll love it.

People have been telling me that for a longgg time. Should I? I mean... it seems like it would be super annoying not being able to adjust your feet on the pedal if you have pressure on it?

[SheaMoose]

Do it, it's great.

[MommysLittleMonster]

Good stuff!

Now you need to take those silly rubber covers off of your pedals and put grip tape on them.




Seriously, do it. You'll love it.

[FunfGang]

hi ily <3

[EF303]

That's cray, maybe it's an ED6 thing? My ED7 came stock with a dead pedal. It can't be a facelift thing either because we're both after the 1990 changeover.

Don't mean to be all hoitytoity, I just find it curious

[M.Doban]

Looks to me like the outer flappy part of your dead pedal should do under the carpet tho?

This is how I took it out of the CRX. I don't think it would fit the other way either.

Micah, gangsta pan is gangsta. Carry on.

Its been awhile since I had my DA but I remember my dead pedal looking the same as his and mine was factory installed. But I'm old and my memory is foggy so I could be way wrong.

Correctomundo.

Thanks, yo. It shoot sparks like CRASSAY. Which makes me happy.

[CrackerTeg]

Micah, gangsta pan is gangsta. Carry on.

Looks to me like the outer flappy part of your dead pedal should do under the carpet tho?

Its been awhile since I had my DA but I remember my dead pedal looking the same as his and mine was factory installed. But I'm old and my memory is foggy so I could be way wrong.

[floatingdino]

Looks to me like the outer flappy part of your dead pedal should do under the carpet tho?

[M.Doban]

Dude. Freaking go, Japan. They know what's up.







And I don't want to hear anyone coming in to say how their American car had this or that. They probably did but let me be happy.

[SheaMoose]

My ae86 was originally an auto, but it had all of the holes and mounts for a clutch pedal.
Makes swapping things much easier haha.

[d3bas3r]

It was your turn to do the dishes this week; I hope you didn't slip that dead pedal in with the fine China.

[M.Doban]

So yesterday I went to the junkyard to get a rear hatch that I thought was rust free but actually wasn't. Needless to say I left it there. I did however pick up a mint hood for cheap as well as a dead pedal out of a '90 CRX. I honestly didn't even know that EFs came which such luxuries. But shucks, it was 99 cents! Bag it. Coppin' it, washin' it, 'bout to go and get some compliments.

It was actually $5 but same thing.

So I cleaned it up.




And then I pulled up my carpet to see what I had to work with. Can I just say how much I love Honda? They must make the carpet, the foam beneath, and the actual body on every car the same. There were flat spots for the bolts and a nifty foam pop-out like in the wooden puzzles we built when we were kids.

I sanded off the paint...




Then I cut the heads off some spare bolts and welded them to the body. No pics of this.

Here it is finished though. And OH MY GOSH. I just drove in on the highway and I feel like I'm in a (God forbid) BMW. It's so presh. First time on the highway with the new suspension as well. I'm more than pleased. Ecstatic would be the word.




Love you all.

[M.Doban]

Alright. Very minor and somewhat uninteresting unless you're me update time.

A couple of days ago I backed my up to go to work and there was a rather large puddle of oil underneath. It was engine oil... I guess I had finally scraped through my pan.

So today I fixed the pan and made a skid plate. I really want to make a crash plate for both the engine and trans as I'm scraping the trans up pretty good but I have neither the time nor the lift (the Jeep is on it). So this will do for now.

Here's the pan...




And the problem area. Oil is seeping through here and the drain plug is leaking.




The drain plug




So I grabbed a spare pan (no it doesn't fit) and cut out the drain plug hole




Then I cut out the messed up hole on the other pan and welded the good stuff in as well as some spare metal to fill in the leaky spot I had also cut out. The new drain plug is also flipped upside-down to keep the hole farther from the ground.




Then I cut a section out of a piece of (I think) 1/8" steel after it was wire wheeled of all the rust.




Aaaaaand there you have it. I'll be the first to admit that this is far from my best work. But I don't have the tools to bend this thick of metal or the time to make it perfect. It'll do just fine though I should think.

[SheaMoose]

Aha!
Please do it.

[M.Doban]

BAHAHA!

I didn't even notice it at first.