'97 Civic

[keenan]

what kind of dslr are you using

[Chuckdee]

Chasing electrical problems sucks, I should know. Good progress on the civic man, just keep at it!

[Garrett B]

So fuse blew again. WTF! This was making me mad so I ended up just tracing the wiring and I found a plug that connects the main harness to the back end harness and I found a broken off wire plus the plug has a bunch of corrosion. disconnected the plug and the fuse didn't blow. this better be the fix.

[Garrett B]

quite project props for taking it on!

i tried that stuff on my coupes mounts before. i let them sit at room tempature for 3 weeks before installing and it still didnt hold up at all

Oh, yeah I totally understand it's not going to last. I already have a new one ordered it should be here in like 4 days. I just need it to last me that long. haha.

[TrailerTrash]

quite project props for taking it on!

i tried that stuff on my coupes mounts before. i let them sit at room tempature for 3 weeks before installing and it still didnt hold up at all

[Queef|Chief]

jdm as fuck yo. looks like it'll be nice when you've fixed it up tho!

Might be able to make a song with that tight lyrical flow son

[Garrett B]

Thanks kyle.
I might as well be in japan it's so jdm. thanks dude.

I had some window weld type stuff and I want to get nicer engine mounts than the oem ones you can buy but I needed a mount for now so I just filled it with the glue stuff and it's drying now. It should hold until I get the money for a nice mount.



sorry about the crappy pic on that one haha.



this stuff is supposed to be really strong.

[Lobster]

jdm as fuck yo. looks like it'll be nice when you've fixed it up tho!

[Kylenatolix5]

props to you for taking on this challenge! good thing parts are generally priced fair for these cars. Get this thing de riced!!!

[Garrett B]

Got an update for everyone.

I finally figured out the tail light issue. It was the pigtail in the back that the harness connects to and splits up the lights. I disconnected it and it didn't blow a fuse anymore



I also stripped a bunch of random wires out of the dash.



I learned that it was in a front end crash but I'm fine with it cause I'm planning on jdm swap far down the road.



I literally took apart the whole under dash and most of the front to try and find this wire



This motor mount was completely shot.



I'm so glad I figured it out. Now it's time to clean it up and get it de-riced.

[Garrett B]

Has to be a short somewhere, just find it, ive even had a bad bulb short out as well and pop fuses

You might just be right. I checked the back bulbs because I was replacing them all and the third brake light bulb was blown, I haven't checked it with a new one but I'm going to try it tomorrow and hopefully it fixes so I can get on with this build.

[Queef|Chief]

Has to be a short somewhere, just find it, ive even had a bad bulb short out as well and pop fuses

[Garrett B]

Well I did some more tearing apart of the dash and it seems this idiot liked using ghetto wiring and black taped splices with no soldering or anything so I got rid of all that shit and checked all my grounds and put a fresh fuse in and it blew AGAIN. I'm so pissed.

But I did find that the third brake light was burnt out and I'm wondering if this would be causing it?

[ChristopherJason]

Sick Coupe man i have 2 sedans, 98 civic and 97 EL havent encountered the taillight problem with either but wiring in them are very straight forward

[Randomofodication]

Keep the mirror.

^this! They're awesome. Looks like it's gonna be lots of fun to try and fix it up, hopefully there isn't too much wrong with it.