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MR2_Josh · 10-15-2009, 11:57 PM

Soo first off, NEVER BUY A '98-'02 Honda Accord 4 cylinder. The trans for them suck horribly. I replaced the old one last March due to it getting stuck in 3rd gear which is a common issue. I bought a JDM 30-40,000 mile (supposedly) trans for $850 (cheapest I could find and trust me I searched) and just today on the way home it did the same exact thing. Soooo screw Auto trannies, i'm doing a full manual conversion on it this week. It's a cheap and easy swap too infact, I think I can get it all for around $500-$600 with a new clutch. Going to U Pick-it Sunday to gather parts. Luckily it's supposed to be mid 60's and sunny. hah

Now for the MR2, My head is delayed till Monday...sucks...oh well, delays are inevitable at this point. Got what I thought was all of the last parts I was waiting on from Toyota only to open the box and find that they forgot 1 of the wheel bearing seals (needed 2) so I can't assemble all of the hubs only three. Oh well again, I can still get the car on it's wheels though as I'll just throw a spare hub I have lying around on so I can move the car to the other location that I'm assembling my motor.

So with that, tomorrow I'm going to assemble all of the hubs I can. So I can hopefully get the car rollable by Monday.

Today between the resisting taking a sledge to the Honda and the BS'ing around the shop I desided to tackle the new coolant water outlet sensor tree and modify it to my likings since the last one cracked.

Here you can see where I cut a huge chunk off and then reshaped the end with a dremel to make it all nice and round. I still need to hit it with some 80 grit sand paper to make it perfectly smooth. The whole assemble once I'm finished is going to be media blasted and ceramachromed as well for a nice shiney finish.

Top view (ignore the twisted off bolts, they are going to be removed obviously)

Here is a pic I found to show what all I removed from my water neck. Where the red arrow is pointing labeled "Water Outlet" is what all i removed and reshaped to give you an idea.

I moved all of the sensors to the cabin firewall side of the outlet and nothing will be on the other side (trunk side) which will make it a cleaner appearance. Here you will also see the NPT to -6 fitting I added for the water return from the turbo. I popped out one of the nipples too for the heater core lines (I deleted the heater core lines from running into the bay, that's another post later I'll make showing you) and I am going to thread that hole and put a plug in it and grind it smooth. The other nipple is for the water hard line bypass.

This is the other side of the water neck showing the now "dead" sensor hole as well as the water feed for the stock TB that I popped out. I'm cutting off that big bulge for where the sensor used to go and having it welded shut as well as the old TB water feed and I will again smooth and reshape those to where you will never know anything was there.

10-15-2009, 11:57 PM	#33 (permalink)
MR2_Josh Addicted to meth Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 914 Thanks: 6 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts iTrader Rating: (8/90% )	Soo first off, NEVER BUY A '98-'02 Honda Accord 4 cylinder. The trans for them suck horribly. I replaced the old one last March due to it getting stuck in 3rd gear which is a common issue. I bought a JDM 30-40,000 mile (supposedly) trans for $850 (cheapest I could find and trust me I searched) and just today on the way home it did the same exact thing. Soooo screw Auto trannies, i'm doing a full manual conversion on it this week. It's a cheap and easy swap too infact, I think I can get it all for around $500-$600 with a new clutch. Going to U Pick-it Sunday to gather parts. Luckily it's supposed to be mid 60's and sunny. hah Now for the MR2, My head is delayed till Monday...sucks...oh well, delays are inevitable at this point. Got what I thought was all of the last parts I was waiting on from Toyota only to open the box and find that they forgot 1 of the wheel bearing seals (needed 2) so I can't assemble all of the hubs only three. Oh well again, I can still get the car on it's wheels though as I'll just throw a spare hub I have lying around on so I can move the car to the other location that I'm assembling my motor. So with that, tomorrow I'm going to assemble all of the hubs I can. So I can hopefully get the car rollable by Monday. Today between the resisting taking a sledge to the Honda and the BS'ing around the shop I desided to tackle the new coolant water outlet sensor tree and modify it to my likings since the last one cracked. Here you can see where I cut a huge chunk off and then reshaped the end with a dremel to make it all nice and round. I still need to hit it with some 80 grit sand paper to make it perfectly smooth. The whole assemble once I'm finished is going to be media blasted and ceramachromed as well for a nice shiney finish. Top view (ignore the twisted off bolts, they are going to be removed obviously) Here is a pic I found to show what all I removed from my water neck. Where the red arrow is pointing labeled "Water Outlet" is what all i removed and reshaped to give you an idea. I moved all of the sensors to the cabin firewall side of the outlet and nothing will be on the other side (trunk side) which will make it a cleaner appearance. Here you will also see the NPT to -6 fitting I added for the water return from the turbo. I popped out one of the nipples too for the heater core lines (I deleted the heater core lines from running into the bay, that's another post later I'll make showing you) and I am going to thread that hole and put a plug in it and grind it smooth. The other nipple is for the water hard line bypass. This is the other side of the water neck showing the now "dead" sensor hole as well as the water feed for the stock TB that I popped out. I'm cutting off that big bulge for where the sensor used to go and having it welded shut as well as the old TB water feed and I will again smooth and reshape those to where you will never know anything was there.