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[CJ]

Haha!  SO true!

[Tave]

Them non-Wyoming wusses just don't get it.    :-)    :-)

You're from Evanston, right?

I visited that town for the first time over Halloween. Met some good 'peeps and had a blast in Salt Lake.

[AutobahnSHO]

You're from Evanston, right?

I visited that town for the first time over Halloween. Met some good 'peeps and had a blast in Salt Lake.

Sounds fun.
Yes, Evanston is still "home"- I've only been back once since 2000 though..  My parents and 2 brothers still live there.

Evanston's nice because you're close enough to SLC or Ogden for what you need but don't have to deal with the big-city thing.

And I've NEVER seen cops on the interstate to either of those, either..  :-)

[VTEC_Inside]

8 hours on/off on Friday and I've replaced the alternator and the ps line.

As usual, it wasn't the actual part replacement that was difficult, but everything around them.

The ball joint fought back even with my puller tool. Pretty much everything with the suspension put up a fight. There is NO way to remove that alternator without pulling the drive shaft entirely though, so no cutting corners.

PS line wasn't too bad, but had to disconnect quite a few little things to make a path to guide it down into place.

[sparkplug]

It's good that your persistence has paid off. Give her a unicycle to ride.

Be sure to replace that old wore out air in your tires.

[AutobahnSHO]

Just imagine the tow/repair bill if you had to have a shop do it and smile.

[VTEC_Inside]

Just imagine the tow/repair bill if you had to have a shop do it and smile.

That thought is what drove me to do it in the first place. Probably saved at least $250 labor doing the alternator and god only knows how much on the PS line, figure at least $100.

On top of almost $500 for parts, ugh...

[dazzleman]

That thought is what drove me to do it in the first place. Probably saved at least $250 labor doing the alternator and god only knows how much on the PS line, figure at least $100.

On top of almost $500 for parts, ugh...

I'm pretty impressed that you were able to pull this off, VTEC.  I have struggled to change my own oil, and long since gave up even attempting it.

That you'd do this for your gf in such bad weather, right around Christmas, is even more impressive.  It sounds like true love to me.....

[VTEC_Inside]

Pics anyone?





Looking up. Near top left you see the upper alternator bracket. To the right you see the end of the intermediate shaft.

[VTEC_Inside]

I definitely ruffled something the wrong way while I was in there though. There is a clunk coming from that side over sharp bumps now. I'm sure I'd heard it previously, but I didn't make it any better.

Going to try and get it in to make sure its nothing serious because I don't want to trust my own judgment on something that could result in a suspension failure.

[TheIntrepid]

Are those ricey headlights I see, James?

[VTEC_Inside]

Are those ricey headlights I see, James?

All factory. All of those Integras have fog lights just to the inside of the headlights.

[TheIntrepid]

Oh okay.

[MrH]

I'm pretty impressed that you were able to pull this off, VTEC.  I have struggled to change my own oil, and long since gave up even attempting it.

That you'd do this for your gf in such bad weather, right around Christmas, is even more impressive.  It sounds like true love to me.....

The fact that she drives an Integra, and he drives an RSX sounds like true love to me.

[VTEC_Inside]

The fact that she drives an Integra, and he drives an RSX sounds like true love to me.

Maybe if the Integra was a stickshift. lol...

[MrH]

Maybe if the Integra was a stickshift. lol...

Ouch...

Did you tell her "slushies are something to drink, not drive"?

[L. ed foote]

Small cars are fun to drive, a bitch to work on...

[AutobahnSHO]

I definitely ruffled something the wrong way while I was in there though. There is a clunk coming from that side over sharp bumps now. I'm sure I'd heard it previously, but I didn't make it any better.

Going to try and get it in to make sure its nothing serious because I don't want to trust my own judgment on something that could result in a suspension failure.

I'm hoping it's just be a bushing or whatever's easy.. 
That's what sucks about taking apart stuff, something that would have been just fine for another year or two feels so relieved at being out it doesn't like going back in, so promptly calls it quits after you finish what you were really fixing in the first place, not that I do run-on sentences or anything....   :-)