Re: 94 Accord LX concerns
 

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:03:56 -0800, jim beam wrote:

>"soft" means it doesn't calcine, not that it's not loaded with minerals.
> minerals increase the ability of the coolant to electrolyze all the
>dissimilar metals in the coolant circuit.

You are probably right technically speaking. What I meant with "soft"
was a general low level of all minerals, not just calcium.

Be as it may, I just doscovered that something happened to the rear
window defogger switch on the instrument panel while it was in the
shop. Its indicator light is not working, thus I don't know when it's
on and when it's off. The defogger itself seems to work though as I
notice the drying along the heating wires in the rear window when I
press it and the window has condensation, so perhaps its the bulbs in
the switch. The two fuses are OK in the left kick panel. I popped out
the defogger switch from the instrument panel to check on the bulbs
but it has such a short wiring harness that makes it hard to pull out
the switch far enough to even separate it from the connector. Perhaps
some wire got pulled out from the connector while the mechanic was
pulling it out for attaching it to the switch. That would be pretty
bad! I don't know why Honda makes these wiring harnesses such a tight
fit. I might have to remove some of the instrument panel to get to the
back of that darn defogger switch. I know, it's the mechanic's job to
fix it but I don't want to leave the car there for another day if I
can help it.

JP

Re: 94 Accord LX concerns
 

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:03:56 -0800, jim beam wrote:

>"soft" means it doesn't calcine, not that it's not loaded with minerals.
> minerals increase the ability of the coolant to electrolyze all the
>dissimilar metals in the coolant circuit.

You are probably right technically speaking. What I meant with "soft"
was a general low level of all minerals, not just calcium.

Be as it may, I just doscovered that something happened to the rear
window defogger switch on the instrument panel while it was in the
shop. Its indicator light is not working, thus I don't know when it's
on and when it's off. The defogger itself seems to work though as I
notice the drying along the heating wires in the rear window when I
press it and the window has condensation, so perhaps its the bulbs in
the switch. The two fuses are OK in the left kick panel. I popped out
the defogger switch from the instrument panel to check on the bulbs
but it has such a short wiring harness that makes it hard to pull out
the switch far enough to even separate it from the connector. Perhaps
some wire got pulled out from the connector while the mechanic was
pulling it out for attaching it to the switch. That would be pretty
bad! I don't know why Honda makes these wiring harnesses such a tight
fit. I might have to remove some of the instrument panel to get to the
back of that darn defogger switch. I know, it's the mechanic's job to
fix it but I don't want to leave the car there for another day if I
can help it.

JP