Re: Pinging noise on 98 civic after valves ajustment
 

In article <3nU5g.6382$An2.1074@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink. net>, "Elle"
<honda.lioness@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote:

> "Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote
> > I wish that I knew
> > as much about the electronics related to engine controls
> > as
> > you know. I was a mechanic's helper during those years
> > (1960's)
> > before they had all of those electronics. It was easy to
> > be
> > a mechanic in those days. I have a great amount of respect
> > for the new generation of mechanics. The only draw-back is
> > the
> > excessive cost of testing equipment. Back in those days,
> > almost
> > everyone did all of the mechanical work on their
> > cars--that's
> > not true in these days.
>
> I suspected you were one of those long-time automobile
> engineering enthusiasts.
>
> I bet you can diagnose carburetor problems like there's no
> tomorrow.
>
> OTOH, just comparing my 91 Civic's bare-bone electronics to,
> say, the 2006 Civic's electronics is frightening! My
> attitude with my 91 Civic's electronics is replace, don't
> repair. Anyone who reads my site's igniter exploration,
> where I thought a certain resistor might be a capacitor,
> might have suspected this. :-)

That is probably the way that most mechanics do it. For example,
I doubt if very many mechanics would be able to repair the ECU.
It would be much easier to replace the ECU than repair it.
One of the mechanics from my generation is of the opinion
that the car companies made the new cars in such a way that
people now have to take their cars to the dealership's shop
and pay for the repairs instead of being able to do their
own repairs of mechanical problems. I doubt if he was correct.
However, it's true that most people are no longer able to
repair their own cars. I don't even have the expensive test
equipment that I need to make any repairs.
You are fortunate to work in a shop that has the expensive
test equipment.
Jason

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Re: Pinging noise on 98 civic after valves ajustment
 

well, coolant was good (engine is running for a week now) ans no vacuum
leak. I didnt check for timing because my timing light is dead :( It
was an old thing anyway. But as you said earlier, my distributor is
right in the middle of it's adjustment range. so no big issue. So im
starting over :(

Re: Pinging noise on 98 civic after valves ajustment
 

well, coolant was good (engine is running for a week now) ans no vacuum
leak. I didnt check for timing because my timing light is dead :( It
was an old thing anyway. But as you said earlier, my distributor is
right in the middle of it's adjustment range. so no big issue. So im
starting over :(

Re: Pinging noise on 98 civic after valves ajustment
 

well, coolant was good (engine is running for a week now) ans no vacuum
leak. I didnt check for timing because my timing light is dead :( It
was an old thing anyway. But as you said earlier, my distributor is
right in the middle of it's adjustment range. so no big issue. So im
starting over :(