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1990 Honda Civic #1
mgbjones Jim Jones Liberty, NC, USA 1966 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB "Orange Crush"	Posted: August 15, 2012 02:25PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,256

Well my son just purchased a 1990 Honda Civic Dx project car. As we speak he is going to have to install another engine or rebuild the one in the car. Has anyone here pulled an engine out of a Civic, how hard is is and is there anything special I should know. Do you pull engine, tranny and axles as one unit or what. Totally out of my league.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #2
Citron Steve DeGroat SC, USA	Posted: August 15, 2012 02:42PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 554

I pulled the engine out of an 83 honda years ago.
Just pulled the engine.
Don't know about 90's.
You'll need a work shop manuel anyway, might as well get it now.

Steve

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #3
jjgerding jay gerding Spring Hill, Florida, USA	Posted: August 15, 2012 03:53PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,049

If it's like any other FWD Japanese car, probably easier to pull the entire unit. Shouldn't be that big of a deal, especially if you've had any experience pulling an MGB engine.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #4
mgbjones Jim Jones Liberty, NC, USA 1966 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB "Orange Crush"	Posted: August 15, 2012 08:31PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,256

Steve, Jay thanlks for the input. A manual is being purchased tomorrow and yes I have had experience pulling B engines. I guess looking at it as a front wheel drive is what scares me.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #5
jjgerding jay gerding Spring Hill, Florida, USA	Posted: August 16, 2012 12:25AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,049

Well, many years ago I had the opportunity to pull engines from various Datsuns and VW Golfs, and I can tell yuou that it sure is easier to yank one of those since it's essentially a straight up proposition and you don't have to deal with that tranny back under the car. They are pretty easy to work on out of the car, a bitch to do it under the hood.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #6
Ogre1 Allan Ogilvie Melbourne Victoria, Australia 1977 MG MGB "Greenb"	Posted: August 16, 2012 02:06AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,343

If it's totally transverse (gearbox next to engine), it's easier to just wiggle out the engine. Not familiar with Hondas but know front drives very well. If he's doing a change over with another car then swap complete sub frames. There is also a lot of really good Civic sites on the net, I would give them a go.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #7
bk Bill Kiger Thomasville NC, USA 1971 MG MGB 1972 MG MGB 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: August 16, 2012 05:45AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 2,903

Metric wrench buying time!

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #8
mgbjones Jim Jones Liberty, NC, USA 1966 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB "Orange Crush"	Posted: August 16, 2012 12:10PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,256

Bill, I did a search on the wrenches required for extraction and fortunately I have most except the bigger ones. I guess we will also have Japanese garage at the house now.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #9
bk Bill Kiger Thomasville NC, USA 1971 MG MGB 1972 MG MGB 1973 MG MGB 1974 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB GT	Posted: August 16, 2012 07:24PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 2,903

if you need to borrow any let me know. It'll be top time soon.

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Re: 1990 Honda Civic #10
mgbjones Jim Jones Liberty, NC, USA 1966 MG MGB 1980 MG MGB "Orange Crush"	Posted: August 17, 2012 08:37PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,256

Bill, I hope it comes in soon. I would like to get it done before the show in September.

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