Working on your own car?

[Race94]

Is it hard to work on a DSM at all?
I am getting myself an Air Compressor with an impact and rachet tool so i can work on my car, are DSM's hard to work on at all?

My buddy own a 95 CIVIC and he swapped a JDM engine in, he did it all without any problems and i helped ,we had minimal tools also, and the configuration of honda engines are the same as ours so i'm guessing it isn't that hard.

Oh need to get a torque wrench too.

Does anyone know what size threads do our engines/tranny mostly use? the range i mean.

Thanks

 

[David15151]

It is not real hard to work with honostly. The hardest part is removing bolts without breaking them . There is a technique to it which you will have to learn. Most of the bolts i see have a thread of 1.25 at least thats what i noticed when i broke a bolt off the heat shield.. and the bolt i broke from 02 housing to turbo.. opps! Overall though, its not hard at all to work on once you get the bolts out.

 

[Gigaah]

I can't comment on the whole engine and tranny but most of the bolts I run into on the car have a head size of 10,12, and 14mm.

I'm not an experienced mechanic. However there is enough information and walk throughs get just about anything done with the tricks to make it easier. VFAQ has instructions and pictures on how to do TONS of stuff. From what I've gathered on average things aren't any more difficult than other vehicals. Check out VFAQ.COM and check it out for yourself.