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Looking at the interior of the float bowls today and the shape the jets were in I can say I’m pretty sure I found my problem. One I could see through the pilot jet, the other I couldn’t, and both main jets looked pretty nasty. I’m thinking once they’ve had a nice long soak and gentle brushing in some carb cleaner they’ll be acting much better.
Edit: Just wanted to update, I thoroughly cleaned my main and pilot jets and float bowls, gave the carb a once over with the cleaner, and got her reinstalled. Everything looks clean as a whistle now and I can’t wait to fire her up this weekend. Thanks for the advice.
Looking at the interior of the float bowls today and the shape the jets were in I can say I’m pretty sure I found my problem. One I could see through the pilot jet, the other I couldn’t, and both main jets looked pretty nasty. I’m thinking once they’ve had a nice long soak and gentle brushing in some carb cleaner they’ll be acting much better.
Edit: Just wanted to update, I thoroughly cleaned my main and pilot jets and float bowls, gave the carb a once over with the cleaner, and got her reinstalled. Everything looks clean as a whistle now and I can’t wait to fire her up this weekend. Thanks for the advice.
I actually pulled both filters and they’re pretty much fine. Everyone else is pointing me towards the pilot jet being clogged, so I yanked the thing apart and pulled the carb off it. Now I just need to wait for my JIS screwdrivers to arrive :<
I actually pulled both filters and they’re pretty much fine. Everyone else is pointing me towards the pilot jet being clogged, so I yanked the thing apart and pulled the carb off it. Now I just need to wait for my JIS screwdrivers to arrive :<
I got the tie rod replaced and yeah that seemed to be the issue since it’s behaving a lot better now. Also in my poking around I found my power steering fluid was a little low. I thought maybe I busted something and that it was now leaking, but I’ve been keeping an eye on it for the past few days and it hasn’t moved, so it might just be a pinhole leak somewhere in the line, not really sure. I was gonna grab a bottle of PS fluid tomorrow, top it off, mark it with a sharpie and keep watching it.
I got the tie rod replaced and yeah that seemed to be the issue since it’s behaving a lot better now. Also in my poking around I found my power steering fluid was a little low. I thought maybe I busted something and that it was now leaking, but I’ve been keeping an eye on it for the past few days and it hasn’t moved, so it might just be a pinhole leak somewhere in the line, not really sure. I was gonna grab a bottle of PS fluid tomorrow, top it off, mark it with a sharpie and keep watching it.
Yo so I took it to the shop for an alignment and they’re telling me I got too much play in my outer tie rod. We’ll see how it is once I get it back.
Yo so I took it to the shop for an alignment and they’re telling me I got too much play in my outer tie rod. We’ll see how it is once I get it back.
I guess this topic has been answered. I just think I’ll get a new head unit. One with ipod connection and aux ports and a cd player in it. That way I can use the changer in the trunk when my hipster friend says “Hey man lets listen to the entire Wall
I guess I better leave it where it is then. Then again I’ve had issues with spilled liquids in the trunk before but that’s a whole other story. At least it’s out of the way. Maybe I’ll just replace the whole shooting match with an ipod head unit.
I haven’t really driven lots of cars so my opinion doesn’t hold a lot of weight but if there was one car I consider a blight on the road, one car that if I had my way would be stricken from history, it would be the Dodge Caravan and it’s numerous offspring. There’s really absolutely nothing exceptional about them in any way as far as the ride or driving experience is concerned. They look hideous from every conceivable angle but *particularly* the back. Getting caught in traffic behind one of these bulbous freaks of the automotive world is a comparable experience to being inside of a Vietnamese POW camp. This is exacerbated by the fact that these things are absolutely everywhere so you’re many times seeing multiple Caravans at the same time. Last but certainly not least though are the drivers. I can certainly understand why someone driving a Caravan they paid good money for would want to kill themselves but the driving habits of most Caravan owners seem to indicate they want to take with them as many people as possible. A Caravan, loaded with children, is the most ungracefully driven machine I’ve seen yet. No indicators, ever. Foot to the floor, flying by cars in all lanes regardless of traffic speed. Erratic lane shifts with no real purpose other than to cut someone off for the hell of it. Headlights are optional before 8pm always. They maintain this incredible precision of always being exactly in your blind spot yet completely unaware of their surroundings. I’m convinced a meteor could strike the roadway leaving a mile wide crater and every single Caravan driver would drive top speed right into it. That is unless there was a sign indicating road work ahead in which case they would all crowd into the one open lane to the right of the crater and attempt to hit the workers trying to fill in the hole.
The master cylinder is what was leaking so I went ahead and replaced it. I adjusted my clutch too. Not sure which part of that affected the shifting issue but the transmission does shift smoother now *and* my clutch feels better. I didn’t even know it was acting up. I think we can call this:
Thanks so much for the help, everyone.
I guess fixing what’s known to be broken should have been the first thing done, I didn’t even think to check the leak. Knowing this car though it’s likely somewhere stupid, like in an extremely inconveniently located section of the tubing, just like my door light wiring breaking inside the door hinge and my backup lights breaking inside the transmission housing. Either way I’ll report back after I find/fix the problem whether or not it solved the shifting issue.
I love my 95 Accord, but one thing I’ve noticed of Japanese manufacturers is that when stuff does inevitably start to go, it all goes at once. Of course once you get over the hump of replacing all that it’s right as rain for another 10 years, but in hindsight I think I’d have picked a VW diesel or an old Volvo wagon as a first car instead. Having said that I can’t really think of any other 17 year old car that would last 50,000 miles of consecutive city driving and come out smelling like a rose.