Civic MTF change

1. Put a small pan underneath the fill bolt because some pours out. Remove the fill bolt and its washer.
2. Put at least a 2 quart container underneath the drain bolt. Slowly remove the drain bolt and its washer. Let the old oil drain into the container.

3. Level the car front-to-back and side-to-side.
4. Install the drain bolt with a new washer and torque it to XX N*m.
5. Stick a tube into the fill hole and attach a funnel to the tube in the engine bay.

6. Slowly pour 1.9 US quarts of new MTF into the funnel's sides so it doesn't make lots of bubbles. Make sure there are no leaks between the funnel and tube and that all the fluid is entering the transmission.
7. Install the fill bolt with a new washer and torque it to XX N*m.

134,237mi

car ramps

70 cm long, 35cm each step. Raises the car 8cm under the front wheels which is plenty height for me to change oil, oil filter. I can crawl under the entire front half of my car. Used old deck boards.

Civic torque specs

Wheel nuts: 108 N*m (80 lbf*ft)

directional wifi antenna

Edimax EW-7128g wireless adapter cost me $15 but can find for even cheaper now...
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Mounted it inside an RCA satellite dish. I used a metal bowl before I had RCA dish but didnt work as good.

Grub2 install

After booting from LiveCD:
sudo fdisk -l
sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdX

where X is letter of harddrive and Y is partion number.

Corolla lower control arm replacement

My friend and I replaced his 1999 Corolla(E110, 8th gen)'s lower control/suspension arm. He slammed into a curb or something which warped his factory control arm causing the wheel to be angled to where it was rubbing inside the wheel well.

Old control arm:


My friend:


New control arm (pt# MS9637) installed:

Soldering Car Stereo Harness Wires

This is how I first wired the harness with crimp caps which isn't as good as soldering.

RR+ = purple
RR− = purple/black
LR+ = white
LR− = white/black ?
FP+ = gray
FP− = gray/black ?
FD+ ? = green
FD− ? = green/black
12V Battery = yellow
Ground = black


This is a wire before soldering with black heat shrink wrap ready to cover afterwards.


This is the wire after soldering.

After soldering all the connected wires and heat shrinking insulation:

Civic D16Y7 engine oil and filter change

Materials:

17mm socket wrench
17mm box end torque wrench
Oil filter (Honda/Filtech pt# 15400-PLM-A01 preferred)
Drain plug washer (pt# 14mm 94109-14000 preferred)
Oil (SAE 5W-30 Conventional Motor Oil)
Oil pan
Oil Rags
Clean cloth or paper towel

Procedure:

1. Run the engine until it reaches normal operating temperature, then shut it off. Warm oil drains better than cool oil.

2. Place oil pan underneath drain plug.

3. Open hood and remove engine oil fill cap. Unscrew the drain plug to allow the old oil to fall into the oil pan. Wait until there are 1-2 drops per minute.

4. While the old oil is being drained, carefully unscrew old oil filter and hold upright when free to minimize spillage. Make sure rubber gasket comes off with the old oil filter and does not stick to the engine. Use rag to catch any fallen oil. Lubricate the rubber gasket on the new oil filter with new oil using your finger. Pour as much new oil into the new oil filter as possible. Clean the seating area on the engine with a shop rag and then lubricate it and the mount threads with your finger. Install the new oil filter.

5. Install drain plug preferably with new washer to prevent leaking. Make sure the old washer did not stick to the seating area or drain bolt. Do not over-tighten the drain plug, because pan is made of aluminum. Tighten it to: 33 lbf·ft (44 N·m , 4.5 kgf·m).

6. Slowly add 3.8 US quarts (3.6 L , 3.2 lmp qt) of new oil holding the bottle with the spout on top to minimize air bubbles. Install oil cap. Allow time for the oil to settle in the oil pan.

7. Remove the dipstick and wipe it with a clean cloth or paper towel. Insert the clean dipstick all the way into its tube. Remove it and make sure the oil exists as close up to the second hole as possible. It should be between the upper and lower mark. If it does not reach the second hole, add more oil.

8. Start engine in neutral (N) with emergency brake pulled. The oil pressure indicator light should turn off within five seconds. If it does not, turn off the engine immediately and find out what is wrong. Check underneath car for leaking.

Notes: Oil filter can be changed every other oil change. Check engine oil levels when car is on level ground. Check dipstick to make sure level is between lines. Foamy oil can indicate that oil has been overfilled.

12/10/2011 134,074mi new filter and oil