1989 Honda Accord Start

[longlove4u]

check the junk yards, no luck. closest i got was one for the a 88 Prelude but it cant work completely different setup... the guy gave me some tip so I am now building it my self i post some pic soon cus. it almost finished

[longlove4u]

Just bought one from i guy that had it in his garage for 5 years, it sound really good when it starts, fully power but i may have to clean the radiator, change 3 bad leaky hose, get the door rubber and replace all the belts before i do any 'long' drive in it...

Dowes any one know where i can get a Upper Front Strut Bar?

[6453103]

@longlove4u You're probably going to have to look in a junk yard, or search the web. I'm sure you can find one online somewhere.

[flashofsteel05]

i have to give my89 honda accord gas too. but i still love it haha takes me wherever i wanna go. it drives good in the freeway too :)

[thabarrager]

sorry its an automatic

[evanellis]

Hondas have a distinct start up sound.

God I love my Accord.

[mtfune]

My 89 accord was a WONDERFUL car until an old man pulled in front of me while I was going 65 miles per hour and I t-boned him and my car was ruined beyond repair.

[6453103]

@mtfune That sucks to hear. At least you were okay. Even though there were no air bags in these cars, they still kept you safe.

[TheGizmo4382]

I had an Accord the same as yours. Mine was blue though. Whenever I started it, I'd have to keep it at 2,000 rpm for like 30 seconds so it wouldn't die. It was a great car. I got it for $1,000 from some guy whose mom died. I guess she took really good care of the car. I no longer have the car becausae my sister wrecked it. Dumb bitch. Now, I have a Honda Element

[6453103]

@TheGizmo4382 I bought this one from my sister for $500. She hit a deer and wrecked it, so i bought it from her and fixed it. It was a perfect car, other than it not wanting to start. Sorry to hear she wrecked it. That would piss me off.

[a7x5631]

@6453103 Man, whats with girls and wrecking this car? My girlfriend almost totaled hers. It's really nice, even with 250k miles.

[6453103]

@a7x5631 That sucks. I'm sorry to hear, and I'm not sure why girls seem to wreck these cars. They are really nice, and I would own another one if I could.

[YuckieDucky]

Lolz.. you leave your noisebox plugged in? i get tired of the beeping, i just turned mine off.

and ass for the sputter and die, i have to do that with mine too. lol

[6453103]

@YuckieDucky I could never find the damn thing to turn off! And that sputtering thing is apparently common. Not sure.

[YuckieDucky]

@6453103 to turn off the beeping, unplug the silver / gray bos under your dash.. right in the center under your stereo. :D

[YuckieDucky]

@6453103 to turn off your beeping unplug the silver / gray box undernead the dash, directly under your ashtray / stereo.. it will trun off all beeping tho including your light beeper, door beeper, and seathbelt. :)

[evanellis]

@6453103

Yeah mine sputters aswell.

[ahsure]

That's a clean lookin engine, replace your grounds with some thicker gauge wires and even add 1 or 2 more you'll see a big difference in throttle response and power. I got an 86' lxi best car I ever and probably will ever own....I'm driving mine till the wheels fall off!

[6453103]

@ahsure Yes, it was a very nice car. I had to sell it though. I called around and the guy who has it has put 25000 on it already. It's still running strong, he says. It was a big mistake to get rid of it. It needed a tune up, for sure.

[AllKidsOutNow]

ummm retards.

[6453103]

@AllKidsOutNow Yeah....we're the retards. Whatever makes you feel better at night.

[henloy]

what does it mean when i hear a loud screaching sound when i start my 89 accord?its hella annoying i was trying to figure it out it never used to do that but recently just started anyone know?

[6453103]

mine did it occasionally, but we never could find out. they said a belt or something, but they werent sure.

[henloy]

i just found out my starter broke now my car doesnt start sucks...gonna replace soon

[rogueboater]

It's probably your alternator belt, mine does it too when started, you have to tighten the shit out of if.

[iTzUNwritten]

opps sry dude u have a feu injected on. u need to get better feul injectors then. i had a 89 accord but was carb

[iTzUNwritten]

new carbuerator is wat u need man. get one fom a junkyard or have it rebuilt.

[watchmystuffplease]

i got a honda accord same one with 83k miles on it for 200$ it was broken but it only needed a new carbuerator and a little muffler fix. Runs like its brand new

[6453103]

I didn't have the money to fix mine, otherwise I would have. They run forever! The best cars I have seen!

[CRXJDM88]

lol i i just got one its a 1989 lx tho lol clean and only have about 169.000kms and its clean lol i love hondas

[fatboizze]

freaking awesome!!!!

[Zarckas]

yeah mine starts and dies and then i have to rev it to keep it running then once it going it has no issues

[6453103]

thats what mine did

[Zarckas]

so do u still have yours?

[6453103]

No, I had to sell it. Too much stuff wrong with it. :( I wish i could have kept it but it kept dying and left me stranded a lot!

[Zarckas]

yeah i was like hmmmmm

[6453103]

just another pointless thing to put on a car i guess.

[Zarckas]

did u ever notice the flap above the cassette holder?

[6453103]

yeah but im not sure as to what it's function is. i guess to hold them in, but i dont see them flying out, unless you go backwards at 100 mph and stop. idk what it's for.

[Zarckas]

lol i know people always knock things over and spill in my car

[6453103]

haha i would always have to drive with one hand. either that, or if it was a bottle, i would put it down in that Cassette holder thingy under the radio.

[Zarckas]

i mean everything is designed so well around the driver not like todays cars with all their fancy new gadgets hell mine doesn't even have cup holders lmao

[6453103]

haha yeah, i know. that's one thing that did suck.

[Zarckas]

I like the fact that when i drive i feel like i am in a cockpit

[6453103]

haha yeah

[Zarckas]

thats cool, not that your sister is a crappy driver but u know. I have had one other honda in the past, it was a 93 honda civic ex

[6453103]

Yeah I know what you mean. I like Honda's. They run forever.

[Zarckas]

$1200 but def. talked down the dealer a lot

[6453103]

well its kinda hard not to if it's not starting. I bought mine for $1,900, however it was in perfect working condition. But after I let my sister use it, things started to go wrong. She hit a deer, so I had to fix it. It wasn't that hard to fix, I just replaced the fender, hood, and headlight. And I found all of it at a junk yard for about 100 bucks total.

[Zarckas]

It did sit for well over a year i am sure, because I have found signs of things on it where it points out that it has sat. Like the windshield wiper sprayers all the tubes are dried out and melted together which is weird. there is paint fading only on the trunk and water has seeped into the trunk and created a hole. and when i bought it it took forever to get started.

[6453103]

I had to replace the wiper tubes. Mine were so dried out that they cracked. That's normal for an old car. And there must be a leak for water to get into the trunk. How much did you buy it for?

[Zarckas]

mine has its moments, and i actually looked most of the parts up for the car and they really aren't that expensive at all. I think its because its older. When it comes to starting it, After one or two times more i can always get it started.

[6453103]

It's usually the labor that they charge. If you can do it yourself, then that's a plus. But most people can't do it themselves. And yes, the age does have something to do with it, I'm sure.

[Zarckas]

yeah my mechanic said that until it stops running don't worry about it lol? very confused

[6453103]

well I agree and disagree. there could be something that is messed up in response to you not getting it fixed. however ,a fuel pump is not very cheap. so its really up to you. I waited. it only did it to me every once in a while though.

[Zarckas]

yeah its kind of crazy, i have been having this issue always starting it, if it doesn't start the first time i turn the key, i have to turn it on aux. power and then shut if off then start it to prime the fuel pump

[6453103]

Mine just started to do that. My problem was the fuel pump was going bad.

[Zarckas]

mine jumps to about 2k until i shift to first then goes down too 1k

[6453103]

I think they all do that. My friend just got an '88 and it does it to.

[Zarckas]

mine only has 74k miles on it

[6453103]

Wow, it must have been barely driven. My sister used it a lot, so that's why it has so many miles on it.

[biglukerocks1012]

is it ordinary to idle at 1500 r.p.m???

[6453103]

it normally idles at 1000, but it had been sitting there without being driven, so it does that for about a minute, and then falls to 1000.