Restoring a $300 Honda Civic On A Budget! | EP. 2

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[@SophiaAphrodite]

I love these shows. You should consider doing this to some older 90's Rangers. The 4 cylinder ones are cheap, very reliable and parts are ridiculously inexpensive.

[@feminazislayer]

Either a low down 2 wheeler or lil lifted 4x4. Hell yeah great idea

[@igorcampao]

Yessss

[@xxxxxxxjtxxxxxxx]

Hell yeah!! MF Ford Raaaaaanger!!

[@robertocarlofalconcamacho5112]

Ford MF Ranger

[@matthathaway5015]

Happy to see that you're really digging into the engine and not following the Pimp My Ride cosmetic special while leaving the inside junk. Take your time. Can't wait to see the final product!

[@nick011182]

You're doing the right thing by making sure everything is right. It probably seems overwhelming, but you'll get it worked out. This one is gonna be a great car when you're done with it.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

It's SO refreshing to see you actually use a torque wrench; so many 'KZbin' mechanics don't use them & actually make fun of them. I started to think I was odd for using one all the time!

[@SmplBuilds]

Haha thanks! I always try to use the proper torque specs.

[@dannytrinh07]

Nothing odd man, Just remember not laughing at you if you were different but laughing at them that they are all the same. I used torque wrench on almost all bolts which need to be torqued.

[@alxcod777]

Dang bro you went DEEP. It was most likely the VALVE LASH clearance. But, good on you to refresh the old main rubber pieces.

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse that how it sounded in the short clip.

[@kmd.6198]

Love the Mac Miller in the background!!

[@johnvela8189]

What's a simple build, okay, so I'm a long time Honda fan boy you could say worked on a few single cams dual cams, even j series that ticking sound your hear from the engine, it's not your head, it's not your gasket, honestly all you really need is. Just a valve lash, generally with these older 90s, Honda's after so many miles being put on it, they're about to do tend to come loose. All you have to do is do a quick valve lash on it and you'll get rid of that ticking sound. And as far as your idle that's another issue that can be relatively fixed, there is an intake manifold on that head and right behind that head. There's a 3 bolt idle air control valve should be a 2 wire plug or a 3 wire plug disconnect that's go ahead and take the bolts off take it out you're gonna see 2 holes, one with a mesh and 1 that's relatively open. If that mesh is gunky and black, all you have to do is clean that out. Dry it out, let it air dry for a couple hours. Plug that back in, put it back on. Start that car up and then you'll hear that it's gonna be a smooth idol.

[@amosbell6794]

Have you checked the valve clearance? Sounds like a lifter tick.

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video.

[@EditorLava]

For a while tried finding “restoring/rebuilding” videos of cars and am glad you’re doing this content on your channel! Very entertaining to watch and see the progress man!

[@dvorgur]

Bummer with that engine, but big thumbs up for doing it the right way... if its broken you fix it. That is what cars are about :) Keep it up, love the series and the channel!

[@justanothertuner4135]

Great job man. Glad I found your channel. Love how you did the paint on the drums! Keep it up!

[@DanielHo-qn3kl]

If you add a rear lip, it will round out the exhaust area on the rear bumper.

[@grownman202]

I'm guessing the car had a non vtec head and someone put a vtec head on it. That explains the new ecu and the IAT not working. I had a civic that had the same idle problems because the previous owner swapped to a vtec head.

[@1underground747]

love it bro, great job i can't wait to see how it turns out

[@WavyDanny_]

Perfect timing, love these man

[@scottweber5964]

Just so you know for next time you can paint that entire drum brake without any issue. Just tape off the studs themselves. The thickness of that paint is so thin it won’t be an issue.

[@feminazislayer]

That's the very first thing I upgrade on every car I get, breaks. And if the only mod on this is rear disk breaks then it's a huge one.

[@feminazislayer]

Nothing says broke boy hooptie like disk breaks, especially painted ones

[@feminazislayer]

For 50 bucks at a salvage shop he can pick up a set of rear trailing arms to convert it to disks. Then rotors pads caliper ect. But it's worth it. The handling and performance will increase dramatically I promise

[@themitchster359]

@@feminazislayerbreaks, brakes.

[@AngelAdrian563]

This thing is awesome. Keep it up and keep learning 🙌

[@konsty_2]

Hey i got an old corolla. I got it pretty cheap and it only got 160k km (ig arround 100k miles) and its in decent condition but it looks bad and theres some minor issues. One of these issues is that theres a lot of debree inbetween the wheel and the door which i tryed to get out by removing the cover arround the wheel. One of the screws turned infinitely and all the plastic clips broke off. Where can i get these clips? Or the screws? The car is like 30 years old.

[@mikeluther60]

This series got me motivated to restart my project car! I’m working on a 99 Mazda Protege. What’s surprised me is how expensive used parts are at LKQ.

[@georgyk9611]

You're living my dream. Found the channel on ep1, and had to sub and keep watching. Keep up! As many have said, you're doing it right and whoever wins the car at the end will appreciate the effort you're putting in now.

[@harrykong]

Sounded like the idle control valve

[@michal9314]

I had the same water leak problem in my coupe, it was the drain hole inside the wing, if u take off the wing u see this pipe hanging down, u wanna take that off then from where the wires to the door go from the body, u wanna go through hole to get the inner pipe from the inside and stick the pipe back or get a new pipe

[@user-fe5np1jk1b]

wowwww cliff hangerrrr takes the head off and that’s it😭love the videos tho! i just found you when u first posted the civic! i’m a honda guy anything honda i love it! keep up the good work love the videos

[@alecw3535]

Just keep flipping civics the numbers love it!

[@themitchster359]

I definitely would have done a bit more research on that tick noise before pulling a bunch of parts off then putting them back on.

[@SmplBuilds]

I've been doing research non stop bud. And nothing went back on yet

[@MannyValladares]

The fact that torque specs the brake calipers and bracket in rhe first video then torque speced fhe oil pan is wild cause im a mechanic of 20 years and the amount of times ive done that is zero now using it to torque down the head, the cam bridges and so on yes but i can't knock it your doing ot by the book can't wait to see more of the build process

[@GIOTEC2005]

Been waiting on another vid

[@sultanjassim1552]

I wait every day for your episodes to be uploaded

[@Staetik]

I am loving this.

[@NandoCarrasco]

I would also start by putting better oil in that thing. Pennzoil Ultra Platinum came ontop in Project Farm testing.

[@JJDaMan808]

Awesome work for giveaway project car. You'll for sure get the engine back in action!

[@KENTUCKABILLYGARAGE]

Just orders some headlights for the 96 project can't wait to install them!!!

[@kristensanchez2100]

Love the beard, it looks really great on you!

[@LoveAffair.LA.]

Love your videos!!

[@SmplBuilds]

Thank you! 🤝🏻💙

[@4cnkh4]

Love the build how come you didn’t clean and adjust the drum?

[@bennocooper7787]

Hey mate ticking will be the intake tapper or exhust uslly

[@albertcars4001]

I love your content, regards from other Yutuber from Spain!!!

[@amiruddinarif3194]

Babe, wake up! Smpl Builds just upload a new video!

[@raulisimot9098]

Rattle could be a bad v-tec selenoide, if it’s open at low rpm that’s the fault

[@SmplBuilds]

Noise only starts when engine is warm

[@jamiemaz3767]

Your sure that tick isnt caused by a failed bearing in the pulley system... for me i found that same tick from my belt tensioner pulley bearings being fkd lol

[@SmplBuilds]

Removed all belts besides timing and it still ticked

[@marinainesta2577]

Oh yesssss!!!

[@huhwhatjoe]

nice project!

[@balefulsolstice9402]

Im currently restoring my EM1 after it got stolen and parted out. The interior is almost perfect once again

[@brandonb88]

Mac Miller playin in the background 🖤

[@Gordo101978]

You just not remove the head "HAIYAA" sound on the engine is a simple valve adjustment, it's maintenance everyday 60 thousand miles I believe. Now you're going to put everything back together and have the same noise

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse that how it sounded in the short clip.

[@fasttracmedia]

That beard is looking great. Keep up the good work.!!!

[@SmplBuilds]

Appreciate it! :)

[@CrunkyOMan83]

Can’t wait to see ur next video

[@mekolette7946]

I wish this guy would work on my 2010 Corolla S

[@elijahfield4643]

What kind of lift is that?

[@aaronlfcynwa2951]

How about do the clutch plate set on the next vid!

[@longcha9312]

Which lift is that ?

[@AURSX]

Devin a real one 😈🫡

[@smithsalvage3577]

Honestly sounds like timing belt tensioner slap

[@carswithcody9634]

It was lifter tick. Check the valves.

[@absentstars474]

You ever thought about getting into prospectin’? Big yukon cornelius vibes.

[@kdh_daniel8450]

I just got my 98' civic stolen (they took my speakers, radio, subwoofer, lights, grille, badges, crashed my front bumper) and seeing these videos motivates me to not let that set me back 💪

[@Greenday1827]

Door a rear disk swap, it's not super expensive and it's way better than drums. Plus more content!

[@Zokeily777]

Roll the fenders out?

[@AngelAdrian563]

I would wire in a kill switch. Have one on my 93 civic by the passengers feet.

[@grasshopperlawnmaintenance8738]

This is hitting very close to home right now. Just found out today my head gasket is probably blown on my civic I just bought two weeks ago. Sucks! I've never done that job before, but I'm thinking real hard on doing it right now.

[@SmplBuilds]

I pulled the head in an hour! It's really not that hard 👍🏻

[@crazydave2425]

Idle surging sounds like an idle air control valve.

[@Partnerthedog]

Yay

[@patrickbrady5100]

Pulled over to watch in a parking lot. Love it bro

[@feminazislayer]

You crazy

[@SmplBuilds]

Haha I'm flattered bro 💙💙💙

[@HiboostInk]

That motor definitely sounds like it needs a valve adjustment head needs to be put back in the car to be adjusted probably obviously

[@matthewsilva9975]

Oh hell yeah

[@drizen1g]

You should do a 3rd generation Acura Integra or Honda Integra build

[@Mgh101590]

My 02 civic had a similar noise ended up being a timing belt tensioner pulley replaced it and noise gone

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video. And it doesn't increase in speed with engine RPM.

[@Mgh101590]

@@SmplBuilds mine went away with driving so I didn't think much of it until finally got the TDC code multiple times opened up the timing belt covers and noticed the spring on the tension pulley was bouncing around in there and the pulley itself broken.

[@SmplBuilds]

@@Mgh101590 I'll be sure to check that out. Thanks!

[@zachb9733]

Do a valve lash adjustment and that should solve the clatter noise. Atleast that’s what it sounds like on the video. Also that down pipe looks horrid id replace that instead of using the old one. eBay headers are cheap if you go that route.

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video.

[@zachb9733]

uh oh rod knock?@@SmplBuilds

[@user-xw3qb8mi6o]

Do ur thing!!! You can do it ..

[@ambrizfamily5630]

That ticking you hear is in the head and it’s the valve lash you need to adjust them and it should go away

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video. And it doesn't increase in speed with RPM.

[@wilfredol.figueroa2797]

You should convert the rear drum brakes to disc brakes. Better breaking and looks better.

[@pauloalbuquerque2453]

Nice 🇧🇷

[@Vacantexe]

Also how many entries per dollars spent

[@SmplBuilds]

1 entry for every dollar. For Smpl Motor Club its 20X your membership cost. Link at Smplclothing.co

[@emanuelquesada1366]

check valves

[@WavyDanny_]

Devin hatchback transformation next

[@devoncosta8699]

I like this comment!

[@brandonazevedo4494]

when your spray painting, your adding the coats too thick causing the paint to run. you have to practice more on leveling out the coats.

[@manuellopezej1]

Where is the maxpeedingrods sponsor

[@suppreme6583]

Change the spark plugs haha

[@markzhidovlenko5544]

He didn’t change spark plugs yet or the coils

[@seanmatthews7279]

Sounds like valve lash

[@freshdc]

You need to check the valve lash, it's literally the valve lash

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video. And it doesn't increase in speed with engine RPM.

[@freshdc]

@@SmplBuilds normally with valve lash the noise gets bigger as rpm goes up

[@SmplBuilds]

@freshdc Yep... So it's not valve lash unfortunately.

[@higbeedoug]

👌

[@Piedad858]

Is nobody gonna talk about the beard?😮😮

[@monsterwithoutname]

I miss New Jersey 😢

[@JuniorMuhubao]

Bro you need to post faster I’m so in tuned into these video 😂

[@christopheralbo4181]

The exhaust doesn’t line up because you’re missing the catalytic converter

[@ryansookdeo6821]

He baught a cheap lemon, and adding the sugar to make the lemonade

[@Nrhuth1]

Holy smokes I'm so glad I don't have to worry about northern climate issues with my cars. So much rust.

[@SmplBuilds]

Oh you haven't seen anything yet. This car is clean for a north east car.

[@raulisimot9098]

Vtec selenoide stuck open

[@quinton7854]

damn thats a vibrant muffler better try and keep that

[@SmplBuilds]

It might be too far gone :(

[@user-fh2uj3yk4m]

You could paint the drum off the car and you wouldn't have to cover the lug studs

[@scottbentley7920]

Sounded like top end noise probably could have just set the valve lash and it would have been fine

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse that how it sounded in the short clip.

[@JayycobVNM]

That must need a valve adjustment 🤔

[@boostgaragebuilt1363]

Sounds like lifter tick check your clearances !!!!

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse that how it sounded in the short clip.

[@boostgaragebuilt1363]

@@SmplBuilds put the engine top dead center and check all the clearances I had the same exact issue on my brothers civic it was way off that’s why it was ticking like crazy

[@SmplBuilds]

@@boostgaragebuilt1363 did the tick get really loud at times? And only happened when the engine was warm?

[@boostgaragebuilt1363]

@@SmplBuilds yes especially under acceleration

[@SmplBuilds]

@boostgaragebuilt1363 this tick goes away on acceleration

[@WatUpOck]

I fukk wit wat u doin but at least bro make the rear 5 lug or something bro. Get some OEM Honda parts on the car bro bro. Nothing to crazy .

[@samuelfoote9135]

New drums come painted, so dont know why you over thought that one.

[@Venomized95]

Its a fast idle valve or IACV issue. It revs and drops and the rattle is it being too low of idle and coming back from it.. you went WAY to far

[@SmplBuilds]

As it warms up, the noise gets waay worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video.

[@feminazislayer]

Definitely smart to keep giveaways stock and regular. Imagine you give away a customized ride, something happens, accidents, tickets, ect. Your getting sued.

[@phenomkrumper]

I dont think it works like that chief. When people do a giveaway they often have a waiver in place in which they make participants aware of. Plus tickets are driver's error not sellers..

[@matthewsilva9975]

Aye make sure you blur people's licence plates lol

[@feminazislayer]

I think you got a bad lifter judging by that tic tic

[@TheTechnoaddict]

I think it's in that area 2. Didn't need to remove the head to check that.

[@thonmoybhattacharjee3041]

Hundred percent, just needed a lash job and dude took the whole head off 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@SmplBuilds]

The noise gets much worse than how it sounded in the short clip in this video.

[@TheTechnoaddict]

@@SmplBuilds but it's coming from the head? Still doesn't explain why you took of the head.