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Ive been test driving the car and noticed a pool of oil underneath. Inititally I thought it was power steering as i'd been making a lot of changes there but on closer inspection I found a pool of oil on the gearbox - uh oh! It turns out i'd installed the driver's side gearbox oil seal completely wrong and it had been chewed up by the intermediate driveshaft it SHOULD look like this (after installing a new one, this time installed flush with a seal driver) Topped up the gearbox oil and so far so good (or more like refilled... it had lost over a litre which could've ended badly. At least I found it after only doing about 30 miles in the car) It's going on the dyno on Monday ... fingers crossed there's no more issues and it makes good numbers!

Thanks both - exactly - i've already found loads of little things wrong but I was expecting that considering how much has changed! I've managed to move it to my place now (it was stuck at the in laws before) so I can do a few jobs on the driveway as and when Tidied up some wiring under the dash that I wasn't really happy with and mounted a fire extinguisher in front of the passenger seat - hopefully it'll never be needed but better safe than sorry! The bracket I used ("The Bracketeer") wasn't really the best fit for this car, It's a bit wonky as I could only get one adjustment bolt in on the right hand side as it's a bit too short, but I managed to make it work and it doesn't foul on the seat moving back and forth (And yes the entire car needs a clean both inside and out. It was parked in a garage with a large german shepherd for 18 months and I swear half of her is still in the car!)

Looking ace mate 😎

Bought a VTI front lip for the aerodeck, got some slightly lower springs so it sits lower by a smidge and got temporary 15 inch summer wheels since last time. Had the car for almost a year now and I loved every single second of owning it

Passed!!! 🥳🥳 A few very minor things picked up: A couple of tyres were mounted backwards on the rim... that was the guy in the tyre shop not paying attention not me. Easy fix just need to take them somewhere A very minor leak from one of the power steering lines (I have replaced them all and had the rack out so hopefully just something just needs tightening up) But considering the entire car has basically been rebuilt by two complete amateurs in a garage and on a driveway, I'll take that as a massive win 😂 The ECU tune definitely needs work as the throttle response is all over the place, but I was only able to tune it for idle and low speed driving up until this point (by driving very slowly around the driveway!). It's booked on for a Dyno session with Jesse (J-Cal) on 10th August so really looking forward to seeing what it makes but going to put some fairly gentle miles on it locally to give it a shakedown before the big day

Thanks again Simon, I've managed to find the correct parts now (I hope) but not on there, they only had them for the decks not the MB's from what I can tell, I've had to order from Autodoc in Germany, downside is delivery times. But here are the part numbers for left & right side in case anyone else reads this & is looking for the right parts fingers crossed it helps others, what a nightmare trying to figure out the right parts though. RIDEX 83B0459 Brake hose Front Axle Right, 675 mm, INN. M10x1, 690 mm Article number: 83B0459EAN: 4059191714131 RIDEX 83B0202 Brake hose Front Axle Left, 675 mm, INN. M10x1, 692 mm Article number: 83B0202EAN: 405919136783

Nice shakedown run fir the bus mate. Such an awesome bit of kit that!😎

That's handy mate, glad you got it sorted... Some folk are just too quick to blast away with the windy gun.. I'm sure that's why I had to replace 3 wheel studs in the bus. Looking nice and clean now

Good that you caught it when you did chief.. especially before the dyno runs. Hope it goes well

Just got back from a 2000 mile exploration of the south west camping trip. The bus did us proud again. Some of those are dropped on the bags... Slammed on the campsite 😎

Thank you mate! Hopefully more upgrades coming soon 😎

Hi I am currently putting a k20z4 from an fn2 into an mb3 1.5 vtec e “x reg”… it’s hard to find information out there about doing this swap, I believe I am the first to do the z swap with electric throttle etc, my main concern right now is I have heard a lot of different information about the conversion wiring loom, I’ve read online that an eg one is a direct plug and play but then people say it depends on the year… if someone could please let me know if this is the case, also I’m struggling to find out what nsf driveshaft I need it is 32mm hubs I managed to get b series outers onto fn2 shafts but they where too long on the near side “offside fits perfect” has anyone made up shafts and could let me know what ones I need to buy… thanks in advance I hope this forum is still used lol picture for attention

I used this conversion harness on my 2001 MB2 so it should work for you. BWE Civic EG 92-95 Integra 94-01 K Series Swap Harness k20 Narrowband EU Version | eBay UK The ECU pinout for my car was somewhat mysterious but I managed to figure it out using wire colours. I did manage to get everything working properly - MIL light works as expected etc. Speedo and RPM works although the MPH is badly out, reading 40mph at 30mph, and so on - i'm going to try a "speedo healer" device at some point. I can't remember 100% as it was over a year ago now I did that part of the swap but here are some notes I had: The main one you need to find is the wire for the fuel pump relay, here is the extract from the service manual Wiring for MIL: Cooling fan: Driveshafts I used OEM EP3 ones and swapped the inners joints side-to-side, knocked off the 36mm CV joints and used blueprint outer CV joints suitable for civic EG6 (32mm). No issues yet... Do NOT buy cheap aftermarket ones, you cant use them as the splines don't accept replacement CV joints.

Nice one 😎 you should be proud of yourself with that result - cracking stuff

Try sticking your vin number in here https://www.parts-honda.uk/honda-cars/search_vehicle/chassis

And civics going back to 1982? https://www.parts-honda.uk/honda-cars/CIVIC

They do have the aerodecks listed https://www.parts-honda.uk/honda-cars/CIVIC-AERODECK/1998

Midnight purple... Skyline style 😂

That looks gorgeous! Awesome looking bus that! That wrap is like an even more intense pirates black, liking that!

All done (I think) And what the wrap looks like in the sun

She is looking soooo good now, sitting perfect. Good luck with the motcmate, I'm sure she'll pass with flying colours. One absolute sleeper that!😎

It's probably cheaper to just buy a Civic with the engine you want already in - maybe you could get a right hand drive one form the UK that's rusty? Theses kind of cars tend to be cheaper over here ... MBs haven't gone up in price much (yet!) like EG/EKs have in recent years. Obviously you'd have to get it back to where you are but depends how desperate you are! You are absolutely right on the K-swap front - especially if you use quality parts not ebay copied junk. I spent £750 on my shell, £700 on an engine, and £250 on a gearbox, but I would say the parts to do the engine conversion properly are probably 5x that, especially when you add in a lot of items that get done "whilst you're in there" e.g. new clutch/lightened flywheel, bigger injectors, different intake manifold... etc. etc.