Dave

Know the star shaped bolts your on about mate. I've got the screwdrivers to fit them here, but ithey are small so it's like you say, if they are siezed then only option might be to grind them off with a grinder or if space is limited, some kind of metal file? The seatbelt bolts are always a total pig to get off!

I would do as Jake said mate, best way to get it running and then get the timing spot on.

Could itr be the ignitor in the dizzy has been disturbed during all the fitting/trouble shooting? Normally these throw an eml but could be. Know Ruby would start ok, run fine but then suddenly lost power and cut out. Had to wait ages to get her to start again then same thing would happen.

Wish i could see this but I take it the images are on your Google drive? Keeps asking me to sign into Google, but even when I use my sign in it won't show the photos mate. Sounds like you've been mega busy with her!! Looking forward to seeing what you've done. I've not done anything at all to Mindy lately, too wet/cold outside and her MOT is now expired so will be waiting till better weather arrives before getting her booked in for it. Don't think I'll need to do anything to her (fingers crossed as she was driving perfect up until the mot expired at start of December.) so hoping by mot time my new garage will be built!

Poor old Tubs, really loved this car and has been to so many Civic5 meets I've lost count! At least she's getting to live on in the new shell

Do remember the 1.4 D Series in my pre-facelift MA8 Civic was really rev happy! Bit more so than the 1.6 D series I'd say. Not sure how it compares to the D15 VTEC-E as they were more biased towards economy, although have been in a D15 and it was a quick wee car. Not sure if my 1.4 revved more with it being an auto, but always felt like a quick wee car back in the day. Think the other thing missing from the sport interior is the carbon effect dash inserts, think it was VTi/VTiS only that got that, but other than that and the arm rest like you say the Sport interior is pretty much the same as the VTi.

So looking forward to seeing this back on the road mate! Once the lockdowns/covid is under control will need to pop down to see you in DD. You still wanting to swap the rear boot side trim panels from DD and Tubs (mine have the holes in for adjusting the suspension)? Mind let me know a price for them other trims we talked about too. Will get some cracking photos of Tubs 2 and DD together

I would replace the battery due to age and the fact it's been totally flat before as they always seem to end up going after that. Once the new battery is on, test with engine off to see what the voltage is. Next, test it again with the engine running (get an assistant to press the accelerator gently for you or use the throttle on the intake manifold) and see what voltage the meter shows when engine is reving at approx 2000 - 2500RPM. Should be at least 12.7 V but ideally a lot more than that. Would test DD's but and let you know what it should be as I just fitted a new battery to her but my multimeter blew up (don't ask! lol)

£995 with no MOT??? Sorry mate, but that seller is dreaming. They will never get that for it, they'd be lucky to get that with a yrs mot on it. With that mileage, no mot and being a D series not a B series engine, that's a £150 to £300 car.

All depends on the price tbh mate. No MOT generally gives you scrap value, so if its cheap enough and the shell is free from rust (get under and inspect everything and every nook and cranny!) then as Simon said above don't be too concerned about the mileage. Just the usual checks for the engine (any signs of oil leaks, blue smoke under acceleration, strange noises etc) and see how she drives. From the photos she certainly looks decent. Ive got the original brochure too! The wind deflectors if OEM Honda ones will be solid black plastic. If they are the tinted perspex ones, they'll either be Climair or Team Heko aftermarket ones, both of which are readily available on the internet. Oh, and just spotted a mega bonus......that civic has the larger (and better) front fog lights fitted which are rare as hens teeth!

bloody hell that's uber clean mate!!!! Looking sweet!!

That's the genuine OEM body kit from Honda that came standard fitted to the Civic VTiS MB6 models. Was also available in the accessories catalogue for the Civic M series at the time so you could order it for your non VTiS Civic. Although there have been aftermarket kits produced (all with the usual 90's fashion of big gaping holes everywhere!) this OEM kit is the best looking kit for any Civic M in my opinion, looks spot on. I fitted that kit to Ruby my VTi, and my Aerodeck has that front spoiler/lip. I've got the sideskirts in the garage waiting to be painted before fitting. There was a similar looking rear lip available for the aerodeck too (which again is standard on the VTiS aerodeck) and I did have this until some pikey stole it from my rear garden at our old house!

They will look sweet as mate, and deffo go body colour with them.

£260 a month road tax?????? I thought it would be a year? If it's per month that's crazy, no wonder so many cars in mint condition went to scrap during the second wave of the scrapage scheme. Hopefully (doubtful) in time the powers that be will see the error of their thinking and realize that old cars (if they've been properly serviced and maintained during their life) are worth keeping on our roads and shouldn't keep being penalized as they are a more environmentally friendly than making new cars. We can live in hope! Love live the Civic M!

That really sucks with the low emission zones mate, never knew that they actually banned cars from a certain year backwards. Hope they never get the same idea here as I'm never giving up DD my Aerodeck, they can shove their ULEZ where the sun doesn't shine! Was talking to Dave (DAVEMB2 on here) on the phone the other night and we were discussing this very issue. We worked out that his Civic MB3 (1.5 eco-vtec) works out to be causing less pollution compared to buying a new hybrid/electric/new petrol car. Sounds impossible? Well, the amount of carbon footprint producing one of these new cars is huge compared to what his 20 odd year old civic is producing now. The amount of things the planet needs to give up to make a new car, and the amount of pollution caused by making it, is high compared with the very low emissions his mb3 is putting out. Ay MOT time, the mb3 is way below the actual limit that's allowed. That, along with the fact he can get around 450 (sometimes more) from a tank of unleaded means that keeping his car on the go rather than scraping and getting a brand new car is a more effective way to lower the pollution and carbon footprint. The enviromentalists/govt etc don't look at it that way though. And they think that moving everyone to EV's is the way forward but it isn't. Although the EV's don't emit any emissions, the pollution is just moved elsewhere. The pollution caused making them, the extra pollution churned out by power stations trying to charge them all, the extra hassle of how do we dispose of the batteries when the car is end of life or written off.........that's all pollution that's just been moved around. So every time you see an EV with the sticker "Zero emissions" on it, its actually BS! lol One thing to watch out for on the 2001 registered civc M's is they are taxed different to pre 2000 civics. The road tax is considerably more on 2001 year Civic M's compared to any other Civic M's. They are deffo out there, but hard to find. As Simon said, the Civic M's were not being produced in 2001, production ceased between 99/2000. The 2001 civics were just the last of the Civics that were registered in 2001, not actually built then. Production of the EP/EU Civic had already started by then and the new Civic was on sale.

Old Tubs was a cracking car mate, but think Tubs2 will be even better!

PS: you should still be ok at the mot with twin fogs as I've done that mod to loads of my cars and they all passed mot no probs

Excellent, glad to see my old memory can still remember some stuff! lol The reason Honda didn't fit twin rear fog lights is MOT/ EU law required one fog light to be fitted to the offside/drivers side of the car as it was deemed twin fogs could be mistaken for brake lights. The reason for it being the drivers side is that this is the side that is positioned towards the middle of the road. If it had been nearside/pass side, in thick fog a car coming up behind could mistake the car for a motorbike/bicycle and go to over take, and hit the rear drivers side of car. TBH, that last bit is in reality crap, as if the fog is so bad you can only see the the fog light and not the car/normal tail lights, you shouldn't be overtaking! Nuts eh! So for left hand drive cars, the fog is on the left side of the rear, hence why the left light can also take a fog light bulb really easily. Makes sense when you think about it. Does still seem weird as my 96 Ford Escort mk 6 had twin rear fogs, but my 96 Honda Civic MA8 had the single fog on right side.

Nice one Rob! Did it have the holes already in it for the plastic side skirts to go back on or did you need to drill these? I'll add the link to our useful info section/parts section. Dave

I can check DD as she has the optional Pioneer cd changer in the boot. Will have a look at the plug on that when I get a chance mate and let you know if its the same as the one in your boot. Hadn't thought about the cd changer lol

Looking sweet lowered mate! Really is a tidy MB that. Regarding that plug in the boot, I've seen that one before in the past. Almost sure it is for plugging in the oem Honda towbar electrics, as Ruby had a towbar (Honda one) fitted when we got her and I removed it. I'm sure it was plugged into that plug. Hopefully someone will be able to confirm this for sure shortly.

What year was the Accord mate? Thinking they probably had similar set ups depending on the year? Its an electric rack in the fn2 isn't it? Woulod be interesting to get a measurement of the fn2 shaft and the mb/mc one to see if its possible. Would possibly even give up my retrimmed DC2 wheel if I could have the fn1/2 wheel and get the buttons working!

Did they not do an Aerodeck too? Or an MB6 to K20?