How-To

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Honda B/D/H/F Series Coil-on-Plug Wiring Diagram

In this guide, I’ll show you the universal wiring diagram for converting any Honda B, D, H, or F series engine to coil-on-plug using Honda D17 or K-series coils. In the accompanying video, I’m doing this conversion on …

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How to Replace an Alternator in a 2003-2007 Honda Accord

If you find that your car won’t start, and after you jump start it the car immediately dies when removed from the jump source (jump box or another car), then you probably need a new alternator. Your alternator isn’t …

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How to Replace Brake Rotors and Pads in a Honda Prelude

If your brakes are squeaking you need new pads. You already knew that of course. But what if your steering wheel shakes during braking? You need new pads and rotors. Your wheel is shaking because your rotors are warped …

Cars

How to Replace a Starter in a Honda Accord V6

Today I’ll be replacing a starter in a 2004 Honda Accord V6 (7th generation 2003–2007). Replacing a starter is largely the same in most cars but I’ll include specific information like bolt sizes and locations for this …

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Swapping an Engine in a Honda CRX

Today is the day! The engine I’ve been building is going in the autocross CRX! I’ll go through the whole project step by step. To read about the engine build itself check out this post. Step 1: Have a friend who has a …

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How to Install an LED Light Bar

Today’s project is installing this 42" LED light bar by Nilight (for off-road use) on my 2001 Honda CR-V. The mounting of the light will be specific to this light bar and this vehicle but the wiring I demonstrate …

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How to Convert a Honda B-Series Engine to Coil-on-Plug

In this guide I’ll be upgrading a Honda B20B engine (from a JDM CRV) in a 1991 CRX Si to coil-on-plug. This method will be largely the same if you have a D, H or F series Honda engines. In the 90s cars used a …

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How to Fix an O2 Sensor Check Engine Light

So the check engine light came on in your car? Don’t ignore it! This calls for an OBD scanner . You can read the codes yourself with this tool or you can stop by an auto parts store and use theirs (for free in most …

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How to Replace a Transmission Mount

While rooting out the “clunking” sound my 2004 Accord has been making I noticed a very worn looking transmission mount. We can see it is torn in at least 2 places. These mounts are cheap but very important. So let’s …

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How to Restore Damaged Wheels

Today I’m going to restore these aluminum wheels. These are OEM 16” x 7.5" Honda S2000 wheels. They’re made in Japan by Enkei. They’re pretty sought after but I got this set for $120 on Craigslist because they are in …

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How to Replace an Accelerator Pedal Position Sensor

2004 Honda Accord outside of a detail shop This is my 2004 Accord. It has been my daily driver for 6 years. It has 285k miles. Everything works and it’s great — except that lately the throttle has been… weird. It …

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How to Restore Your Car’s Exterior Trim

I’m going to show you how to restore the lower plastic trim on this ‘99 Honda Prelude but the process will be the same on most cars. Everyone knows that the Honda Prelude is one of humanity’s finest achievements. In …

Tech

API Basics With Postman — the Martin files

This week I’m stealing all of Martin Castro’s hardwork from Twitter (with his permission) to bring you his guide on using Postman to consume APIs. This is a great way to test an API before you starting writing code. …

Tech

How To: Embed Your Azure Web App Bot in Any Web Page

Embedding an Azure bot in your web page is actually very simple but the Azure portal doesn’t make it obvious how to do this. The portal blade for bots is geared towards developers who are integrating bots into channels …