Recent content by Tromperie

My 2001 2.0 Accord has become rather difficult to start in wet weather, and on inspection, there's a crack in my distributor cap from which you can see sparking when trying to start (I noticed it because of dull light.) Does anyone know which kind of distributor cap I would need to buy, and...

Got multimeter, had an initial reading of 10.12v from battery, spent some time fannying about in boot, had couple of doors open for bit. I then considered jump starting Accord from another car to see what multimeter reading was then, but I was completing the circuit and negative lead started...

Just about to get multimeter later today, but until then, I've recorded a video from my phone of dashboard problem which can hopefully shed a bit more light. Car still isn't starting: http://sendvid.com/onvl2vzt Long and short of it, turning on lights causes fuel gauge and milometer to die...

No, engine didn't cut off. I'll try and get a multimeter ASAP

I drive a 2.0 2001 Accord, was on the motorway, battery warning light and several others came on suddenly, turned off again. Dials then started going haywire, kept turning on and off again, radio would turn off and on again, wipers were operating very slowly. SRS and ABS lights would then...

I got back to my a car a couple of days ago to find that some upstanding citizen had tried to smash its mirror off, and the mirrors of other cars too: I can get a replacement drivers' side mirror, but how easy is it to replace, taking into account the electrical wires and so forth? Also, the...

The parcel shelf on my '51 Accord has got to the point where it doesn't lift up when the hatch is opened. Since I came to own it, the retracting string connector on the driver's side has been broken, as seen below: The connector attaches onto a small plastic stud that's held in by a screw; on...