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OK - latest on the now very rusty o/s rear wheel arch rim. I've booked the Tourer in with a local garage to have the rusty metal sill cut out and replaced with fresh metal. My main concern now is damage to the plastic wheel arch insert (inner) caused by heat from the welding. Yesterday I jacked...

Hello Phil - payment of £5 made today and address is: Phil Hickman, 2, Tunstall Lane, High Offley, Staffordshire. ST20 0NQ and thanks again...

Also as a matter of interest re rust, I bought my Tourer in 2016 (2 previous owners) and one of the first jobs I had done was a complete underbody waxoyl spray to protect the underside. Apart from the rear o/s wheel arch lip there is no obvious signs of rust. I've booked the car in to have the...

Hello Phil - thanks for your reply. I will transfer £5 probably tomorrow now.

Hello Phil - I would certainly be interested if the handbook is still available. The MOT for my 55 plate Tourer is due in October and with fingers, toes etc crossed I hope it will pass. Please let me know about the handbook. Thanks Phil (yes - another Phil)

Thanks for the replies - am going to ask my MOT garage when it goes for MOT in 2 weeks.

Recently I became aware of a scraping noise coming from the rear off-side on my 55 plate Tourer. Suspecting that it was a brake issue I removed the rear wheel and saw that the metal plate that acts as a cover around the brake disc was very rusty and catching on the disc. I tried to prise it away...

My series 7 Tourer is coming up for 120,000 miles and I want to drain the coolant and replace with new. The manual says - "Only use genuine Honda All Season Antifreeze/Coolant type 2" (page 351), and on page 355 it says "The cooling system contains many aluminium components that can corrode if...

As a coda to the knocking sound from my 2005 Tourer - I had the car up on ramps and grubbed around under the car and hurt my left shoulder in the process! I decided to leave it to the garage I use for the MOT, and I'm glad I did. Talking with the mechanic he had a real struggle removing the...

Had the Tourer up on ramps and drowned both brackets and bolts with WD40, also had a look on the parts-honda.uk site to check on part numbers. I've bought the genuine Honda bushes - p/n 52315-SED-004, and I'm wondering if it's worth the extra effort to replace the brackets along with the bolts...

Reading through the comments and suggestions is very helpful as I have recently become aware of a mystery knocking sound coming from the rear of my 2005 Tourer. At first I thought it was the exhaust knocking, but it appears to be ok. I'll certainly check out the rear anti roll bar bushes and...

After putting up with a squealing belt on my 2005 Accord Tourer for too long I decided to buy a new longbelt (1760 mm) and do the removal / renewal - and this is before I came across this very informative thread. It was a bit of a struggle but with the ***istance of a friend the belt was renewed...

At last an update on my August enquiry. I decided to wait until after the Accord's MOT in late October and to see what that threw up. I was chuffed to bits when it sailed through the MOT - no advisories, although I had replaced the two front tyres beforehand as these were close to the wear...

Thanks for the replies and the advice. I'll let you know how it goes after I've been to a garage that's been recommended to me.

Hi all - some months ago I enquired about removing the plastic inner wheel arch insert (off-side) on my 2005 Accord Tourer to allow me to make repairs to the rusting wheel arch. It proved to be tricky and messy and after a struggle I decided to abandon it. Instead I made a diy repair - removing...

Many thanks for the diagram - that helps a lot. I jacked the car up yesterday, removed the wheel/tyre, cleaned all the dried mud/dust from the plastic cover and noted where all the fittings are. I do have a variety of these screws etc. from my former car - Civic Aerodeck, and if I break any at...

Yes, thanks again - I ***ume you know because you've tried to do it. I can see that removing the plastic cover will be difficult, but if I can at least get to the rusted area and treat it with deruster etc. I'll be happy. I'll let you know how I go on - or don't!!!

Many thanks for the info- I'll get hold of the tool from my local ECP, and download the manual.

Yes, it looks to be tricky but if I leave it it's going to get worse. The car is in very good condition for its age and I want to keep it a bit longer.

Now that the weather is improving (hopefully) and we have more daylight hours I want to tackle rust that has started to appear on the near-side inner rear wheel arch of my 2005 Tourer. To do this properly I want to remove the inner wheel arch plastic insert so that I can sort out the rust from...