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From: sdo@linus.UUCP (Sean David O'Neil)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Minor work on Honda
Message-ID: <57@linus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 19-Nov-85 18:03:07 EST
Article-I.D.: linus.57
Posted: Tue Nov 19 18:03:07 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Nov-85 20:44:42 EST
Reply-To: sdo@linus.UUCP (Sean David O'Neil)
Distribution: net.auto
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
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Keywords: Repairs, Honda
Summary:  How do I get started?


I have just purchased a used late 1982 Honda Accord LX 5 spd.  The
car runs fine but has high mileage (80,000+) on it, so I
would like to keep it as happy as possible.  Hence, I anticipate
wanting to do all sorts of minor things to it (like change the
oil filter, etc.)  Where can I find a good source of info on how
to do such things?  What things should I expect to be able to do
by myself?  What tools would it be prudent to acquire?  Believe
me, if someone can just point me in the right direction, I don't
mind going out and digging up the info myself.

I would also be interested in knowing how to diagnose what is wrong
with the car before I take it in to have work done on it.  Aside
from the obvious desire to understand what's going on, I've found
that my local Honda dealer has a particularly asinine way of
running their service department: to wit, you go in and describe
what is bothering you about the car to some woman behind a desk
who writes down her own version of what she thinks is going on
which is then passed to a mechanic whom you never see who does the
work.  I've already had a couple of perfectly good parts replaced
without the original problem being solved at all.

Suggestions, anyone?  (you can e-mail to me or post your reply
as I suspect many others would be interested in this kind of
information).

Sean

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"People ....... are stupid."