pantyraid
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Hello everyone, my name is kat and I just recently took the leap and bought my first car, a 2004 civic dx (which I am finding much trickier to drive than the kia my mother recently taught me to drive stick on, for some reason it seems like I'm constantly either spinning the tires or stalling out, or at least I was the one day I drove it - it's currently in the shop getting a new exhaust manifold and a driver's door lock so that it'll hopefully pass it's maryland inspection). I've come across this site a few times recently while searching for information on some things I've been thinking of attempting (I know very little about cars and have never done any work on one but I am interested in learning, and maybe even trying my hand at a few simple things).
The things I've been considering are as follows:
I'd like to try and put a tachometer in (or maybe switch out the instrument panel with one from a trim level that has a tach, really whichever would be easier). Obviously it's not necessary (as the previous owner put it, when it sounds angry, shift it) but as I am totally new to driving a standard transmission I feel like it could be helpful for me, particularly for downshifting. There were a couple tutorials on this on here that were actually how I found this site to begin with.
The second issue is the stereo. It has an aftermarket stereo installed (although I've got the original one sitting in my trunk), which has all the features I'm interested in having, the only problem being that most of these features don't work. The radio doesn't work, the usb part charges my phone but will not play sound, I haven't actually tried the auxiliary connector as I don't have a cable for it, and the cd player plays cds but none of the buttons function so I can't skip songs, and finally the volume is stuck on one setting that's too loud for driving around the neighborhood but too quiet for the highway. I tried to check the fuse but I couldn't pull the damn thing out at the awkward angle I was at (even though I kind of doubt that that's the problem) :/ I might get lazy with this one though and just get a new one at best buy and just have them install it, I'm not sure yet. I was wondering if it's actually possible to somehow fix the one I have though, although I couldn't find anything when I googled it.
The final thing was the non functioning drivers side door lock, but I just went ahead and had the shop take care of that when I stuck it in for an oil change and inspection.
I've also considered making an attempt at doing some bigger things down the road, mainly the fact that it's got a little under 119,000 miles on it and it's still on the original clutch (even after the original owner taught both his daughters to drive on it, one of whom took over two months to get the hang of it which I would think would be a lot of wear and tear on it) and while it still has some life left in it I'm thinking that might be something that will need to be taken care of at some point. I'm sure this isn't the place to start my attempt at doing my own mechanics, but I'm hoping that maybe one day I'll get there and that I'll be able to get some good advice from the community on here.
Anyway, sorry for the essay
Also, I know you guys love pictures so here's an attempt at one (idk if it'll actually show up haha)
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Hope everyone's having a great day!
<3
The things I've been considering are as follows:
I'd like to try and put a tachometer in (or maybe switch out the instrument panel with one from a trim level that has a tach, really whichever would be easier). Obviously it's not necessary (as the previous owner put it, when it sounds angry, shift it) but as I am totally new to driving a standard transmission I feel like it could be helpful for me, particularly for downshifting. There were a couple tutorials on this on here that were actually how I found this site to begin with.
The second issue is the stereo. It has an aftermarket stereo installed (although I've got the original one sitting in my trunk), which has all the features I'm interested in having, the only problem being that most of these features don't work. The radio doesn't work, the usb part charges my phone but will not play sound, I haven't actually tried the auxiliary connector as I don't have a cable for it, and the cd player plays cds but none of the buttons function so I can't skip songs, and finally the volume is stuck on one setting that's too loud for driving around the neighborhood but too quiet for the highway. I tried to check the fuse but I couldn't pull the damn thing out at the awkward angle I was at (even though I kind of doubt that that's the problem) :/ I might get lazy with this one though and just get a new one at best buy and just have them install it, I'm not sure yet. I was wondering if it's actually possible to somehow fix the one I have though, although I couldn't find anything when I googled it.
The final thing was the non functioning drivers side door lock, but I just went ahead and had the shop take care of that when I stuck it in for an oil change and inspection.
I've also considered making an attempt at doing some bigger things down the road, mainly the fact that it's got a little under 119,000 miles on it and it's still on the original clutch (even after the original owner taught both his daughters to drive on it, one of whom took over two months to get the hang of it which I would think would be a lot of wear and tear on it) and while it still has some life left in it I'm thinking that might be something that will need to be taken care of at some point. I'm sure this isn't the place to start my attempt at doing my own mechanics, but I'm hoping that maybe one day I'll get there and that I'll be able to get some good advice from the community on here.
Anyway, sorry for the essay
Also, I know you guys love pictures so here's an attempt at one (idk if it'll actually show up haha)
Hope everyone's having a great day!
<3
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