joutlaw
Golden Member
Well my wife's 1994 Honda Accord EX with 262K+ miles on it has been sitting for around 2-3 months. The car had a bad master cylinder which would lead to the pedal going to the floor while stopped and sometimes while in traffic. I deamed the car not road worthy and she started driving my car while I drive my weekend truck to work.
The master cylinder wasn't a bad job. Flare wrenches were absolutely necessary. It had two 8mm flare nuts and 2 10mm bolts holding the master cylinder to the booster.
I got the part off and brought it to advanced auto parts and got a reman unit for 40$ after giving them my core. We bench blead the new master cylinder then installed it to the booster. We blead it again just creating a loop of rubber hose to the resevoir. The job took maybe 1 1/2 hours being very careful to not get air in the lines. The brakes feel like new and the sponginess is gone.
This car has a seperate ABS fluid pump that has been empty for quite some time. I don't know why it was empty, but the ABS light has been on for some time. We refilled it and sure enough the light went off and you could hear the ABS pump run. How long it will keep the fluid I don't know, but before with the light on the car functioned like one without ABS... which was fine to me.
We also got the A/C running. There is a leak in the A/C somewhere because every few months you have to put freon in it. I put some leak stop in the lines, but I doubt it will work.
The battery was also in bad shape. Lot of corrosion. It was barely 2 years old so I took it to advanced and had it tested. Their fancy battery checker deemed it bad and I got a 47$ credit and go another for an additional 27$. Man batteries have gone up in the past few years.
Other issue is the blower motor is on it's way out. Right now it work sporadically. If you knock it with the plastic end of a screw driver it will start up. I have the part coming from rock auto for $40 shipped to solve this problem.
All in all this car still runs great. There is a bad oil leak, but I don't think it's worth fixing. The car still gets 30 MPG or better on the highway and still has good get up and go despite its age and mileage.
The master cylinder wasn't a bad job. Flare wrenches were absolutely necessary. It had two 8mm flare nuts and 2 10mm bolts holding the master cylinder to the booster.
I got the part off and brought it to advanced auto parts and got a reman unit for 40$ after giving them my core. We bench blead the new master cylinder then installed it to the booster. We blead it again just creating a loop of rubber hose to the resevoir. The job took maybe 1 1/2 hours being very careful to not get air in the lines. The brakes feel like new and the sponginess is gone.
This car has a seperate ABS fluid pump that has been empty for quite some time. I don't know why it was empty, but the ABS light has been on for some time. We refilled it and sure enough the light went off and you could hear the ABS pump run. How long it will keep the fluid I don't know, but before with the light on the car functioned like one without ABS... which was fine to me.
We also got the A/C running. There is a leak in the A/C somewhere because every few months you have to put freon in it. I put some leak stop in the lines, but I doubt it will work.
The battery was also in bad shape. Lot of corrosion. It was barely 2 years old so I took it to advanced and had it tested. Their fancy battery checker deemed it bad and I got a 47$ credit and go another for an additional 27$. Man batteries have gone up in the past few years.
Other issue is the blower motor is on it's way out. Right now it work sporadically. If you knock it with the plastic end of a screw driver it will start up. I have the part coming from rock auto for $40 shipped to solve this problem.
All in all this car still runs great. There is a bad oil leak, but I don't think it's worth fixing. The car still gets 30 MPG or better on the highway and still has good get up and go despite its age and mileage.
