OK i just bought a new civic.... here's some history.
It's a 90 Hatchback and used to have an automatic with 190k.
The guy i bought it from put a DX engine with a 4 spd in it from his friends car with 85k on it. He replaced the timing belt, water pump and various other things during the swap. He also put in a new O2 sensor and replaced the ECU before smogging it.

Here are some questions i have:

1. Idle sounds high and when i tap on the gas pedal it drops for a split second and goes back to high...... i don't have a tac so i don't know how high. How can i fix it? It also seems to have a little power loss right when u step on it then it runs great.

2. how do i check to see if its a DX engine 4 sure and what ECU should be in it?

3. the intermittant wiper position doesn't work and if i turn them off they don't back to the starting position.

4. the backup lights don't work ..... where is the switch to turn them on while in reverse?


I'm pretty sure it was a DX before the work........ it has a rear wiper, power brakes, power steering and AC but it doesn't have the DX symbol but it could have been taken off cause the civic in the center is also gone.


Any help would be greatly appreciated......:D

THANKS

Originally posted by dfarres

4. the backup lights don't work ..... where is the switch to turn them on while in reverse?


that happens alot in sloppy auto -> manual conversions. Sometimes they just cut the wire off, so you have to find out which one it is and hook it up to the trans