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DIY Threads for Modifications and Repairs
There are many well detailed DIY threads on GasSavers.org containing great writeups and discussions of modifications and repairs. This posting is just one member's collection, and is not exhaustive of this site's content. By all means, search the forums for more DIYs.

The content in the linked threads reflect the experiences of members who were kind enough to share them (thanks, and kudos :thumbup: ). As always, your mileage may vary. :)

I'll add more threads from time to time. You too can point me to ones you think fit the theme of helpful DIY articles I should reference.

Aerodynamics

Aerodynamics - Front

• Air Dam and Front Undertray Bill in Houston (03-23-2007)

• Crazy Crazy Coroplast. DIY Interior and Grille Block krousdb (04-07-2006)

• Grill Block 88 CRX UfoTofU (11-06-2006)

• Grill Block, & More: Cavalier hotroddr (01-30-2007)

Aerodynamics - General

• Removing Roof-mounted Antenna SVOboy (08-16-2006)

• Vortex Generators... ZugyNA (08-10-2006)

Aerodynamics - Rear

• Civic hatchback aerodynamics basjoos (04-16-2006)

Aerodynamics - Underbelly

• Belly Pan Installation, Honda Del Sol krousdb (04-01-2006)

• Belly Pan on a Saturn I lovemysan (11-11-2006)

• Belly Pan on a Saturn II lovemysan (11-15-2006)

Aerodynamics - Wheels

• Front Wheel Fairings DRW (12-20-2006)

• Plastic Rear Wheel Skirts (Metro) MetroMPG (05-01-2006)

• Wheel covers lindermant (08-09-2006)

Brakes

• 1995+ Metro Front Brakes 95metro (07-04-2006)

• Painless Brake Bleeding Silveredwings (02-11-2007)

Driveline

• Honda Civic 5-Speed Conversion DaX (05-30-2006)

• Project: KDA (Engine and Auto to Manual Swap) SVOboy (05-13-2006)

• Saturn S-series Auto-to-Manual Transmission Swap skewbe (06-26-2007)

Electrical

Electrical - LEDs

• Dashboard light LED conversion shivik (07-09-2007)

• LEDs (Part I) SVOboy (05-06-2006)

• LEDs (Part I.5) SVOboy (05-14-2006)

• LEDs, the easy way... DracoFelis (08-20-2006)

• Simple LED Question (start-stop switch sidetrack) lunarhighway (07-26-2007)

Electrical - Engine & Accessory Control

• Electric Fan Control Mr.Pipe (08-11-2007)

• Engine Start / Stop Button lunarhighway (07-18-2007)

• Decel Fuel Cutoff; Alternator Rregulation; Auto Start/Stop MetroMPG (08-14-2007)

• How to build a conversion harness for a Honda VX (p07) ECU Matt Timion (01-02-2006)

• Intermittent Wipers in a Honda CX/VX TomO (06-14-2007)

• Kill Switch for 5th Gen Civics ajohnmeyer (10-24-2007)

• Push Button Start SVOboy (04-03-2006)

• VSS Speed Sensor Replacement 1993CivicVX (09-18-2007)

Electrical - Audio

• Hardwire Your Ipod for 30 Bucks SVOboy (10-05-2005)

• Install New Radio in 92-95 Civic McPatrick (07-13-2007)

Electrical - General

• Solder Like a Pro civicduty (02-22-2007)

• Wire Tuck (In Progress) SVOboy (08-03-2006)

• Wire Tuck!!! SVOboy (08-19-2006)

Engine

Engine - Add-Ons

• Cheap/Easy PCV Catch Can SVOboy (04-16-2006)

• How to build your own Warm Air Intake (WAI) Matt Timion (11-17-2005)

• Make a PVC Catch Can for your PCV System TomO (11-05-2007)

• PCV Catch Can - keeps your engine clean, helps gas mileage Matt Timion (09-21-2005)

• Hand Activated Throttle Control krousdb (05-20-2006)

Engine - Fixes / Maintenance

• Break / Fix Passenger Side Mount Bunger (06-25-2006)

• Installing a 195 Degree Thermostat SVOboy (04-14-2006)

• Make an aftermaket PCV Valve into an OEM VX PCV TomO (11-04-2007)

• Oil Change SVOboy (06-15-2006)

Engine - Miscellaneous

• Side-Gapping and Indexing Spark Plugs SVOboy (04-03-2006)

• Valve Cover Painting SVOboy (05-20-2006)

Engine - Swaps

• Project: KDA (Engine and Auto to Manual Swap) SVOboy (05-13-2006)

• Plugs you will need to put a d15z1 into your MPFI Civic/CRX Matt Timion (08-18-2006)

Instrumentation

Instrumentation - Fixes to OEM

• Dashboard light LED conversion shivik (07-09-2007)

• Fix a Wonky Civic Speedometer basjoos (10-18-2007)

Instrumentation - Adding FE Computers

• Inexpensive mpg gauge skewbe (07-08-2007)

• Install Supermid M1 in 88-91 crx 88HF (07-14-2007)

• MPG Gauge skewbe (07-08-2007)

• OBDII CarPC MPG Calculator Fourthbean (10-04-2007)

• ScanGuage Installed in a Tacoma MetroMPG (02-21-2007)

• SuperMID M-1 Mileage Computer Information Portal Yoshi (06-16-2007)

• SuperMID M1, MPG Computer krousdb (02-07-2006)

• SuperMID M-1 MPG Computer Installation SVOboy (05-13-2006)

Instrumentation - Add-Ons

• Civic VX Lean Burn Monitor and General Info TomO (12-30-2006)

• Digital Air-Fuel Ratio Monitor Article JanGeo (11-01-2007)

• Retrofitting an '88 Legend FE display bobski (07-09-2007)

• Vacuum Guage and Digital Fuel Gauge krousdb (02-05-2006)

Instrumentation - Miscellaneous

• Maintenance Logs popimp (10-07-2007)

• Using google earth to verify your odometer accuracy MetroMPG (03-10-2006)

Mechanical

• How to use heli-coils to fix your stripped bolt holes Matt Timion (01-18-2006)

Suspension

• Dropped! My Weekend Project krousdb (03-05-2006)

• Front end alignment...toe-in... ZugyNA (06-16-2006)

• Geo suspension Welding / Rebuilding JanGeo (03-26-2006)

• Installing a Front Camber Kit (CRX but applicable to most Hondas) SVOboy (03-13-2006)

• Installing Coilovers SVOboy (03-01-2006)

Tools

• Electric Lawnmower SVOboy (06-06-2007)

• Home built ramps from 2x10's brucepick (04-14-2007)

• Tool Identification Guide (just for yuks ;) ) Silveredwings (01-24-2007)

Trim

• $50 Paint Job Matt Timion (02-19-2007)

• Custom Shift Knob Coloring SVOboy (01-10-2006)

• Fix Shallow Dent 1993CivicVX (08-19-2007)

• Lens project for an S600 DaX (03-21-2007)

• Powdercoated VX Rims bugsih (07-20-2007)

• Trim Painting SVOboy (08-26-2006)

Member Experiments and Larger Projects

Member Experiments

• Acetone in Gas to Increase Fuel Economy Matt Timion (09-02-2005)

• Alternator vs. No alternator MetroMPG (06-06-2006)

• Cylinder Deactivation rh77 (11-16-2005)

• Front Wheel Skirt hawkgt647 (05-11-2006)

• Metro Aerodynamics MetroMPG (03-29-2006)

• Metro Cardboard Boat Tail MetroMPG (07-16-2006)

• Metro Taller Tranny Swap MetroMPG (05-29-2006)

• Removing Exterior Rear View Mirrors Peakster (01-13-2007)

• Valve Timing skewbe (01-29-2007)

Member Projects

• Metro/Swift/Firefly XFi? Cam swap MetroMPG (01-16-2007)

• DaX's N600 Restoration DaX (09-05-2006)

• Electric conversion: Project ForkenSwift MetroMPG (01-10-2006)

• Hydrogen Booster cfg83 (01-31-2007)

• Matt's n600 rebuild project Matt Timion (01-13-2006)

• Project: KDA (Engine and Auto to Manual Swap) SVOboy (05-13-2006)

• Tom's Hybrid-electric car project tom_eberhard (04-02-2007)

Bonus Content

DIY Idea Proposals

• Building a 100 MPG Microcar jory squibb (10-22-2006)

• Flex Fuel Choices (Hydrogen, Natural Gas, etc.) skewbe (09-12-2007)

Other Great stuff at GasSavers.org

• FAQ/Glossary, Busted/Confirmed Mods, Archive SVOboy (06-08-2006)

• MetroMPG's GS bookmarks - favourite threads/posts MetroMPG (09-08-2006)

Fantastic:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

This needs a sticky to always be at the top of the DIY forum.

Stickied.

Thanks SW.

Ooo, find a link for project KDA, I put some good stuff in there, as I recall. :)

Silveredwings -

Thank You. I was going to ask that you put in date stamps, but then I saw they were already there :) .

CarloSW2

Done. BTW, I think that qualifies as under Engine, Driveline, and Member Projects! :thumbup: :cool:

Yay, I did something worthwhile, doesn't happen too often! :)

You're the man for putting this together.

Thanks for making a post like this! It's always good to have a road map to get through new adventures.

Very Very Nice!

Since there have been so many new DIY discussions, I've added 18 new links above.

Here are the just the new ones:

• Decel Fuel Cutoff; Alternator Rregulation; Auto Start/Stop MetroMPG (08-14-2007)

• Digital Air-Fuel Ratio Monitor Article JanGeo (11-01-2007)

• Electric Fan Control Mr.Pipe (08-11-2007)

• Engine Start / Stop Button lunarhighway (07-18-2007)

• Fix a Wonky Civic Speedometer basjoos (10-18-2007)

• Fix Shallow Dent 1993CivicVX (08-19-2007)

• Flex Fuel Choices (Hydrogen, Natural Gas, etc.) skewbe (09-12-2007)

• Install New Radio in 92-95 Civic McPatrick (07-13-2007)

• Install Supermid M1 in 88-91 crx 88HF (07-14-2007)

• Intermittent Wipers in a Honda CX/VX TomO (06-14-2007)

• Kill Switch for 5th Gen Civics ajohnmeyer (10-24-2007)

• Maintenance Logs popimp (10-07-2007)

• MPG Gauge skewbe (07-08-2007)

• OBDII CarPC MPG Calculator Fourthbean (10-04-2007)

• Powdercoated VX Rims bugsih (07-20-2007)

• Simple LED Question (start-stop switch sidetrack) lunarhighway (07-26-2007)

• SuperMID M-1 Mileage Computer Information Portal Yoshi (06-16-2007)

• VSS Speed Sensor Replacement 1993CivicVX (09-18-2007)