20 Most Recent 1993 Honda Prelude - Page 8 Questions & Answers

Sounds like you accidently pulled the thin wire from you starter motor. Look at the connections at the end of the solenoid, mounted on starter motor.The thick red wire is Battery + next to that connection is a smaller male push- on terminal, locate loose wire (thin) in the same area and reconnect to male push-on terminal on solenoid or check if earth cable between body/battery to engine wasnt removed in the process.Also some vehicles you have to engage the clutch before starting, check for a switch located on clutch pedal where master cylinder connects to clutch pedal (Is clutch switch mounted and wiring connected?)

if its not getting fire it could be your crankshaft sensor being bad

Have a look at this link & scroll down for pictures of where sensors are supposed to be, and read up a bit on them so you sort of know what goes on there. Basically the sensors, sense a little notch or tooth on back of hub or whatever, and that tells it that the wheel is still turning. When it senses the wheel not turning, or slowing down too fast, it sends that signal to the ABS system to go into action & not allow brakes to lock up, thus you feel pulsating in brake pedal, that's the brakes being applied & released very quickly, as needed to avoid lock up of one or more wheels & loss of control of vehicle.(helps you stop straight in a panic situation, or allows you to steer around a corner better without spinning out.) If the path between those 2 spots (face of sensor & notches or teeth) becomes covered in too much rust or dirt, no signal gets back to ABS & thus the light comes on to warn you that your ABS is more than likely not going to work properly, so be careful, a wheel could lock up on quick stop situation. That said, I usually use emery cloth and lighty scuff the surface of the sensor, to clean it off, then a wire brush or whatever to clean the tabs, or notches, whichever you have. I also use contact spray on the sensor head, after just to be sure it's clean. I have seen penetrating spray used on them to remove rust too, but personally I shy away from that, in case it has chemicals that may deteriorate areas around face of sensors. As far as adjusting the air gap, I'd clean only for now, unless it looks like one is way off compared to others, from being hit by something or other. Good Luck, keep me posted. P.S. you may want to try the carwash thing, just in case that cures it, and if it doesn't, it cleans the area you'll be working in for you prior. After carwash, if you do, drive it a little, stop, shut car off, re-start a couple of times just to make sure sensors are re-reading signal.

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By the sound of it, the ABS is showing failure, this can be due to moisture in the brake fluid, you may need to get the brakes fully bled to remove any moisture. Once the car warms up, the manifold vacuum is kicking in for your brakes to work properly, and this is usually when problems show up. Could also be that there is a vacuum leak somewhere between engine manifold and the brake assist unit. The ABS is simply lighting up to say that something isnt right. If bleeding the brakes doesnt fix it, the next step is to search the rubber vacuum line/s between the power brake unit and the engine intake manifold. If there is no problem there, could simply be an electrical fault that would be a 20 minute job for an auto electrician.

check your timing??!

I think on those cars you could pull out the ashtray and it was posted in there. if not let glove box lay all the way down and check there. Its been a while since I have done one but I rember it was one of the two

shift solenoids are going bad there are 4 solenoids. they are on top front of transmission and are small round with wires connected. they are in pairs of two.1,2 and 3,4 they control shifting. usually light flashes and the transmission goes into a neutral sounding state when not accelerating

pull the ashtray out and check on the bracket of it you might have to unscrew and look on top side. If not there pull glove box all the way down, will require depressing tabs on side and check on it. It has been a few years since fooling with one but rember being there.

Try to start with a less expensive procedure. In addition to relay I would check the spark plugs, wiring set and distributor cap. Also coolant temperature sensor can be a problem. Try to warm up the endine block of car with dry heat (hair fan or heat gun, but gently). Sometimes it helps. If it works problem is spurk plugs, distributor cap or coolant sensor. Also would be usefull to chek the fuel filter.
But first for cold weather sometimes it worthy to use the injector cleaner/or octane buster and better fuel which evaporates better and less viscouse motor oil. And of course check the battery.
Good Luck

clutch or clutch master cylinder is bad

Under hood, passenger side, front engine area, mounted in distributor

AC COMPRESSOR ON HONDA USE A SINGLE WIRE IT COULD HAVE BEEN UN PLUGED DURING TIMING BELT CHANGE CHECK IT OUT

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pull the spark plug wires out of the number one and number 4 cylinders, then pull the spark plugs out aswell and connect them to the wires they go to. then hold them two the engine block and see if you have a good strong spar/ark.......if not then ur distribortor crack is ur problem, if it does spark take all 4 spark plugs out of the engine and hook up a compression guage and check the compression, if good then check the fuel systesm, fuel pressure regulator/fuel injector/most likely not the fuel pump....if compression is bad then pour a tea spoon of oil in the cylinder that has low compression, do the compression test on that cylinder again, if the initial low reading goes up then its ur piston rings or ur cylinder wall, if it stays the same then its ur valve seals,valve guid,vlave seat carbon build up, check valve train may need a head job

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you should be able to call the honda dealer and give them the VIN# to the car and they should be able to pull it up for you.

if you mean next to the ECU then you may be talking about the transmission computer. If you mean under the radio and they are blue and grey, they are for getting check engine light codes. there is no such thing as a brain box so i dont really know what you are talking about.

i need timing belt diaghram with more information on balance shaft and belt instaling procedure,as I recenlty fitted the balance shaft belt wrong!

their is a little carbon fiber rod on a spring in the center of the cap if you loose it it wont run at all

what do you need???? i have a 92. ebay sells the clusters.