Local shops

[93 Acclude]

Hey guys, Im new to the CB7 scene, just bought a 93 Accord from a friend of mine. I was just wondering if anyone knew about any good repair shops in the Portland (Oregon) Area?

[liljestrand]

whats up...im from oregon too...cept over on the coast in tillamook...
i dont know of any shops in the portland area though

my suggestion would be to try and do most of the work yourself...and im sure most people on here would say the same thing unless its something that you dont have to tools or space to do it....there are a lot of write ups on here that can help you out a lot...itll save you some money and you will have learned something

[93 Acclude]

Well i think i have a short somewhere in the system, yesterday i drove to work, it started fine and ran great, but then when i went out to my car for lunch the battery was completly drained, it has quite a bit of electonics running in it might it just be the battery? because i was running a small one out of my 92 toyota trecell, dont know the size off the top of my head, but its small.

[liljestrand]

you could be pulling more amps than what your alternator can handle...
what all are you running on it, and is it the stock alternator...

the easiest way to see if your alternator is bad is to start your car then pull the negative from the battery...if it runs your alt is probably ok or good....if it dies that means your probably running straight off your battery which wont last long

[93 Acclude]

I thought that was bad for the car?

[liljestrand]

its only for an instant...if it dies right away its the alternator cus it has nothing to run off of

[jle2k]

dude your so close to my house, where do you work? i work just at the walgreens on 82nd and johnson creek btw lemme ask my friend he knows a couple of good mechanics.

[jle2k]

hey 93 acclude try to go to the shop on 72nd and Flavel. It looks like a gas station but its an auto shop and they're pretty cheap compared to other shops.

[93 Acclude]

its only for an instant...if it dies right away its the alternator cus it has nothing to run off of

its not the alternator, caus i just got it replaced and they tested it and its spittin out plenty of power. i had it jumped the other day and it was fine driving arround, so if it is the alternator it wouldnt drive arrround caus the battery started out dead, right? and i drove arround for an hour so the battery would have had plenty of juice, so i park it at my house and left it for a few hours and went out to start it again but it was totaly dead, i think i probably have a short somewhere in the system, but have no way to test it or check...

[93 Acclude]

jle2k, i work at Northwest Armory on Mcloughlin, i was thinkin about takin it to Auto Electric just up the street from the armory, but i wanted to see if there very knowlageable on h22a swaps. caus i took it to Palmers Automotive on River and they werent that great

[liljestrand]

how old is the battery? could be a bad battery that just wont hold juice now....

[93 Acclude]

that could be, how do i go about doing that?

[jle2k]

jle2k, i work at Northwest Armory on Mcloughlin, i was thinkin about takin it to Auto Electric just up the street from the armory, but i wanted to see if there very knowlageable on h22a swaps. caus i took it to Palmers Automotive on River and they werent that great

ooo if you want a good place to swap a h22a into your car try Auto Adventure its a huge acura and honda only shop with used parts . They specifically import JDM H22As in and other engines. Right next to the shop with all the parts is their auto shop. So just visit there. Their website is http://www.partsadventure.com/
good luck with your car. Btw you said you were on Mcloughlin :o the heart of milwaukie lol but if you want good overall repairs go to the one on 72nd and Flavel i think they don't do swaps but their good at fixing cars for cheap. Lee automotive is the name. FORGOT TO SAY the shop next to them is JDMperformance.com

[liljestrand]

if its a les schwab battery they will do it for free...or at least they are supposed to...otherwise check autoparts stores sometimes they will check the battery's