Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

What a long day…..


Even after soaking the bolts and nuts with penetrating oil, still some of them were really seized and didn’t want to move.

Finally, most of them started to move so applied silicone spray and grease in preparation for the alignment service this week.

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Updated 30-05-2011 at 12:05 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: alignment, seized bolt

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Suspension , Alignment

For the first time after started working on this NSX, managed to take it out for the test driving session.


Not fun driving with A/C setup at 32degC but to push as much air as possible back to the header tank, no other options.


As soon as started driving, activated the ABS several times. The accumulator on this NSX seemed to be very healthy as the pump didn’t kick in even after 3 times the ABS was activated.

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Tags: alignment, engine oil

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre , Suspension , Alignment

Cleaned the battery holder case.


It will make the area bit untidy but I prefer applying copper grease around the battery posts to prevent future corrosion.

New battery installed.


The spare tyre holder will be installed after investigating the excessive current draw if the door was locked.
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Tags: battery, copper grease

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Electronics

As in the earlier post, there were lots and lots of leaves, dust, etc inside the evapo of this NSX.


Quite normal for our NSX as there is no pollen filter at the entrance of the blower motor fan.


In fact, there is nothing at all to prevent the debris from entering the fan so almost everything will be directed to the surface of the evapo.


Because of this, it is highly recommended to wash the evapo once a year ...

Tags: a/c, evaporator

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Heater, A/C

It is important to flush the ABS system regularly especially if you have the 1st and 2nd generation ABS on your NSX.


1st and 2nd generation ones will have separated reservoir just in front of the Brake master cyl.


3rd generation (upgraded ABS) one is part of the Main brake system and sharing the master cyl reservoir.


This NSX is equipped with 2nd generation ABS so has been modified to cope with several ...

Tags: abs, abs flushing

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Brake , ABS Original