Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum but have been driving my Accord and loving it for the past 4 years. I have a couple of questions about some repairs I need to do to it.
1)
In the past week, I've started to have an issue with the clutch - it occasionally seems like it's engaging very early, right after bringing it off the floor. If I put it in neutral and pump it once or twice it returns to normal for awhile. When I'm coming to a stop, if I put it in neutral and hold the brake, I can feel the clutch slowly descending to the floor.
I'm pretty sure it's the clutch master/slave cylinder, and figured i would just replace both at the same time. I've been looking around at parts, and there are a couple of very inexpensive ones on RockAuto. I had...less than stellar luck on a door handle from them, but was wondering if any of you might have had better luck on any of their other parts/brands. $80 to replace both cylinders looks like a pretty good deal, ignoring reliability concerns.
2)
Many of the things I've seen say to refill the fluid with either DOT3 or DOT4 brake fluid. Is there a way to tell what kind is in there now, or does it not matter if I mix them?
3)
I've been trying to find replacement buttons for the area by the cruise control. I have a relatively unequipped model, so I have a couple of blanks there. I installed a new stereo and subwoofers a couple years back, and put a remote switch over there but it kind of stands out, and I didn't do a very neat job on the plastic. I'd *like* to be able to just rig it up to a cruise control switch or something similar, but I'd settle for another blank that I can do a little neater job with.
4)
Anything else I should be looking out for while I'm under the hood?
Thanks in advance for your help! I really appreciate it.
1)
In the past week, I've started to have an issue with the clutch - it occasionally seems like it's engaging very early, right after bringing it off the floor. If I put it in neutral and pump it once or twice it returns to normal for awhile. When I'm coming to a stop, if I put it in neutral and hold the brake, I can feel the clutch slowly descending to the floor.
I'm pretty sure it's the clutch master/slave cylinder, and figured i would just replace both at the same time. I've been looking around at parts, and there are a couple of very inexpensive ones on RockAuto. I had...less than stellar luck on a door handle from them, but was wondering if any of you might have had better luck on any of their other parts/brands. $80 to replace both cylinders looks like a pretty good deal, ignoring reliability concerns.
2)
Many of the things I've seen say to refill the fluid with either DOT3 or DOT4 brake fluid. Is there a way to tell what kind is in there now, or does it not matter if I mix them?
3)
I've been trying to find replacement buttons for the area by the cruise control. I have a relatively unequipped model, so I have a couple of blanks there. I installed a new stereo and subwoofers a couple years back, and put a remote switch over there but it kind of stands out, and I didn't do a very neat job on the plastic. I'd *like* to be able to just rig it up to a cruise control switch or something similar, but I'd settle for another blank that I can do a little neater job with.
4)
Anything else I should be looking out for while I'm under the hood?
Thanks in advance for your help! I really appreciate it.