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Bought a 2005 Accord 2.4 exc for £1k as a project car, car had full Honda service history but pulled to the right, sorted out that issue by changing the warped rota and flushing the power steering fluid and filled with Honda spec plus fitted a new aux belt, now car drives great, so far have fitted a ugen style spoiler , piper cross air filter and painted the front grill, Mods line up to be done cat back exhaust, coilovers, remap type s body kit 18 inch alloys will update photos as i go

Hi, like others here I have just bought a honda jade import. Am looking for the OEM or ID and a supplier/source of the tie rod as it is apparently unlike other Honda ones. may also need to replace the ball joint as the rubber appears a bit cracked. any help or advice appreciated. bee

Right....... A bit of history of said LEGend.... Vehicle was originally purchased new from B & H Motors, 1460 High Road, London. First registered 8th August 1997 to the gentleman I purchased the car from on 15th October 2024, so some 27 years in the same ownership. Colour is Eucalyptus Pearl green (colour code G-83P) with Black leather interior. Spec of these are pretty good, 4 electric windows ( 2 of them work but we will come back to that later), electric sunroof, climate control, 6 disc cd changer, heated front seats, remote central locking, plenty of airbags, traction control, cruise control etc. Which for a ’97 model car I don’t think is to bad. It’s got service history right from its PDI on 7th August 1997, first service carried out 21st August 1998 with 4167 miles, next on the 18th September 1999 with 10149 miles, 7th August 2000 with 16588 miles to include coolant and brake fluid change, 4th August 2001 with 22296 miles, 20th July 2002 with 28028 miles to include coolant change, brake fluid change and cambelt, 4th August 2003 with 36302 miles, 21st July 2004 with 40635 miles, 19th July 2007 with 45599 miles, 23rd July 2008 with 46628 miles, 28th July 2009 with 48026 miles, 1st August 2010 with 49156 miles. That’s when the odometer failed.. but service’s carried on annually from independent garages (invoices supplied). During 2007 the owner moved jobs/retired so the Legend wasn’t doing journeys to London for work so was used to ‘potter’ about. As mentioned, a hand written note stated the rough mileage over the years since the odometer failed. If this is correct then the car has ticked over 63k miles. Will only know the true mileage once the odometer is fixed, apparently the mileage is stored in the ‘brain’. Last 3 years he has only used it to go from his house to church twice a week (12 miles) and the local Sainsburys once a week (5 miles)…. The original handbook is present and correct, still has the original Honda supplying dealer business card. Every MOT certificate is in the file along with lots of invoices! Regarding the number plate, when registered it was assigned R274 VLW, which could only have stayed on the car for a short while because its 1st MOT has the plate LIL 2***, this number is on his wifes car today! In 2012, the number plate it has on today M16 BUP was assigned/registered to it. He told me the story of said plate. His grandchildren purchased the cherished plate for him as a present, the significance of the plate is M (he was born in May), 16 (was born on the 16th) and BUP because they used to call him Buppy when they were children! I’m very tempted to put the original plate back on the car and give him back the M16 BUP on a retention certificate. Wow, didn’t realise I could waffle on so much! Apologies and if you have read this far, thank you. Have I missed anything out on it’s history? To be continued………

Sorry, just got back on here! Sailed through it's MOT with no advisories i'm pleased to say 🙂

Cheers Trevor.

Will do, i'll do some before and after pics

Oil levels are spot on, that was my first guess, going to change the oil filter and see if that solves it, if not I think it's going to be the oil pump 🤦

Yes i have found some information on roof rack, apparently thule fitting kit for Daihatsu sirion will work. But so far all attempts at finding a towbar have failed. Not giving up yet tho. Yes i have import too.

Hi. On my 2018 CR-V, the water-in-fuel sensor came on about two years ago. I was 400 miles from home; the Edinburgh Honda dealer was useless so I called mine at home to ask what I should do. It was suggested it was probably a faulty sensor so I returned safely home. Weeks later at the next annual service the fuel filter was changed and showed there was no water present. Anyway I didn't get the sensor sorted and now 15,000 miles later the icon depicting water droplets over a petrol tank is still illuminated. The cost I've been quoted to replace the sensor is £277. Any suggestions for a cheaper solution?