Hi
Figured I should introduce myself and my recent acquired Jazz, which has been affectionately christened The Sick Bucket, as I'll no doubt be asking some questions of you all in due course!
I was looking for an older Sport for while, and in particular was looking for a yellow one as I originally wanted to have one to kind of match my S2000, but as well as seeming to command a premium price wise, there weren't any coming up for sale locally, and the sellers further afield seemed reluctant to send photos etc... Anyway, this one came up for sale locally at a reasonable-ish price so went to have a look. Thrashed out a deal and brought it home the following day.
The plan is to use it on track once it's in a fit state so am planning a light, budget friendly, track build. I span the S2K last time and realised while travelling through the grass that I didn't really want to bend it so thought I'd get something a little less precious, which, with all due respect to Jazzs, is where The Sick Bucket comes in.
I'm not quite sure how far the build will go, but for now I'm just working through the service items and enjoying using the car locally! Although pretty slow, and very wallowey, it's great fun to drive! I like to keep a bit of a diary of work that gets done to my cars so I'll probably update this thread with work that gets done.
The car itself seems pretty sold. There's some surface rust on it but the arches and sills seem solid so I'm happy with that as a starting point! It does have a whine when off throttle, and is most noticeable in lower gears, which I suspect is coming from somewhere around the gearbox/driveshaft area, but will require some investigation. I'd like to enjoy the current set up, and the 'driving a slow car fast' experience for a while, although if something expensive goes, and I'm really enjoying the chassis, who knows... a K-swap might be a consideration...
The car had 4 different brands of tyre on it when I got it, none of which I'd heard of, so first thing it got was 4 new Toyo Proxes TR1s which seemed a reasonable compromise between budget and performance. After they were on I moved on to the service items:
cabin filter - was one of the worst I've seen.
air filter - old one was upside down.
plugs - a bit of residue on some but no idea how old they are.
oil change - old filter didn't look too old from the outside, but if it was put on hand tight, it was last changed by Thor... also had managed to order the wrong filter, but had the correct one anyway, when I'd been sent the wrong one for the S2K when I first got it! Was a bit confused with the size difference of old v new, but after checking online, both are stated as being Honda fitment.
gearbox oil - the fill bolt needed a breaker bar on almost all my extensions but got there eventually.
brakes - took the wheels off for an inspection. Rears were moving freely and look to have been changed in recent history, front nearside moved freely and caliper looks like it might have been replaced too, drivers side is pretty crusty and wasn't very free so gave it a clean up and regreased the sliders etc. piston doesn't move well so think I might get a replacement caliper cos they seem to be not much more £ than a rebuild kit... The plan is to replace the front discs and pads at the same time.
Next up, in no particular order, will be brakes part 2, coolant change, brake fluid change, clutch fluid change, DIY wheel refurb...