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Great episode! So fascinating to see the difference between an American style dealership and a Japanese one. Those techs really seem to care and enjoy their work. You found yourself a good support team there, Steve! Also, I'm ordering one of them fancy Type R keys from you right now 😍

Always took my hondas to the japanese dealer when I lived in Japan. Japanese technicians reuqire alot more schooling/education than whats required in the USA, so I trust them more to deal woth these older Hondas. Side note, I've been turned away from Japanese Honda dealerships for service if the car doesn't comply with shaken or is modified.

Super cool to see the Honda dealership experience.. You can see the pride the mechanics take in their work. Good stuff steve and hope to see more updates soon..Cheers and happy new year my friend.

DC2 looking so crispy! What a treat to watch the Honda techs there. Just wow! Great vid!

Nice episode. Good to see the process!

Dude did you get a new camera? The video looks so clean and crisp in details! Also, cool video! It's really interesting to see the cultural differences of getting things like this done. It's awesome to see the process you've made on this car too! What a year it's been man, excited to see what you get up to next year✌️

dream car... really like the restoration to original specification... hope one day will have one. 😊

just found your channel mate, great video and hope to see you on the roads one day here in Japan.......

Definitely sounds more peppy! A win for sure! Awesome content as always Steve. Happy new year 🎉

im still dreaming of one day getting a 90s golden era honda hopefully before its too late. for now i can live vicariously through your vids. enjoy the dc2 life!

This was really cool man. Japanese really know what they are doing. Unfortunately here it´s super hard to trust someone to mess up with you car

Happy new year

timing looked good! imagine they didn't jump the service connector before adjusting the distributor lol

Your car looks good, well done to the Honda team.

Very cool.

Your timing looked fine in the flashback you did of the gears. Turning it the 3 teeth to set tension has nothing to do with setting timing. However... these older crank pulleys do tend to move with age. The rubber in them gets worn and timing marks on the pulley will no longer line up. More often than not, when I work on these older engines and go to set timing, I will find that once I put the pulley back on, the timing marks don't match up to what the lower timing gear mark actually indicates when you line it up to the mark on the oil pump. I make sure the mark on the gear and oil pump line up and that that cam gears line up, put the pulley on, then make a new paint mark on the pulley where the mark on the timing cover is (with the engine set to top dead center according the gear/oil pump), then adjust the distributor with a timing light according to that mark. Hopefully that all makes sense for you!

Can't wait to visit japan in few months 😍

Man, I feel like US dealer networks would have a better reputation if they were more care oriented like this. More often than not you find its all about profit margin. I've even experienced them selling parts at genuine oem pricing but actually installed parts from lesser quality, third-party, vendors.

Great to see a traditional Japanese dealership at work. Here in the UK, i use a jdm specialist that i trust for my DC2 as most people do for the older Hondas. The dealerships rarely get to see and work on the older stuff, so lack valuable skill and experience.

Looked like the cam gears were aligned fine, but what matters is whether the crank was also aligned at TDC. Someone else mentioned the notch on the crank timing belt sprocket, and verifying if the mark on the harmonic balancer still lines up. As long as the cam gears align and the crank sprocket lines up with the mark on the oil pump, and there was no slack between the crank sprocket and exhaust cam gear when installing the belt, then it should be fine.

It's very interesting to see how "Mom & Pop" the Dealer looks, but I suppose it makes sense due to the lack of space. Very cool to see! Your mechanical timing looks to be good. It would be pretty obvious if you were off a few teeth, in how poorly the engine would be running if that were the case. It just looks like you needed to set the base ignition timing, which is clearly what they did. You should be good to go!

subscribed. your channel is very underrated!

Hood kinda reminds me of Keiichi Tsuchiya's 86, just silver instead of green

Uhggggggg I'd kill for those confetti recaros in my white dc2 excellent taste sir I just have trouble justifying the 2,000$ USD they go for here in the states for used seats that aren't currently certified for the occasional event that does require up to date seat/harness cert's. Especially when I know what they go for second hand in Japan and to get a set in the US you're paying more in shipping and or mark up than the seats would go for used in Japan. But damn for street / occasional track day seat the comfort + style and aesthetic of the confetti pattern w/ how well they fit and match the dc2 interior is hard if not impossible to beat match made in heaven especially white paint dc2

Were is the rear antisway bar and the chassis brace below it? How can you have a DC2 without a 23mm rear antisway bar? It looks naked with out it, still a beauty but naked.

Your car reminds me of my old dc2r. Just an idea, replace both master and slave cylinder if you are gonna replace one of them

Would you ever consider getting a rwd as a daily? I’m sure it’ll be more fun to drive.

More videos, more!!! Like your silver paint, more 😀😀😀 joking... Good episode, when you gonna paint hood? Also where į can get mirror like this for my dc5? 🙄🙂

So in Japan, it seems like the goal of the mechanics is to actually fix the vehicle and work like a team. In America, it seems like the mechanics are pushed to make profit over actually fixing anything. And I have yet to even see any American mechanics work as a team like this.

japan is so cool!

What engine

Japan, customer service at a car dealership Honda next level. You would never see 3 mechanics under a car like that in North America. You have one guy he’s bitching complaining about everything two other guys hiding somewhere in the back. 😩

I hate American car dealerships. They are always trying to sell sell sell, even in the parts department. I had 3 different techs tell me three different things about my wife’s car (Toyota dealership). They all wanted to sell me different parts..suspension, steering intermediate shaft, and control arms. The control arms were the actual problem 🤦‍♂️.