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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!

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.

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.