thanks to all who helped me out with this and all the wellwishers on various boards. And btw the soontobementioned Carchitect (SN on G2IC) is the one doing the majority of the work- a good friend and a tenured acura tech.


http://www.g2ic.com/forums/showthrea...threadid=37667 in case you werent following my dilemma- the previous thread pretty much explains it- theres also a link down that thread a bit to even previous info on it so there ya go



waiting for Carchitect I decided to reloom the wiring harnesses the best I could- wasnt nearly as brittle now handling the wires and looks 10X better IMO- heres one more quickly


and here is where the fun fun stuff begins



this is a very scary thing to see done- we took a caliper and measured the amount needed to be drilled out- if you look carefully you will see a red stripe around the drill bit we marked to tell us where to stop drilling- although from what carchitect (Joe) said it was obvious where to stop just by feeling the bit, we wanted to take ever precaution available



and that was the end of the drilling- now comes the rethreading:



heres the tap that was provided in the timesert kit- not really sure why the member from honda-tech had to weld on the socket- i think he used a larger size socket than he was supposed to in a six point when a 12 point worked perfectly- oh well- put electrical tape on the bit to make sure it was as snug as possible and it wouldnt come loose while in the thread holes




WD-40 sprayed every time so that the aluminum would thread perfectly and the tap wouldnt tear through the metal




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