Repair And Fix it

Pop the hood to your 93 Camry from the hood latch on the side of the cars grill. Locate the cooling system, which is on the left side of the engine.

Look at the fill line on the cooling systems tank. Fill the cooling tank with 50/50 coolant; make sure you reach the fill line on the side of the tank. You should always use 50/50 coolant when possible, but you can temporarily use water if you run out.

Try to start the car. If the car will not start, use a voltmeter to test the ECT. The ECT is on the left side, at the back of the engine. It is a small, green box with two wires coming off it.

Connect the testing leads to the (+) and (-) terminals and then try to start the car. Watch the reading on the voltmeter. If the reading starts to go up and down erratically, you need to have a service technician replace the ECT.

Place a jack under the transmission. Place a block of wood on top of the jack pad, then raise the jack until the block contacts the transmission case behind the transmission oil pan. Raise the transmission slightly, just enough to take the load off the crossmember.

Place the nut splitter over the nut on the crossmember bolt. Tighten the threaded part of the nut splitter until the splitter blade squarely contacts one of the flats on the nut. Ensure the blade only bears on the nut, not the washer.

Install a ratchet and socket onto the hex head of the nut splitter. Firmly hold the splitter in place and turn the hex head using the ratchet and socket, until the nut is completely cut through and pops loose.

Back off on the splitter until it can be removed from the nut and bolt. Remove the bolts from the crossmember.

Install the new bolts and tighten them to 48 to 63 foot-pounds on 3.0 liter models, or 65 to 85 foot-pounds on 2.3 and 4.0 liter models using a foot-pound torque wrench, socket and wrench.

Open the hood of your civic to locate the distributor cap. The distributor is a small plastic cap with five large ignition wires coming out of the top. The distributor is installed on the passenger side of the engine block. The cap is installed horizontally and points toward the passenger side.

Walk to the passenger side of the car and look at the distributor cap face. There are four ignition wires installed around the edges of the cap face at approximately 2:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 10:30 as if on a clock. Take a piece of paper and pencil and draw a simple diagram. Label the wire installed at 2:30 as number four. Label the wire installed at 4:30 as number two, 7:30 as number one, and 10:30 as number three. The fifth wire installed in the center of the cap is irrelevant.

Follow the four ignition wires to their other end. This is where the wires connect with the spark plugs on the engine block. Stand in front of the vehicle. Draw a separate diagram labeling the spark plugs in descending order from left to right. The left most spark plug, closest to the distributor cap is number four. The spark plug to the right of that is number three and then number two. The spark plug to the far right is number one.

Use the two diagrams to make sure the ignition wires connect the terminals on the distributor cap with the corresponding spark plugs. The ignition wire connecting the number one distributor terminal and spark plug should be the longest wire in length. Wire number two should be the second longest with number four being the shortest wire.

Start the engine to test the firing order. If installed properly, the engine should run smoothly and evenly, without skipping a cylinder. Turn off the engine immediately and re-examine the installation if the engine runs choppy.