Oi oi!
So, eventually just took the car to the stealership. Meh. The spooky electrical finally got sorted, for I'm sure ENTIRELY too much money, but it's something I don't have to fk with anymore, so I'm good with it.
For the Honda peeps out there: 2000 Civic DX. Still rockin' the stock D16 block.
Did the head gasket on it m'self a few months ago, so I'm pretty proud of that.
(I didn't grow up wrenching on cars, so for me, that was a pretty significant milestone.)