Open the hood. 2. Completely remove the factory air filter and airbox assembly from the vehicle (I'm sure there is a DIY for thatsomewhere on here, so I won't bother with instructions on howtodo so). 3. Locate the underhood fuse box and engine ECM (located behind the battery towards the firewall) 4. Remove the platic cover thatcovers the ECM. To do so, squeeze the center and pull upwards with a fair amount of force (the cover will pop off and slide upwards, revealing the ECM). 5. Unclip and remove the top plastic cover from the underhood fuse box (this is easily done by hand) 6. With the top cover off, you will notice thatthere are three snap clips that hold the main plastic section of the underhood fuse box tothe vehicle. Depress the three snap clips and pull the entire fusebox assembly upwards (you may need tofree one or twoofthe clips ata time, and then do the third one separately) 7. As you pull the fusebox assembly upwards, you will feel resistance and see a piece of wire loom tubing running out of the bottomofit(towards the ground). Follow this tubing with your hand (it is a tight squeeze) until you feel where it is clipped into the "framerail" of the vehicle with a pastic pop clip. Forcefully pull upwards on the wire in that area to pop the plastic clip free. 8. With the plastic clip free, you will now have enough slack to pull the fusebox upwards enough so thatyoucanturn itsideways. 9. With the fusebox sideways, look at where the wire loom comes out from the bottom. There may be a zip tie or tape holding the wire loom to the fuse box plastic. If so, you need to remove these items before going any further. Just cut the zip tie or peeloffthe tape as needed. 10. Once the zip tie/tape are gone, look once again at the main plastic section of the fusebox. You will see a small ridge in the lower portion. This ridge is where the bottom plastic cover snaps into the main part of the fusebox. Use a flathead screwdriver to pry the lower plastic cover off, and slide it down the wire loom to get it out of the way. 11. Now, look at the wires that are underneath the bottom cover that you just removed. You will see a bunch of wires and a couple of different plugs. The plug for the ELD is roughly in the center of the box, and has three wires coming out of it- A Yellowwith Silver Hatches, A Solid Black, and An Orange with Silver Hatches.
The wires function as follows: Yellow Wire W/Silver Hatches – 12V power feed (From Ignition)
Black Wire W/ Silver Hatches – Ground
Orange Wire W Silver Hatches – 5V sensory feed (OuttoECM) 12. You now have a couple options: Option A - You can simply unhook the plug for the ELD from the fusebox, push it up out of the way, and re-install the cover. This will bypass the ELD completely and cause the alternatorto operate the way it did in most older domestic vehicles. Option B - You can cut, extend, and wire a switch into the sensory feed wire (the Orange Wire W/Silver Hatches), so thatwhen the switch is closed, the ELDfunctions the way Honda designed it to, and when the switch is open, the ELD is bypassed. Option C - You can do the same process as Option B (cut & extend the wire), except instead of a switch, you can use a relay wiredinto the head unit's remote circuit toturn the ELDon/off automatically whenever you turn the radio on/off. 13. Once you have performed one of the above options, you are ready to put it all back together. Re-asassembly: 14. Slide the lower plastic fusebox cover back over the wire loom, and snap it back into place on main plastic body of the fuse box (covering the bottom wiring). 15. Snap the main body of the fusebox back into place on the vehicle. 16. Locate the plastic clip that snapped intothe "framerail" on the main wire loom, and snap it back into the hole thatitcame outof. 17. Replace the top cover of the fusebox. 18. Slide and snap the plactic cover for the ECM back into place. 19. Re-install you airbox and filter (Again, I'm sure there is a DIY on airbox removal on here somewhere). 20. Close the hood. 21. Enjoy your improved voltage.
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