2000 Honda Insight IMA 5 Speed that had been parked for five years due to a dead IMA battery drive great after just a little help getting started. This video shows how to start up and drive home a dead vehicle and will be useful to those who want to buy a vehicle they have seen parked somewhere for a long time. In this video we install a new battery, bleed the clutch, check the fluids, turn off the IMA Battery, put new front tires on, jump start the Starter and more.

This video is the first of many parts of a series to bring this 2000 5 speed Honda Insight IMA Hybrid back to life.

Here is a link to Phil and the Spirit of EcoModder
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...

0:00 I bought a Dead Insight and some of its history
1:08 Dealing with old Gas in a car
3:31 Honda Insight starter wont start diagnostics
6:45 How to activate the insight starter manually with a jumper wire
7:59 Checking to see if the 12 volt battery is charging
9:04 Clutch pedal dead and bringing it back
10:47 Spirit of EcoModder
11:15 Installing new Bridgestone Potenza RE92 tires on the insight
12:27 Adding sea foam to stabilize fuel
13:30 Jump Starting a Honda Insight whos starter wont operate
14:01 My first time driving the 1st Gen Honda Insight
19:47 So happy with myself that I finally got my dream car

Thank you so much for taking the time to check out this video. I am at the time of posting this video currently going through the time consuming process of charging and discharging the IMA battery pack in hopes I can bring it back to life enough to at least get the check engine light and IMA lights to go off for state inspection. I honestly don't think it is going to do this for me but you don't know if you don't try. I am new to insights but I think if I can get the IMA battery to hold a balanced charge that the BCM will recognize that I can use the clutch switch to turn off the motor and drive it as a gas only until I decide how much money I want to spend on it. I like working on things so refurbishing the packs with used sticks sounds like a fun project to me.