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'93 Accord transmission problem.
Hi everyone,
I hope you can provide me with some basic direction on this problem. My daughter has a '93 Honda Accord LX with approx. 250,000 km (155,000 miles) on it. It has been running great. Today she inadvertantly threw it into PARK when it stalled briefly and she lost the power brakes for a short time. I'm not sure how fast she was going at the time but she says it was less than 5 miles per hour. Unfortunately now it won't go into reverse. The transmission is making a "grinding" noise like two gears that won't quite mesh. It runs fine in all of the forward gears. We will be taking it into the shop tomorrow to figure out the damage but I thought I'd post a preliminary message and see what you think and what I should expect tomorrow. Thanks much for any advice and information. Gary |
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Ouch... by throwing it into park while moving... she probably damaged
the parking pawl. The pawl is a heavy-gauge piece of metal that engages another gear for a rotational lock. The pawl is probably broken and rattling around in there. You should have it looked at ASAP before it floats around in there and tears something else up. Professor www.telstar-electronics.com |
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algae wrote:
> Hi everyone, > I hope you can provide me with some basic direction on this problem. My > daughter has a '93 Honda Accord LX with approx. 250,000 km (155,000 miles) > on it. It has been running great. > Today she inadvertantly threw it into PARK when it stalled briefly and she > lost the power brakes for a short time. I'm not sure how fast she was going > at the time but she says it was less than 5 miles per hour. > Unfortunately now it won't go into reverse. The transmission is making a > "grinding" noise like two gears that won't quite mesh. It runs fine in all > of the forward gears. > We will be taking it into the shop tomorrow to figure out the damage but I > thought I'd post a preliminary message and see what you think and what I > should expect tomorrow. > Thanks much for any advice and information. > Gary > if you're lucky, it's a shift cable adjustment thing. but don't bet the farm on that. the honda parking pawl is usually fairly abuse proof. it has two locking components. first is a dog [with a special tooth profile] that meshes with it's own dedicated set of teeth [doesn't mess up any gears even if it breaks]. the second is a lock that holds the dog in position. the lock does not engage until the dog is fully seated. the tooth profile means that even if you engage park while rolling, it'll just make a loud horrible ratcheting noise as it drags in and out of it's corresponding teeth, but because it won't fully seat while this is happening, the lock won't engage, so this process allow you to roll without damaging the transmission or the dog. once the "ratcheting" slows sufficiently, the lock engages and /then/ the transmission is truly locked. imo, it's more likely that the reverse was engaged while rolling forward. don't think honda have abuse proofing for that! either way, if the transmission is messed up, it's messed up & likely very expensive to repair. if it costs you $500 just to have the transmission removed & diagnosed, you're already in "ouch" territory. it could be cheaper to consider getting a used japanese transmission and have it fitted than the cost of diagnosis from a rebuilder. i don't endorse them because i've not used them yet, but something like this is worth consideration: http://nippon-motors.com/honda.htm $375 for your transmission, at the bottom of the page. |
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And then when you call him, he wants to charge you like $200 for shipping.
I've bought some used auto transmissions from importers and have had very bad luck. There isn't an easy way for them to test them, so most of them are untested. I've had pretty good luck with the engines and the manual transmissions. As bullet proof as the different 90-97 accord transmissions are, I'd just get a used one from a salvage yard. www.car-part.com Looks like there is one on there from "Marshalls Auto Parts" in Ohio. About 100k and $250. I've bought a lot of stuff from them and have never had a major problem. Looks like they have low prices because they want high volume, not because they are trying to pawn off some junk. > i don't endorse them because i've not used them yet, but something like > this is worth consideration: > http://nippon-motors.com/honda.htm > $375 for your transmission, at the bottom of the page. > |
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