i'm losing gears while car is running!

akes wrote:
> hi...hope someone can help..on staturday while driving i stopped @ a
> 4-way and when i accelerated away it wanted to shift from 2nd to third
> i just got high revs and the car started coasting to a stop...i can rev
> it but nothing happens..no gears....weird thing is when i start it up
> again i can gets gears but after a little while gears drop again and
> all i can do is just rev....

> does anybody have any ideas?



its a 1990 accord with 200k miles on it

akes wrote:
> akes wrote:
> > hi...hope someone can help..on staturday while driving i stopped @ a
> > 4-way and when i accelerated away it wanted to shift from 2nd to third
> > i just got high revs and the car started coasting to a stop...i can rev
> > it but nothing happens..no gears....weird thing is when i start it up
> > again i can gets gears but after a little while gears drop again and
> > all i can do is just rev....
>
> > does anybody have any ideas?
>
>
>
> its a 1990 accord with 200k miles on it


You clutch is toast,
when the car warms up, the plates slip more, and you get no power to
the wheel
when its cold, they don't slip as much..