tranny PROBLEMS?
jason-1995fbody
09-23-2007, 02:22 PM
ok to start ihave a 91 dx 3 door 5spd manual civic one day iwent to down shift to second gear and i got to neutral and the engine died and i could smell burning oil i expected the worst when i got to the side of theroad and tryed to sart the car and go again the speedometer went up but the car didnt move i thought i broke an axle got the car towed home and found the spider gears hanging out of the bottom of the trans and the case was split wide open so i pull the trans out and put in a new clutch assumeing i would have a trans in a week or so well its been over a month i found one and Archies auto parts in merrillville swares up and down it was out of a 91 well i get it almost in and find its not right so i take it back and they dont have a nother one now after 2 hours of fighting with the ahole i got my money back and now i cant find one cheep what is the deal i see theese cars everyware and im not putting 700 bucks in a 900$ car
any help with this would be great thanks for listening and for any help
any help with this would be great thanks for listening and for any help
Tony
09-23-2007, 03:52 PM
Well that was one long sentence. :)
Why wouldn't the transmission work? Just as long as you get one from a 88-91 it should bolt right up, even the 92+ D-series will bolt up, but those are hydraulic instead of cable.
Why wouldn't the transmission work? Just as long as you get one from a 88-91 it should bolt right up, even the 92+ D-series will bolt up, but those are hydraulic instead of cable.
Christ
09-23-2007, 06:47 PM
what was so "wrong" about the new tranny, first off
bambam89lx
09-24-2007, 08:25 AM
Wrong.
88 transmissions are different. They have 21 splines on the input shaft. 89-91 transmissions only have 20. That must have been what the problem was...he must have either sold you an '88 tranny which wouldn't work because you're using the 90-91 clutch style, or you already had an '88 tranny because the previous owner swapped it out or something.
You can use an 88 tranny, but you have to use the 88 clutch. 89-91 has to use the 89-91 clutch. BTW, the 90-91 clutch is slightly larger in diameter than the 89 clutch.
88 transmissions are different. They have 21 splines on the input shaft. 89-91 transmissions only have 20. That must have been what the problem was...he must have either sold you an '88 tranny which wouldn't work because you're using the 90-91 clutch style, or you already had an '88 tranny because the previous owner swapped it out or something.
You can use an 88 tranny, but you have to use the 88 clutch. 89-91 has to use the 89-91 clutch. BTW, the 90-91 clutch is slightly larger in diameter than the 89 clutch.
Christ
09-24-2007, 04:29 PM
thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking when I asked
"what exactly was "wrong"
we had that problem on my friend's 4th gen... bought a clutch, and the guy sent a '91 clutch for an '88
"what exactly was "wrong"
we had that problem on my friend's 4th gen... bought a clutch, and the guy sent a '91 clutch for an '88
Tony
09-24-2007, 05:47 PM
Whoops, thanks for correcting me BamBam, forgot about that.
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