Accord Shifting Problems
I recently purchased a 92 Honda Accord LX w/ 35,000 original miles about a week ago. The car idles at 900 rpm's at a standstill. I'm experiencing a jolt when I'm shifting into the first three gears. Slowly accelerating the car will rev up to at least 3000 rpm's until it kicks into gear and then the rpm drops. It seems to have to reach at least 3000 rpm's sometimes a little more in order to up-shift. Once it reaches a certain speed the car is nice, smooth and drives beautiful. It's is the first three gears that I am worried about.
A few days after I purchased it I brought it back to seller with the problem, made him drive it and his response to me was, "Obviously you never drove a honda before because this is normal for these cars." He also told me not to be afraid to give gas but when I tried to accelerate faster it revs even higher. I previously drove a legend and an integra and never had this sort or problem, the gears always kicked in smooth. What could the problem be?
Also, when shifting the car from park to reverse and drive the whole car jolts. I had someone look under the hood of the car. He made me shift to all the gears and then press on the accelerator. He told me that the entire engine was moving up and down while doing so. He thought it was the motor mounts. I brought it back to the seller, also a so-called mechanic, and he kept the car for a day and told me he put a new motor mount in but when I got the car back it did the same exact thing. Either that's not the problem, not a problem or he just didn't fix the problem. Please help me with my problem?
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