Honda Transmission

[64 Cheyenne]

96 Civic 5spd 1.6l coup

Has 1st gear and reverse. Will not go into any others.

Anybody know anything about these transmissions or am I looking for a different transmission....

[Jerry]

A while back I had a gear box problem that sounds similar to yours. It was a broken part in the selector gate. The box was fine but I couldn't get any gears apart from reverse. The broken part was replaced and it's been fine since. The box had to be dropped though to replace said part, not a small job!

[64 Cheyenne]

Jerry,

Thank you for the reply, still not sure what I'm going to do.

All depends on $$, not lack of, but I have a hard time putting

$$ into a car more than its worth, or what I have into it already.

[Automan2164]

While I know relatively little about Honda's... I do know they are a bastard to kill or break a hard part under normal use. I would be looking at the shifter cables and detents as stated. I would first take everything loose from the trans and try shifting it there by hand to see if you could get all gears to drop in.

 

Rob

[64 Cheyenne]

I looked at another Honda and compared how the shifter rod works, they move a relatively small amount.

Just got snow again so not sure when it will go up on ramps.

Not really a hurry or of great importance time wise because I got other stuff I can drive.

Thanks for the input

[JFAComanche6]

While I know relatively little about Honda's... I do know they are a bastard to kill or break a hard part under normal use. I would be looking at the shifter cables and detents as stated. I would first take everything loose from the trans and try shifting it there by hand to see if you could get all gears to drop in.

 

Rob

My dad's 2006 Civic 1.8 has 250k (90% highway) miles and the ONLY mechanical issue we've had was a pulley locking up and the belt snapping in February 2013. if you change the oil in them and keep an eye on the brakes, a Honda will run forever.