No first or reverse

PaulDexler · #1 01-20-2008, 04:54 PM

Hi Guys,
My car just started doing something strange, and, I hope, not too expensive. Basically, it will not go into first or reverse. When I put it into reverse, there is a clunk, and the revs go up but the car does not move. When I manually put it into first, same thing. Other gears work fine, lockup works, it turns 2500 revs at 70+mph.

It happened while I was at the Museum today, I had to get out of a parking space without reverse. I noticed it was starting off in second. Once on the freeway, I did the 33 miles home without incident.

The car is now parked behind my garage, and I'll take it to my local shop in the morning, but what am I looking at?

I have a receipt from the PO which shows the tranny was removed and repaired because of no third gear. That was last June, and I bought the car in August. Mileage at the time of the repair was 151,800. Mileage now is 156,400.
So far as I know, that was the first time the tranny was out of the car.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul

Hondasucks · #2 01-20-2008, 06:47 PM

Your low/reverse clutch is hosed, sounds like.

I know there is a band in the trans, but I do not know what gear(s) it operates, you MIGHT just need to adjust it.

bwb3 · #3 01-20-2008, 06:59 PM

That's good mileage for that transmission. Partial failures are not good but doesn't automatically mean the high dollar rebuild or replacement. I lost reverse and first and the fix ended up being $1,200. It was a replacement of the cltch packs with heavier duty ones and fortunately was caught early enough that there wasn't any collaterage damage. I know that's still a lot of money.
Gene

crazyhorse · #4 01-20-2008, 07:23 PM

Right when my high clutch went my SVX did something similar. It was like it was caught between 1st & reverse. Very much like the E-brake was on. I "broke" it loose by abusing it. I coasted it down onto te road & just floored it. The trans went pop, and the car took off like a ROCKET. It's never offered to do that again.

Oh yeah, the "band" is for 2nd & 3rd.

Hondasucks · #5 01-20-2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyhorse

Oh yeah, the "band" is for 2nd & 3rd.

That's what I thought but I wasn't sure :-P My knowledge of the inner workings of the 4EAT is a little rusty lol

PaulDexler · #6 01-22-2008, 10:20 PM

The car is now in the transmission shop. They checked it out this afternoon, and confirmed that the 1st/reverse clutch is inoperative. They're going to pull it tomorrow to see exactly how much damage there is internally. I'll have it back by the end of the week, with my credit card lightened by between $1K and $2K. Bah humbug.
Then I've still got to fix the buzzing exhaust resonators, the non-working left front speaker and the floppy driver's sunvisor. I miss driving it already.
Meanwhile, the Alfa and the Capri are operating just fine. (fingers crossed.)
Paul