dansaleen_04

1989 Accord 4drAuto. Doing a job for a friend. He blew his engine a couple years ago and brought it to me for to put a new engine in it. Finally finished yesterday and I am having issues with the transmission. I put it in gear and the car does not move. Axles are in the right way. converter is it correctly and atteched to flywheel. All cables put in place and fluid is at level. When you try to shift the gears grind like if it were a stick shift tranny. If I lift the car up and put in gear the driver side wheel will turn not the passinger. But the moment the wheels hit the floor the car does not budge. I know engines but hate messing with trannys. What can be the issue here? He has had the car down for 2 years and needs it to move around. Please let me know of your thoughts.

94EG8

Sounds like one of the axles isn't seated properly in the transmission.

dansaleen_04

ok would that happen even though the axle is completely in the tranny. it cannot go any farther in. there is maybe an 1/8 of an inch or less of space between the faces of the axle and the tranny.

holmesnmanny

You sure it wasn't the tranny that went out not the engine? The axle should "pop" in the transmission about a half inch or so after you get it in.Maybe it's not popped in all the way.

dansaleen_04

how would it be the engine that went out. The engine turns rev's and everything. its completely timed its turning the flywheel so how would it be the engine. And like I said before the space between the axle face and tranny is about 1/8 inch or less so I am pretty sure its completely in. My question again about that is, could the axle still be an issue even though it is completely in the tranny? Would it be off even though it is in? Could the tranny be the issue all together. is there anything I can do to test the fault?

poorman212

A far reach and I hope you have a friend you really trust. Could the shaft be bad, under load it slips, without load-in the air- it spins.....So with the car on the ground, put in gear, do the shaft(s) spin -inner joint- but not enough to move the car.

EDIT: safer way, while in the air, gab the tire and see what happens.

Full flame gear on, so go ahead.

dansaleen_04

I did that and the tire stops if I grab it bear hand. Question, I heard from someone that the torque converter has 3 postion type insertion. In other words, it doesnt just go straight in. You have to push it in then kind of turn it a little bit and turn again to push in completely? Has anyone heard of this. Im looking at both chilton and haynes and nothing that I can see covers the torque converter.

94EG8

Yeah, it has to be seated correctly, when it does you'll know.

dansaleen_04

ok so let me get this completely straight before I do something for nothing.. When i put the torque converter in i have to push it then turn it, push some more then turn again to completely get it in? If this correct this is what I will be doing tomorrow morning but would hate to drop the tranny for nothing.

poorman212

By hand and in the air, almost all auto's will stop. With a load, what happens, that will anwser the question, I'd start there before dropping the trans.....if nothing else, I'm going to be parting out an 88 LXi auto in a few weeks/month or so...but shipping from NC to FL won't work for the $'s.

dansaleen_04

Thanks to everyone who helped out with this post. Come to find out after careful checking that one of the hoses was clogged with some tape inside. It looks like the guy who tried to fix it before put tape in the hose and never told anyone about it.