ddfammobile

Ive got a 98 civic auto. (B4ra) came in as "drives fine for 1-2 miles then complete loss of forward/reverse engagement". Full rebuild (clutches, seals, orings,check *****, gaskets) and found what I had believed to be the issue, clutch pressure control valve spring was broken (typical issue with the b4ra and the likes) wasnt much clutch material or any material for that matter in the fluid so buttoned it all up, tested solenoids (all checked fine) put it back in and test drove. Same problem. Drove it 1.3 miles, shifted fine, no issues with engagement,shift points, shift feel then literally out of nowhere felt a slight slip then bam all engagement gone, both forward and reverse.turned of, Let it sit for 5 mins, turned on and it drove fine for 1/2 mile. Did it again and again half mile. Had to do it one more time to get it back. Any ideas? Stumped

tony_2018

Was everything built within spec? Did you use a Honda repair manual to rebuild the transmission?

ih8speedbumps

I know this sounds odd, but I had the same thing happen to my '88 Nissan 300z back in the day, brought it to a shop, and they replaced my distributer. Everything worked great afterwards. Not sure why it happened or what the distributer has to due with my tranny, but yeah. Goodluck!