spumoni

i have a 95 civicex coupe and its automatic (ya i know it sux its just my beater for now) and im having some problems goin through the gears. in first gear if im on it a little to hard and after its warmed up it feels like its slipping and it hardly goes anywhere until i let off the gas then it will shift. itll also do it if im on the highway and i gun it and it downshifts it just feels like it slips. i checked the fluid and it is where its supposed to be and i checked it the right way with the car running and after it has been warmed up. i would just like to know if anybody else has had this problem and if you think it is internal or just a bad solonoid, i need this thing to run for a while until i can get the time and money to swap a manual in it. o ya and theres only 134k on the motor and tranny. thanks

Former User

What type of ATF are you using?

apexi_rsx

mine did this very same thing for about 3 months then it was toast. once it starts slipping its hard to make it stop. i swapped to a manual and got everything for 600 bux and did it myself so it was a cheap easy transformation and lovin it now

spumoni

ya i was kind of affraid of that. and i dont know wut kind of ATF is in it i bought the car from sombody else and it was a little low and i had some extra honda full syn and topped it off. where and how did u get everything for 600? u gotta put a manual ecu in it too right?

94EG8

OBD1 civics are kinda neat in that you can convert your automatic ECU to manual in about 5 minutes with a soldering iron, so as long as you do that no you don't have to get a manual ECU. You can easily do an auto to manual swap for $600, hell you can do it for half that price, the whole key is to find someone selling a complete car for parts, something thats either been written off or rusted out, blown engine etc that can be had dirt cheap, like sub $600. You take what you need and part out the rest, if you do it right you can make money.

apexi_rsx

the biggest PITA of the swap is putting the pedals in is what i found when i did mine. i posted an ad in a local car forum and a guy had a shot that dealt alot with imports and just did a swap in a civic and didint need the parts anymore and sold them to me for 600

spumoni

alright cool sounds good. i didnt really want to have to do the swap for a little while but it would be better if i did. and when it comes to the ecu and a soldering iron i dont know wut im doing with that so i might have to get a manual ecu lol. im sure i can find some rusted out civics in ohio easily. o and just out of curiousity, will a manual tranny from a 98 bolt up fine with my 95? or actually would i have to change out different sensor cuz of one being obd2 and the other obd1?

spumoni

o and should it be a tranny from a vtec? isnt the gearing a little different?

94EG8

You can run any '92 - '00 Civic transmission except for the '99 - '00 Civic Si and '94 - '97 Del Sol VTEC. Ideally find one from an EX coupe or sedan, or a '92 - '95 Si hatchback. EX/Si transmissions are geared lower and closer together for better acceleration. Just make sure you get the VSS if its a '96 - '00 they're different than '92 - '95 transmissions, but work the same and the plug is the same.

spumoni

o ok cool thanks for all the help!