alright, my little brother just bought a 92 prelude si in hawaii. he started driving it and it was riding fine for about a day after he bought it.
out of no where it got really hard to go into gear. now he is having to force it into gear (causing it to grind) and sometimes it just wont go into gear for anything so he will have to start off in second or skip a gear to keep driving.
i need a solution for this as quickly as possible. any help is appreciated.


i thought it might be the synchros but gears 1-4 all going bad within one day of regular driving? how about an air bubble in the clutch lines (if it could cause that)?

thanks
-Zac

 

have you checked the clutch fluid? If the clutch fluid ran dry, you will need to bleed the line. If the fluid is fine, then he probably needs a new clutch.

 

and if you dont want to replace that tranny i strongly suggest you correct the problem before you drive it

 

alright, i heard that if the clutch is really old a spring could come loose and or come off and cause the same problems... either way he will probably need to replace the clutch and that will solve the problem right? the fluid is full in the reservoir by the way.
thanks
-Zac

 

the fluid resevoir could be full and still have air in it. try bleeding the clutch line, and check the tranny fuild at the same time. if the tranny needs fluid fill it with HONDA MTF! honda mtf will make the shifts SO much smoother.

 

does the car still act like it wants to keep going when the clutch is pushed in?

 

alright.. they had stopped on the way home and left the lude in the parking lot. when they came out about and hour later the car drove perfect again.
i just found this out so i am assuming that it probably has to be air in the clutch lines.? right?
-Zac

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Abstractlude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">alright.. they had stopped on the way home and left the lude in the parking lot. when they came out about and hour later the car drove perfect again.
i just found this out so i am assuming that it probably has to be air in the clutch lines.? right?
-Zac</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea, thats what I would guess, just bleed the lines and stop driving it without clutch fluid, I would never try to force gears like that, you will end up with more problems.

 

when mines did that , the tranny grinded bad!! clutch was getting sticky too...so i heard it was the clutch master and slave cylinder. If you change those out, remember to bleed the clutch.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Abstractlude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">alright.. they had stopped on the way home and left the lude in the parking lot. when they came out about and hour later the car drove perfect again.
i just found this out so i am assuming that it probably has to be air in the clutch lines.? right?
-Zac</TD></TR></TABLE>

i don't think it would be caused by the fluid if it goes away. i had this happen to me in an accord, and it ended up being a worn out clutch. but bleeding the fluid wouldn't hurt.

 

If bleeding the clutch fixes it, you might consider how air got in there to begin with. I think you might have a bad slave cylinder.

 

my tranny is having simalier problems, sometimes it wont go into gear and sometimes it pops out untill you let out the clutch. is this also do to a bad slave cylinder or air in the line.

 

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i don't think it would be caused by the fluid if it goes away. i had this happen to me in an accord, and it ended up being a worn out clutch. but bleeding the fluid wouldn't hurt.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if the fluid was old enough and had absorbed enough oxygen thus lowering the boiling point so far that the fluid in ur lines and slave cylinder boil causing air in the system yet when you let it sit for a while it would go away and act normal.