I have a 91' EX Sedan that has been great to me over the past 4 yrs. But I have run into some trouble that I cannot figure out. I have a D16A6 engine w/Y8 head and a L4 auto tranny,which will be changed out later, but for now I need to leave the L4 alone.
I have been having shuttering problems half way through first gear and hard shifting between all gears. I have so far listened to mechanics and garage tuners and changed the tranny, calibrated the linkage and changed out my CV axles. I have also checked out my ECU and it is in tip top shape. I don't have the kind of money to be wasting, like I have been, but I really want to keep the car. I can't take it to a shop because of the money constraint as well. I am new to the import tuning and will hopefully make a really nice sleeper out of this car, but for now I just need to have it drivable.

If anyone can give me any sort of insight to what the problem might be, It would be greatly appreciated.

 

not sure what the prob may be but i just took my 91 ex auto tranny out.. want it? pm me

 

Wow an ex. sell it to me.

 

No that's okay. I just replaced the tranny. I think that it might be my torque converter. I talked with a guy that's works on honda's all the time and he said that's prolly ny problem.

 

No thanks efnewb91 I really like this car and I want to keep it. It's my first car that I can do whatever I want to it because I own it.
But any way, sorry, but no sale.

 

H-T as a whole doesn't know much about automatic transmissions

Interesting setup though.....good luck.

 

Is ths huddering only at partial throttle? If you mash it does it run smoothly? the reason I ask is that my dx (sohc zc with auto) will jump around at partial throttle and has hard shifts. I also believe it to be the TC as I used the one that came withthe ZC and not the original one I had and I didnt have the problem before.

 

It does the shuddering at all throttles, unless, I have let the car sit for a few days. Then it has no problem for at least an hour. I don't know. I'm just gonna send it some place and pay the outrageous price.