Ok, I was driving my buddies H22 swapped 95 Accord last night & my massive biceps snapped one of his shifter cables (at the shifter) while trying to shift into 2nd. So we limped it home in 1st gear, lol.

Today, we tried swapping out shifter cables. I had some cables lying around that I believe are from a 90-93 accord. His previous cables (the ones i broke) were from his accord's F-series engine. Although they all have differen't part numbers I know the 94-97 accord cables are compatible with the h22's but not sure about the 90-93's we tried. The problem is the shifter will only shift into all the foward gears & not back. It will only shift into 1st, 3rd, & 5th. I'm hoping it's just a compatiblity issue with the cables & not something fubar'ed in the tranny.

1) Does anyone know for sure if that sounds like a cable linkage problem or more like a internal transmission problem?

2) Does anyone know for sure if the 90-93 accord shifter cables are not compatible with the h22 in a 94-97 accord? Gonna try & get our hands on some prelude or 94-97 accord cables. THX

 

your problem is that 90-93 shifter cable is not compatible with 94-97 shifter base. You would need to get either 90-93 shifter base or another set of 94-97 shifter cables.

 

We figured it out but Ironically its working on my buddies 95 accord with 90-93 shifter & 94-97 cables.