My 3rd gear is starting to clip/grind again when I take second to redline. The trans has been out once already @ the dealer at 11k miles to have it rebuilt under warranty. The car has 16k on it now. This is not a fault of the car, only my abusive driving style.

Question: What is the best "snake oil" to put in the trans to post-pone the inevitable, pulling it out again.

I would like to hold off at least 2-3 more months and do it in the late fall. I know That the fluid of choice on the board is Honda MTL, but what about short term, cover-up the grinding fluid?????? Redline, Mobil one, Gear oil

thanks Mattj


[Modified by Dropspeed, 9:58 PM 7/29/2002]

 

Stick with the Honda MTF... From all the posts I have read, it is just as good as the others... as for the grinding noise - I am not sure, but, I do not think MTF is gonna help, regardless of what brand. Thats my .02$.

 

You say the dealer had the tranny out before, are you sure they put in Honda MTF ?
Maybe the skimped out and thats whats causeing the failure now...?

 

Honda MTF every ~4,000 miles here.

 

Redline MTL fixes toyota's famous 2nd gear downshift grind in MR2s/older supras/cressidas but not in hondas.

-Dave, who last changed his tranny fluid ~35,000 miles ago and clutch fluid.. never

 

Ask your dealer about the new Honda MTF II.....

 

I knew a few guys that had trannys like yours and they put in the Royal Purple trans stuff and said it fixed the problem, give it a shot

 

Will thats an pretty regular...you gotta tool for making that easy?

Brandon - who changes frequently too, but makes a little mess each time...

 

Yup... about 15 min. done deal... easier than doing the oil.

-jack
-17mm
-drain pan
-10mm socket
-hose with a funnel
-one paper towel
-2.4 qts. of Honda MTF...

 

Will...tool man...show me the tool...

I made this we-todd set up with a screw-on funnel (to go on the MTF bottle) connected to some hoses that leads to the tranny to fill it up, but I still get a little mess. What do you use.

I agree about the easy part though...easier than oil change.

 

Fluid pumps 0wn.

Jason-
who has no mess, and needs to change his tranny fluid, oil, and coolant to pure water tonight

 

cheepo funnel and ~2' feet of hose to reach up near the intake t00b....

leave the upper tranny fill plug in place and fill from the VSS hole (ie. 10mm wrench).

 

the more often you change the fluid, the longer the tranny will last


yack- who also shifts slow to keep the tranny nicey nice

 

I have been using the GM Syncroshift MTF. It seems to work just as good, if not better than Honda MTF. I still like the Honda MTF tho, I always used it in my GSR tranny, and my buddys SI trans.

Try the GM stuff, around 8 bucks a quart tho. I heard it can help some grinding and weird noises when shifting. After I rebuilt my trans recently, this is what I have been using, and it shifts very very smooth into every gear, and has no bad noisies at all.

 

I thought it was BG Synchroshift? Maybe not, I dunno.

 

Is synthetic mobile 1 compliant to honda trannies?

 

I first changed mine at about 12000 miles with Mobile 1. Then I changed it again at around 30000. Now have almost 40000 miles with the stock clutch

Its Mobile one synthetic gear oil.


[Modified by Jsracingintegra, 7:02 PM 10/21/2002]

 

i know my dealership didnt use Honda MTL, they used 10w30, i just changed mine and my transmission fetl like water

 

I don't think the USDM dealers have what I assume to be the good stuff like you guys do in the UK....

for us

 

Try GM Syncromesh. It lessend my 2nd-3rd grind, and completely eliminated it on a del Sol VTEC tranny (Y21 too, right?).


[Modified by sackdz, 10:03 PM 10/21/2002]

 

GM Synchromesh
BG Snychroshift

Two different tranny fluids. Both come highly recommended from what I've read.

 

i belive that BG supplies GM!!! So they would be the same, differnt name though! eric

 

redline is nice but its too damn expensive

 

That very well could be.

 

not to sound stupid, just new....whats the vss hole?