First of all, great site! I've been a lurker for awhile now, and my small stable of Honda's have benefited greatly from what I've read here. Thanks!

Here's my problem: I have a very clean '87 Prelude SI with a little over 167k miles, and not too long ago the clutch started slipping on me in 4th and 5th. Not having the time to replace the clutch myself I "farmed it out" to a mechanic recommended to me via word of mouth (who replaced the driver side CV axle as well). I picked-up the car yesterday and everything seemed fine, but about 50 miles into the new clutch I lost 5th gear. I was driving along the interstate with the CC on, and all of a sudden it went "pop", and now 5th acts like neutral. Sitting in the driveway I can shift it into 5th and let-out the clutch- nothing. All of the first 4 gears are fine.

Is this coincidental? Are Preludes "known" for this, or could the mechanic have done something wrong (disconnected linkage, no/low tranny fluid, etc, etc). Please help! I NEED this car!

Thanks.

Todd

 

Post this question here:

Transmission & Drivetrain

 

Sorry about that, and thanks for the info.

Todd

 

Nothing to be sorry about as there's nothing wrong with posting this here. You'll get better help with a problem like this in that specialized technical forum.

Welcome to honda-tech

 

sounds like ur shiftlinkage popped but then again that'd be more than 5th gear..

 

Did he put 90w gear oil in the tranny? If he did, 5th is fried! Did he put oil init at all?