Been trying to watch out for my 10 year old DB8. Neglected it for 3 whole months and finally flicked me off. At 277,568 miles on the ORIGINAL tranny, the synchros finally had enough. My last resort....Synchromesh....I hope this holds me up for another 10,000. Tranny gon be expensive.

 

wow
thats great millage for the original trannie
if i were you just go out and spend $600 on a b16 trannie

 

Holy hell 277,568! Thats a lot of freaking miles. Good luck with the Synchro Mesh.

 

I would definately just get a b16 tranny. Car will feel wayyy better.

 

You gotta love Honda for blessing us with cars that can last almost 300k miles. Sucks about the synchros though. Mine have been bad for about 40k miles and I hope that hang in for that much longer or more.

 

My only wish was to hit 300K on the same engine and tranny. Thank god the engine is still pullin. SO this b16 tranny....just makes it feel closer to a type r ratio or wha?

My synchros were bad for about 50K....just grinding away. DAmnit! Such bad timing. Oh well....I love my honda (acura)....must keep the DB alive!

 

damn, i barely got 100k outa my tranny!

 

syncromesh and double clutch...i wanna see 300k!

 

^^^^^^^^^ Thanks for the support!

 

I have a DB8 that just clicked over 100k. Makes me sad. Hopfully my tranny will last as long as yours. Good luck to you. let us know if you feel any diff after switching fluids.

 

Just dropped in close to 3 quarts of Honda MTL into the tranny. Can you believe the dealer said MTL lasts for 90,000 miles?/?? Trip OUT! Gunna run it for a few hundred miles, flush it out, and throw in the synchromesh. Good news is, it's shifting a little better now. No more "selecting the gear that the shifter will go into" for me. I swear, I was shifting from 1st to 4th because that's the only one that'll work for me.

277,772 miles and counting....Wonder if I can make this post last for 22,228 more miles? HAhaHA.

 

OK, 288,315 on the odometer. Bout to throw in the synchromesh. Clutch pedal pressure increased since the last time! Feels stiffer than ever. According to a honda mechanic, the hydraulic system will bleed itself within time. That is assuming that you've bled the system once through. Cant explain it the way he did, but he got me believing....


Tip to those replacing/installing Clutch master/slave : Make sure you tighten the hydro lines well. If it's a tad bit loose, you'll suck in unwanted air.....BELIEVE ME!

 

mine busted on me at 120k. I got a 96 gsr tranny in there and it slightly grinds at high rpms going into 4th...guess i should stop beating it so much.

 

you drove 11K miles in a few days? wtf

 

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oh sh*T! My BAD! I meant to put 278,315!!!!

HAHhahhahhahAa, sorry.........

Threw in the synchromesh stuff by Penzoil. My take on it : Maybe the friction modified is supposed to work miracles, cuz this stuff didn't do anything. Felt like it did when I had Honda MTL in there. Oh well, couple thousand more miles and i'll throw the other stuff in......