1990's Honda Accord 2.3 VTEC Auto Trans. Shifting Problems...and how to solve them! 

Yes! Both very good things to keep an eye on

Thanks so much

Yup, sure did! Here's the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i9oOF9BZVfI.htmlsi=qHeVTEPzQMemoMaC

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It'd worth a shot! It gave me another 10k miles of life out of the old Trans before I had to swap it

Haha no worries, I never jumped a terminal on accident yet! Thanks for watching!

Good idea in part, except you have remove the transmission and crack the case to change the filter in these

I have a question when you smelling Burnt transmission fluid (82000 miles on car ) do start a problem with your car driving

​@@We_sayyestoguntv it could, if it smells burnt, changing it is always a food idea in that situation

​@@hotrod4dhow do you do that? Do you gotta video?

Thank you! When I described the symptoms to the guy and how I had cleaned so much material out of the solenoids each time he said that was what most commonly happened on those models if the fluid isn't kept changed.

@@hotrod4d Awesome, thank you again so much! This will be next up on the to-do list

Thanks for the info! Who knew I never went to school for this lol 😆

Actually that is a shift solenoid B & C and here is their part numbers 28400-P6H-003 28400-P6H-013. Had the same problem with my transmission and replaced it and still had the jerky shifts. I will try cleaning the solenoids next. Also when your transmission fluid is that black it causes more problems cause you drained all the clutch material out of it. The torque converters are also known to slip causing even more clutch material inside those screens and inside the internal filter to get gummed up. I installed a in-line filter on the hose next to the lock up solenoid so that will help as well. Use the 2.4L. element/accord transmission filter.

​@@brianhenry2134 great idea with the inline filter!

Hopefully this helps! It got me another 10k miles and time to get a used transmission to swap in

@@hotrod4d yes it helps 💯💙 thanks

Thanks for stopping by my channel, subscribe while you're here! Hopefully this video helps and if your transmission goes out completely, I have a video for that too!

Why would you think torque converter? Are you sure you should be working on this?

Yeah that's probably the correct term for what I'm just calling "shift solenoids" in the video

I live in Colorado and picked mine up at Best Foreign Auto out of Colorado Springs. Also try car-part.com to search salvage yards in your area. Thanks for watching, please subscribe!

Also, if you end up replacing it, I have a video on my channel of how to do that

Sounds like your shift solenoids could be clogging up. I have a video on how to fix that and a video on how to replace the transmission

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Thanks for the info!

Yes it gave me about another 10k miles of life and enough time to find another good used trans before it finally died. So, it works to get you a few more miles, but the trans will eventually let go

Yeah it feels like the car will grab the gear, accelerate weakly then drop the gear. You'll know when you pull the filters and you find all the clutch material

Don't ever take advice from anyone who says alternator. All that does is keep the car running(essentially). If it isn't shutting off on you it isn't the alternator. Slap that idiot

Sounds like your trans might be going unfortunately, if you're finding clutch material in the fluid and filters your bands are probably toast

@@hotrod4d thank you for the reply . The trans fluid was dirty but no metal attached to the plug . The transmission was actually installed exactly last November. I'm probably in denial lol I just can't believe that overnight my trans went out

@@Mgh101590 of course, I appreciate the comments. It won't look so much like metal shavings just a silvery sludge that accumulates in your shift solenoids and makes it start slipping like crazy. Unfortunately these transmissions don't have an easily accessible filter to help extend their life

it would probably help solve them temporarily until you can get a new trans lined up

17mm I believe

Good point, they were filthy with clutch material!

It was a place called Best Foreign Used Parts in Colorado springs. It had about 160k on it and cost me $450+

Honda brand atf straight from the dealership

Maybe see if you can talk them down on the price a bit but the v6 models are still great cars. I only prefer the 4-cylinders for ease of maintenance

Wow thanks for quick reply ah I forgot to say I'm in Canada lol here everything overpriced buy will definitely try to do that but in your opinion daily driving her smart idea ?

@@debabrate69 of course, totally makes sense about the price now so not a bad deal if everything is in good shape! It will definitely make a good reliable daily driver, other than the transmission, I've only put in basic maintenance work for the last 60k miles into mine. Be sure to check that transmission fluid though, if it's automatic

Did you just do the process I talked about?

Yes mine would do this as well, like it would go in the gear for a minute then drop it again

Nice!

Yeah unfortunately it isn't, but I did a decent video of how to swap the transmission when it goes out