Originally Posted by CWM99ACC
Is your ck engine light on?
It sounds like you have a tranny problem too.
Have you talked too a good mechanic?
My car has only thrown a CEL once the entire time I've had it when I ran it real hard on the highway once. That was many, many miles ago.
Yeah, I've suspected tranny problems for a while now (auto's suck -- if the swap is easy enough I might just do a auto-manual swap while i'm at it!)
I have TALKED to a few "mechanics" but havn't had any check out my engine. Most of them want to charge $$$ and like I said I'm running short on it. everything i've learned has come from hundreds of hours of searching this forum and many others.
Originally Posted by wilsel
You'll have to spend a few thousand, but it'll give your car another 200K miles of use as long as you get a good swap.
Yes, but if I had a few thousand I would just get a new car. Looks like I'm stuck with the SOHC VTEC for now. But it's ok, I love it.
Originally Posted by skabone69
He said he couldn't do it without airtools, and an engine hoist is a must.
Thx for the info. That will be my first step -- finding the tools. Looks like my best bet would be to rent them from someone (engine cranes go for $300+). Any ideas who I should ask first, and how much I should expect them to charge me?