Ok Civic tranny gurus.

I purchased my car from a guy who probably didn't know how to take care his car. So I'm wondering if you guys can figure it out.

1st - shifter has lots of left and right play when in gear. What will fix that?

2nd - tranny grinds going into 3rd when I'm shifting normally. BUt will not grind when just nudging it slowly into gear (letting it just slide into gear). The clutch was replaced 30,000 miles ago so I'm guessing they used some crap tranny fluid. Will changing that help prevent the grind into 3rd? Could it be something else?

3rd - what markings and where can I check to make sure I have the right tranny for my 1993 Civic Si? Seems to have no UMFPH when I'm in 5th gear going 65mph.

4th - what is involved in doing an engine rebuild on my 1993 Civic Si? Could you list the parts? I'm going to try to do this over the winter.

Many thanks

 

autozone sells those engine rebuild kits for like $500 :ugh:
sorry, thats not help at all h:

autox rules don't allow tranny/engine swaps, do they?

 

3rd gear synchro is bad

engine rebuild, will require all new gaskets, rebuild depends how far u wanna go, if u wanna do the whole thing, your gonna need to hone the cylinders at a machine shop, get new bearings, fresh rings for your pistons, if u'r autoXing the car then u might wanna go with a higher compression piston for quicker acceleration. Also, port & polish the head up so that you can flow air a little better & get all new seals & have your valves cleaned at the machine shop, you will have a little bit of a noticeable difference in the power area while accelerating out of those turns & it will run all fresh!

 

Well I can, but I wouldn't be in the class that i've been running for 7 years.

 

i would try changing the fluid. put Honda MTF in it. it helped my tranny.

 

for the shifter play while in gear, when i changed mine out for the skunk dual bend it too had some play. problem was there was still space between the shifter and shift linkage at where it bolts up together. i tighten that bolt up as much as i could and less left and right play. hope that helps

 

for the shifter if its stock the bushing are prob shot, another thing to check out is the pin that connects the shift linkage to the trans, if that is worn even a little the will throw the shifter way off. On the marking, look on the trans and it should say S20, That is the code for ex/si. For the grinding replace the fuild with honda trans fluid, and if that doesn't work then it most likely will be the syncros. HIH

 

Thanks everyone.