Well dudes, my car was grinding 5th so i went to the local honda dealership and bout 3 quarts of Honda MTF. The salesman told me it should take 3 quarts but after i got home and read a manual it said that the tranny usually takes 1.8 quarts and should not be overfilled. I filled it as instructed in the manual. It basically said to finger the tranny until you feel that the fluid level is correct. Thats what i did but the frikkin car is still grinding like THe Clipse and Pharrell.

I did a couple searches here and didnt find anything too usefull . . . maybe i didnt search enuff . .. but ...

i just want to kno if going by wut the honda man told me is wut i should do and add more or maybe try something different. ive hear of redline and syncromesh, but i heard Honda MTF was the best. ANybody kno if i have a bigger problem ahead of me like clutch or actually getting my syncros in the tranny fixed. Im planning on gettin rid of the car, i mite just leave it for the next man, its fucked up but sometimes u just gotta do it.

any suggestions i mean ANY. woiuld be helpful.

'97 accord LX by the way.

 

Yeah id say the 5th gear synchs are jacked...i dont think fluid is gonna help...Its up to you what you wanna do with your car..I would fix it before i sold it though

 

With 119K on my 97 EX 5speed, I changed the MTF with factory Honda manual tranny fluid. After a few days, I noticed more and more, I was getting a 1st-2nd gear grind. I really wouldn't call it a grind, but more like an "unsmooth" engagement.

I did some research. Bought this stuff a day later: http://www.pennzoil.com/products/gear_oil/syncro_fluid.html

Get 3 bottle's. Drain and fill. The tranny will shift better then the day the car was new. I swear it's a HUGE difference in shift quality and engagement. Do your own research if you don't belive me. The Pennzoil stuff is just rebaged GM Syncromesh fluid. Same exact ingredients, just 6 bucks less a quart. Your transmission capacity is 2.2L quarts I THINK. Good luck!

Justin

 

im goin to see because the tranny was pretty much full up to the fill plug hole. so im also guessin that anymore would just overflow before i could plug it back up.

im gonna go to the auto part store and cop some syncromesh and hopefully it will help me out... ill keep u guys posted.

 

THe 5th gear grind has happened maybe three times to me as well. Only at higher RPM's though, like past 4000 or so.