you can't easily shift into first because it prevents you from misshifting itno first and blowing the engine. to get it in you have to revmatch it and it'll slip in a little easier.

i don't encounter a lot of instances when i do downshift into first though.

 

the clutch bleed bolt is located on the slave cylinder, which is on the front of the tranny below the starter area.

ull need your girlfriend to pump the pedal while your bleeding it just keep stopping to top off the reservoir with fresh fluid
it will eventually push all the shit out the bleed hole.

i borrowed the pic from taikonaut
we had a discussion about this topic recently
the lever with the yellow dot on it is the slave cylinder

~boom

 

Thanks for the help bro... my girl is coming over tommorow

-Sean.

 

Don't even worry about it..... first off, you can go 200k on the factory clutch fluid if you still have a clutch at that point (I've seen Honda's with 200k on the stock hydraulic clutch). Secondly, the first gear thing is the same on every 5th gen Prelude. No need to fret.

 

Not true. I have the SAME issue with mine. My car will NOT let me put it in gear if I am moving AT ALL!! It will only let me do it when the car is COMPLETELY stopped. SOMETIMES it will allow me to put it in first. I have had the clutch master and slave cylinders changed, the clutch, and new tranny fluid.

I have a friend with a 93 VTEC and asked him to test his. He could put it in first with no problems while we were going 30mph.

I have NO IDEA what is wrong!!!

 

It is annoying but i heard to try to put it into 2nd then first at a stop, keeping the clutch in the whole time. it helps out a little. I go into first w/o a 2nd or 3rd try more often then i used to.

whatever you do, don't FORCE your lude into ANY gear!!

 

if your bro can put it in 1st at 30mph i dont think thats good
1st gear is only to compensate for the tremendous amount of energy it takes to get your car to even move an inch
once the car is rolling even slowly it has exponentially more momentum.

u really shouldnt be putting it in first unless your completely stopped.

yes the 2nd to 1st thing does help save the synchros, i heard that from a DSM guy

~boom

 

my 93 teg does almost the same thing.

I do believe, at least on mine, it's a preventative measure there on purpose. Reason, I push in the clutch while coasting at about 40mph... downshift to 2nd, clutch still in... move it to 1st... apply light pressure as if moving to first and waiting for it to let you. Once the mph get below a certian amount it just opens up and lets it fall into 1st. I think it's somewhere under 10mph... I never really took notice.