1989 accord auto trans kickdown

Sure we do, just like in the US. I just happen not to like
driving cars so equipped.

Automatics have this bad habit of changing gear all by themselves,
which drives me nuts.

 

go ahead! you didn't last time!

leave me out of the equation buddy - where is everybody else rushing to
prostrate themselves before your giant organ and "help" you? or are you
still having problems connection the dots on that? [clue: 5 days of
listening to crickets chirp means something's up. and it's not my lack of
response...]

 

you don't live in a city with stop-go traffic then. when i was small
town, sticks were great. then i moved to the smoke and all the constant
clutching, braking, shifting, moving 5 yards, repeat, routine drove /me/
nuts. or at least, i learned it did after i used an auto for a week and
realized i was getting home all relaxed, not frazzled. call me an old
fart, but i've been a die-hard auto fan ever since.

 

Agreed, the only time I ever mess with automatics is when I get suckered
into fixing someone else's car as happened in this case.

 

No, I don't. But I've been stuck in extended stop-and-go highway jams
enough to understand how some people would get tired of sticks.

Doesn't bother me in the least, actually.

My wife hates manual transmissions and refuses to drive them. To each his
own.

 

Since you have actually owned a carbureted Honda, I think
you are way more qualified to respond. Shucks I would
just send the guy to honda-tech.com , which has increasingly
been a resource to me for hard-to-solve problems.

On bad behavior: I do think it unethical to sit on the
sidelines when others are trying to tamp down conduct not
helpful to the group. Mr. Beam, as a matter of science, when
one is communicating, studies show that the tenor and tone
wrapped around a message make a bigger impression on the
reader/listener than the message itself. This is per Albert
Mehrabian's much cited 1981 paper. If one wishes to be an
effective communicator, I think this is interesting.

 

My crystal ball told me jim beam would mention "free advice" and be an
ass, not necessarily
in that order.

 

can you use your crystal ball answer the question? or are you simply here
for the vacuous know-nothing say-nothing simply-wasting-electrons contest?

 

I'm here because I chose to be.

I may shove a crystal ball up your "free expert advice" ass though.

 

oh baybee, you make so hot! come on, pull it out and let's measure up...

 

Thanks for weighing in on the side of civility, Elle. As for my
'expertise' in this matter, my car was both a Civic and a standard - a
four speed at that. Not to mention the fact that it was a 'Winter Rat'
that never got put on the road because of a burned valve. My father had
assured me it would be no problem to replace, but when I wanted to
actually pull the head, he looked at those hoses (I swear that some of
them just connected to each other in a roundabout manner) and remembered
a pressing appointment elsewhere. ;-)

 

Ha! With due respect to JT (Grumpy Au Contraire, who fixed
up and drives a c. 1983 carb'd Civic, I think mostly to
chuckle at the rest of us ;-) ), chalk one up for the
relative simplicity and reliability of fuel injection.

To the OP: www.honda-tech.com is free and is best searched
using Yahoo's search engine, restricting the search to the
honda-tech.com site. Or post a new query under the correct
forum of honda-tech.com. Lots of young fellows post there
(speaking a language that, uh, I am not hip on, but mostly
clean, I think... ) doing all sort of convoluted (read: way
over my head and/or just danged crazy and sometimes I think
somewhat reckless) engine and tranny swaps, but it has
plenty of expertise, too.

 

When you get old(er) and drive frequently in urban areas, you really get
to appreciate an automatic.

I just acquired three more $100 early '80's Civic hatchbacks of which
two are automatics. Both drive trains are in good shape but one body has
a few dents including the rear bumper so it will serve as spare parts.
Highest mileage on any of the three is 134K (miles).

Besides, the hard parts rebuild kit for that era automatic is under $100
and the converter can actually be disassembled if necessary. Another
bright spot, is has a serviceable filter assy etc.

I love the old days of simplicity...

JT

 

Elle wrote:


snip

Well quoted Elle.

JT

 

I will readily admit to the reliability of fuel injection although I do
see numerous injector problems here.

While the old CVCC carbs scare a lot of people, they are relatively
simple and also reliable. The best part, there is no freakin' expensive
'puter in these gen 2 Civics. No "check engine" light. No crank case
ventilation valve, no oxygen sensor.

And, all them thar vacuum lines... If you remove the head, all the
vacuum system control boxes simply unplug and come off with it.

Excellent industrial engineering on Honda's part!

Best part is that parts are cheap and readily available...

Regards,

JT

(Who believes that 'puters belong on one's lap or on a desk)