JDM Transmission Shops????

[89StangGuy]

Hey import guys, I'm going back to the 4 banger side of things. Letting my Uncle take my Fox body and taking back my 99 Prelude Sh back. Only problem is, i need a new oil pan, k member, and transmission. I'm lookin for a JDM shop that does the swaps on the cheap but good quality. I think my shift fork is broken because my car no longer goes into reverse (reverse is kinda important no?). If anyone knows any shops nearby la area, or orange county area that can swap my tranny out or at least sell one with a warranty and i can install it, i would appreciate any info! Thanks in advance guys.

[Vettezuki]

Hey import guys, I'm going back to the 4 banger side of things. Letting my Uncle take my Fox body and taking back my 99 Prelude Sh back. Only problem is, i need a new oil pan, k member, and transmission. I'm lookin for a JDM shop that does the swaps on the cheap but good quality. I think my shift fork is broken because my car no longer goes into reverse (reverse is kinda important no?). If anyone knows any shops nearby la area, or orange county area that can swap my tranny out or at least sell one with a warranty and i can install it, i would appreciate any info! Thanks in advance guys.

Cheap and quality don't usually go together. I don't know about that trans, but the your Reverse problem could be because of a Reverse lockout solenoid problem.

PS Why the switch back? Mileage?

[89StangGuy]

Cheap and quality don't usually go together. I don't know about that trans, but the your Reverse problem could be because of a Reverse lockout solenoid problem.

PS Why the switch back? Mileage?

Well, cheap wasn't the right word i was looking for. I'm looking for a good deal. I had a shop look at it and they told me it was going to need new synchros but every gear works fine except reverse. So i was thinking either reverse lockout, or the shift fork. Either way it has alot of miles on it and i would feel safer just swapping it out for another if i can.

And as for the switch back, yes something along those lines. He needs a daily driver because he uses a big truck for commuting and he fills up every 4 days with $100 each fill up. I owe him favors and money for performance parts, so i told him just bring me back my Honda and I'll give you back the Mustang. He agreed so i should have the Honda within the next month or whenever the weather permits him to tow it to California. It's a nice little car though. 99 Prelude, Head Unit, Subs and Amp, Aem cold air intake, exhaust, headers, good paint job. I'm going to bring the Mustang one last time to the motorgen meet, then after that I will be bringing the Prelude. Kinda down-grading on performance :suicide: but it'll get me around. It's a manual transmission I'm in need of BTW.

[Vettezuki]

We all just do what we can and there ain't nothing wrong with a Prelude. You might want to check LKQ Corp (http://www.lkqcorp.com/home/home.asp) for a used tranny out of low mileage wreck. They have a yard right here in Santa Fe Springs. Effecient straight forward operation. Also, you might even ask AutoZone if they have rebuilds available. A lot of time they will come with a 12/12,000 warranty are fairly generous on the core charge. Maybe you could to the labor yourself, or maybe work out a payment with enkeivette, who will be on break here pretty soon and might be looking for little side jobs. He's done lots of work on his FWD Neon over the years and could handle that just fine I'm sure. That's probably going to be about your least expensive route.

[89StangGuy]

We all just do what we can and there ain't nothing wrong with a Prelude. You might want to check LKQ Corp (http://www.lkqcorp.com/home/home.asp) for a used tranny out of low mileage wreck. They have a yard right here in Santa Fe Springs. Effecient straight forward operation. Also, you might even ask AutoZone if they have rebuilds available. A lot of time they will come with a 12/12,000 warranty are fairly generous on the core charge. Maybe you could to the labor yourself, or maybe work out a payment with enkeivette, who will be on break here pretty soon and might be looking for little side jobs. He's done lots of work on his FWD Neon over the years and could handle that just fine I'm sure. That's probably going to be about your least expensive route.

Thats sounding like a good plan to me. I also have an exedy stage 2 clutch and pressure plate and flywheel. I think i will go to autozone and see if they have anything for my car. Only problem is it's a type SH. It has an atts Unit that is only for type SH's. If i were to get a standard transmission, the half shafts would have to be modified and i would have to use different axles or some bs like that. Maybe i will drop enkivette a line when i get everything figured out. Well see if anyone else chimes in though. THanks for the ideas.

[BRIAN]

I was walking to class today and saw a prelude with a sticker that said socalprelude.com, give that site a shot with your questions. Can't be the clutch fork or else your clutch wouldn't be able to engage/disengage period.

[89StangGuy]

I was walking to class today and saw a prelude with a sticker that said socalprelude.com, give that site a shot with your questions. Can't be the clutch fork or else your clutch wouldn't be able to engage/disengage period.

Oh ok. So then it's most likely the 5th gear synchro or something. Thanks for the reply brian

[Damian]

Look at LKQ or even ebay. Ive used LKQ several times for my and my friends, always good service with them.

[enkeivette]

On my Neon trans I think reverse is straight cut, so it doesn't go in as easily. That's what she said. Have you tried letting up on the clutch slowly while trying to push it in reverse? Sometimes this is the only way I can do it in my Neon.

[BRIAN]

reverse probably doesn't have a synchro, idiot proof.

[89StangGuy]

On my Neon trans I think reverse is straight cut, so it doesn't go in as easily. That's what she said. Have you tried letting up on the clutch slowly while trying to push it in reverse? Sometimes this is the only way I can do it in my Neon.

Lol thats what she said. Nah i haven't tried that yet because the car isn't with me riht now. I heard that some people rev up the engine to like 1500 and slowly let out the clutch and it pops in, then do the same to get it out and it fixes itself. I'm going to mess with it when i get it. But either way i found a tranny with 80k miles for 200 bucks so I'm going that route.

[89StangGuy]

reverse probably doesn't have a synchro, idiot proof.

And yes you're right it doesn't have a synchro. They said usually when the fifth gear syncro goes out your reverse goes out as well. But all my gears shift fine with no grind whatsoever. So it could just be worn or something. I'm going to figure it out though. Cause it would be nice not to have to fork out cash on something i don't need. Ill keep posted.

[jedhead]

When my clutch was worn on my SHO the first symptom to appear was grinding engaging reverse because the gears were still spinning slightly because the clutch was not completely disengaging the transmission from the engine. Shifting into first then reverse helped, but eventually I had to replace the clutch. I still had material left on my clutch the problem was that crud built up on the quill the throw out bearing rides on and cause the clutch cable to stretch enough to keep the throw out bearing from fully depressing the pressure plate. The SHO tranny was made by Mazda.

Bob

Bob

[enkeivette]

I second that, try going into first gear, then reverse. Then slowly let up the clutch, shouldn't even need to rev it up. My first trans did that and so does this one.

Try this out before you swap it. New one could be the same way.

[89StangGuy]

I second that, try going into first gear, then reverse. Then slowly let up the clutch, shouldn't even need to rev it up. My first trans did that and so does this one.

Try this out before you swap it. New one could be the same way.

So is this just a temporary fix, or is this a sign that the tranny is on the way out? Or is this something that transmissions will do sometimes because i've never run into it before. Also will i need to do that all the time or just every once in a while?