Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Friday March 29, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
New England Subaru Impreza Club
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC Chapters > New England Impreza Club Forum -- NESIC

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-21-2002, 07:07 PM   #1
Hazdaz
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 14611
Join Date: Jan 2002
Default Off Topic, but does anyone know a good Tranny shop in CT for Hondas

I just got a calll from my mother and she told me my father's Honda (87 Accord hatch) needs a new tranny. Its an old car, so droppin $1400 for a rebuilt, or $900 for one from a junk yard is kinda high (even though overall, those do sound "right" from past experience with other cars).
ANyone know of a good tranny place near Hartford?

Also, on a side note, I KNEW that pop's car was gonna need a tranny soon - just from the way he drives. He brought me to the dealer when I bought my WRX in January, and not having been in the same car with him driving in a looong time I was SHOCKED at what I saw. He was backin out of the spot, but while the car was still rollin back, he popped it into drive, and hits the gas to go forward. That day I told him that he would need a new tranny in less than 6- months. Now about 4months later, my prophecy UNFORTUNATELY comes true.

I know this topic doesn;t have to do with Scoobies, but figured you guys might know of a few good local shops.
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Hazdaz is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 03-21-2002, 07:30 PM   #2
Sobelizard109
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 10302
Join Date: Sep 2001
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: CT
Vehicle:
2005 GT WAGON
SILVER

Default

i know of a honda speciatly place on the berlin turnpike. Its near the min golf place
Sobelizard109 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-21-2002, 08:01 PM   #3
Hazdaz
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 14611
Join Date: Jan 2002
Default

Berlin Turnpikr, eh? My parents live off the Pike. Would you happen to know the name or atleast what town its in? And there are 2 mini-golf places on the Pike (the big one with the huge animals, and the one near Centerfolds)
Hazdaz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-21-2002, 11:34 PM   #4
ScoobieBoy
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 2681
Join Date: Oct 2000
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: CT
Vehicle:
2002 WRX Wagon-sold
2015 WRX-sold

Default

Quote:
the big one with the huge animals
He's talking about Absolute Auto....southbound side of the pike, just before Safari Golf.....

I know nothing about the place, other than they seem to have a dozen or so Honda's for sale all the time....

Lance
ScoobieBoy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-22-2002, 04:54 AM   #5
SoobATV
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 6883
Join Date: May 2001
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: Manchester, NH
Vehicle:
MY04 Foz XS
MY02 Imp TS

Unhappy

What kinda symptoms is the old girl displaying? Actually, I should be asking what is the exact failure here? This sounds like an auto tranny, yes? From the rolling-reverse-to-drive behavior, I'd say the tranny input shaft is apple-cored(that is, if I remember my auto tranny schematics right)... maybe it's the governer that fails... I can't remember; I'll shut up.

Anyway, if one of those two is the case, you may not need an entirely new tranny... just drop it, swap in the new parts, and go. On the other hand, if the clutch packs are toast/cogs are stripped/fluid smells burned, sounds like it could use a rebuild.

Just offering up some possibly-helpful input. Good luck.
SoobATV is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-22-2002, 07:43 AM   #6
Hazdaz
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 14611
Join Date: Jan 2002
Default

SCOOBATV: Dude that is helpful. I actually went to my `rents house to actually SEE the car, but I guess they had driven it to some mechanic to get an estitame or something. Just the faact that it IS drivable means to me that it can't be totaly toast. From what my mother said i THINK its stuck in 2nd gear (since she said that it "doesn't have any power" - which probably means that it starts going really slowly, adn probably tops out at a fairly slow speed). Unfortuntaly they know NOTHING about cars, and I just soo get the fealing that their going to pay quite a bit more than they probably should have to.
I was first gonna see if and how low the tranny fluid is. then see if I was right that its stuck in 2nd and then see if I coudl "force" it into another other gear (since I know that 2nd gear is like the "limp-home" gear that autotrannys go into when something is wrong - Not sure if all trannys are like that though).
You guys reccommend I look at any other specific things before I let them blow $1400 on getting this one rebuilt (I have already advised them against getting one from a junkyard)?
Hazdaz is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-22-2002, 09:24 AM   #7
SoobATV
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 6883
Join Date: May 2001
Chapter/Region: NESIC
Location: Manchester, NH
Vehicle:
MY04 Foz XS
MY02 Imp TS

Default

Damn, I wish I knew more about slushboxes now...

I had a friend who toasted the gearbox in his T-Bird... it'd only use first and second. I know his clutchpacks were roasted, I dunno what else.

Stuck in 2nd... sheesh. I know on older Subarus(EA 82 cars), that usually points to the governer, and either the apple-coring effect or being gummed up with varnishy crap from old(burned) tranny fluid.

I'd get it checked out professionally(I've had decent luck with Aamco and the like), but it does sound more than likely that a rebuild is in order.
SoobATV is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Anyone know a good Machine shop in CT? SicWRX37 New England Impreza Club Forum -- NESIC 20 10-16-2013 03:16 AM
Does Anyone know of a reputable shop in RIchmond?? iraj Mid Atlantic Impreza Club -- MAIC 1 02-21-2009 12:39 AM
Anyone know a good body shop in NoVA? (bad for dialup mmm-kay) mahrens Mid Atlantic Impreza Club -- MAIC 3 01-03-2005 01:13 PM
Anyone know a good Tuner Shop in South East CT wrxblue04 New England Impreza Club Forum -- NESIC 4 05-10-2004 05:39 PM
Does anybody know a good Subaru shop in L.A.? Mako Southern California Impreza Club Forum -- SCIC 18 10-05-2001 03:12 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:54 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.