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Alright so for a while my car has been jumping 2nd gear to third. Took it to my mechanic and told me my transmission needed to be fixed. Ive been saving up for quite a while to fix it and I gave the guy a call to find out he raised the price higher then he had originally told me. So I was wondering if maybe it'd be cheaper if I bought the transmission used myself and paid him for labor or if there is any way I could do it?
Thing is though I don't know what kind of transmission Id need so i was wondering if anyone on here could tell me that info along to the questions I posted.
I have 1991 civic lx
Thanks!

 
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go to your Honda dealer with the vin number or make and model and ask for the part number of the full transmission... or just call down to one i guess. although i wouldn't buy one from a Honda dealer it's probably very expensive. u might be able if you have the skills to go pull one from a junkyard that would save you a ton of money. i get alot of my parts from u-pull in town. otherwise find a respected transmission dealer on-line. it will most likely save you money because most shops will mark up the price of materials. although i don't think a transmission rebuild will be more expensive than replacing an entire transmission.

 
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Yeah the dealership would be alot more then I want to pay. Im looking at rebuilt transmissions online and I found some for about $500 and the dudes will install for an extra fee so Im gonna check them out and see whats up. And I would want to do junkyard tranny and the install myself but Im pretty sure its complicated haha

 
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Junk it but another one the same year for the price you will pay for a rebuilt with labor, and if u wanted a new one then u might as well get a new car