Most miles on 1st tranny
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Most miles on 1st tranny
Just curious, since so many people have had there trannies replaced so soon because of problems, I want to see who has gone the longest or most miles on there 1st tranny. Basically the tranny that came with the car. And it cant have had any service whatsoever. Only fluid changes. If you have had a solenoid or anything replaced concerning the tranny, you are out. Ill start
at 108K on my tranny and no problems. Only have changed the fluid every 15k miles.
at 108K on my tranny and no problems. Only have changed the fluid every 15k miles.
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Originally Posted by civic01vtec
62,000 miles on mine. I do grind from 2nd to 3rd and sometimes have trouble getting into reverse.
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Rep Power: 387 my 5thgen accord had 220k miles on it and no issues at all but then again they don't make things like they use to anymore
Other than that, car's running real well. 
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Most of the grinds are operator error... You're most likely shifting too fast for the tranny. big heavy flywheels and fast shifting don't really go together. You make the syncros work extra hard at matching the RPMs, which in turn wears them out alot faster.
I have 54k on my transmission right now, but when I first got mine, I noticed the reverse thing as well. I find that if you push the clutch and brake all the way down, it usually will go in smoothly. Not all the time though. If you have a warranty you should be able to get maint. done on it.
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Originally Posted by civic01vtec
62,000 miles on mine. I do grind from 2nd to 3rd and sometimes have trouble getting into reverse.
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Rep Power: 0 i got 213k on mine, all stock (clutch has been replaced once or twice). they used to make things last forever... 86 accord LXi hatch... i still have it, in need of a new clutch soon. im either going to turn it into a track car, or sell it for the first $500.
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From: so cal djmota=oscar
Rep Power: 323 had my 5 speed rebuilt under waranty for the 1-2 2-3 grind.at 30k now i am at 77k miles and no problems changed oil at 65k when I did the clutch. plenty of racing.
38,XXX before I had mine rebuilt. Fought the dealership to make them pay for it under warranty haha. Now 2-3 synchro is starting to go. Does anyone know how much that would cost to get repaired?
If your having a hard time getting into reverse try putting it into first then reverse. My 04 and 98 has the same problem. after trying the 1st to R it seems to be going in ok. its very strange.
yea i got trouble goin into reverse too, mainly when it is cold, thats y i back into parking spots most of the time. I got my car with 47k miles on it and when i got to 53k the tranny had a small noise, they ended up replacing all 6 gears and one of the bearing, kinda makes me wonder how the guy before me drove it. oh and almost forgot, reverse is a srt8 cut gear not a helical cut gear, that may have something to do with it being harder to get into, just a thought
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Rep Power: 0 re-built(2nd gear grind recall) 01' Manual w/ 62,000, Redline MTL synthetic tranny fluid, it makes the shifting nice, but this winter i have began to notice it is a little harder to get her in to 2nd and 3rd occasionally. the tranny fluid is only like 9000 miles old should i change it again??
Originally Posted by 2k2civ34
Reverse has always been hard to get into for me, but mine has 50k and running perfect.
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Rep Power: 266 102k miles, reverse can be a lil tough some times. Havnet changed the fluid in about 50k miles though
edit: Ive heard that our cars usual a special tranny fluid, true or not?
edit: Ive heard that our cars usual a special tranny fluid, true or not?
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Rep Power: 305 got around 63K and just changed the fluid and on first tranny with no major problems. Occasinally cant go in to reverse, but I stick it in to 4th real quick and that helps. Also, I think this is the first winter its happened, but when its cold or I when I just started driving I hava a hard time shifting 1-2 but its not grinding. Just feels harder to push from 1-2.
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From: Toronto, Canada
Rep Power: 280 To all owner with manual trannies:
Reverse gear on civic no syncronised, to engage reverse, you need to double clutch, otherwise it will ....kkkkkkkhhhhrrrrrr...
65000 KM on original transmission
Reverse gear on civic no syncronised, to engage reverse, you need to double clutch, otherwise it will ....kkkkkkkhhhhrrrrrr...
65000 KM on original transmission
