brotherdog

so i decided to get rid of my ss lude,, and ive looked through all sorts of other cars..., came back to the prelude... cuz i just love how it looks.. and it d be cheaper than say an 03 spec v which after much research ive found has some serious engine problems.. but as for the 5spd lude.. any transmission issues with it??

SKO

no problems with the manual trans only auto is buggy, however if you get an sh model i believe there's some sort of recall (on atts units maybe?) but thats covered by the dealer

Kronn 98SH

There would be no reason to attempt to put an SH tranny into a base model Lude. So make sure you get a base model tranny. Due to cost, it's typically more economical to sell the chik car and just buy one that already has a man's transmission in it.

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1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold

brotherdog

i apologize for my misleading title.. i meant to sayy i am selling my current auto lude and thinking about purchasing a manual lude BASE model..

Kronn 98SH

Well then, do it. You won't see anyone suggest against it except for maybe a few of us SH owners saying, you'll get better handling with our model.

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1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip
1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold

Lude Acts

5th gear grind is kinda common, isn't it?
I don't know, mine is Auto. I just see alot of people always talking about 5th gear grinding.

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brotherdog

thanks ludeacts, ill do some research on that...... damnit man, seems like any car i want turns out having problems.. and the cars that i dont really want but are good are perfect.. - civic SI, gsr......... , sr20de sentra.. , i wish the ss lude had a good usdm tranny

and u guys im about to replace my tranny with a 97 tranny, and i heard a lot of bad things about the 97-98 trannies.. , btu this one according to the seller had only 30 k.. , if im lucky enough that its actually good.. what can i do to prevent it from failing.. tranny cooler?? anything? anyone..

Kronn 98SH

Make sure you shift properly and do all scheduled maintenance.

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1988 Prelude S - victim of an 80mph backflip
1991 Prelude Si - sold
1989 Accord DX - impounded
1998 Prelude SH - totaled on 3/29/12
2006 CRF150F - sold
2006 YZ250F - sold

soon2bsh

While the trannys out you might wanna check the 5th gear/reverse syncro for the "mushroom" effect. You gotta pull it off to see though cause its on the underside when you have the tranny case off. This relates to the 5th gear grind because if the tranny you get HAS the 5th gear grind, then you might as well replace that syncro set.

When I did my swap I didnt check for "mushrooming" on the reverse side of the syncro, and after about a month of 5th gear grinding, i could no longer put it into reverse. It wasnt fun having to pull the tranny back out.

Some nice fellow has a write up on this...maybe in the faq section.

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soon2bsh

Its late..I just read your first post in its entirety and your not even talking about a swap....haha. oh well.

Ya 5th gear grind could be a problem.

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