For over a year I was driving this Civic with a slipping transmission. Finally, a couple of weeks ago it gave up and wouldn't run at all. I went back to where I had left it parked and was able to drive it slowly a mile home. I knew I could drive it over to the nearest Lee Miles Transmission shop, which I did a day after limping home with it. I was told it might run about 1400 to fix the tranny. After I took it in and they had it apart it turns out the price would be about 1700 to fix it. I waited almost two weeks while I was told they had to send away for parts they couldn't get locally. When I talked to the manager on the phone he told me the transaxles were bad and he would replace them for 75 bucks each, which I thought would relieve me of having to do it as I knew the boots were ripped. I like this car, old as it is, so much that I was willing to spend money on the tranny. It only has 90k miles on it. Today I finally got the car back and paid the bill of $1,999.15 and drove it home. They told me a couple of things I already knew, such as the exhaust system leaked and the battery was oversize for the car. I had planned to put in a new exhaust pipe after the tranny was fixed. They also told me the brake booster didn't work. That became obvious as I drove it home with a hard brake pedal. I popped the hood and looked to see if the vacuum hose had merely come loose. I found a bolt stuck in the engine side vacuum hose which I pulled out and connected the hose back to the booster. I drove away and the booster still did not do its job but also I stalled and the engine wouldn't run properly. I had to restart it several times to get around the block. My question is: what does my booster (which worked fine when I took the car in) have to do with my transmission and what could they have done to damage the booster while they had it in the shop? Why won't the engine run properly without the booster vacuum hose being plugged? If someone can tell me what might have been done to the engine I would appreciate some input. Thanking you in advance for your help.
Derek