I have a 97 Civic with a manual transmission and about 160,000 miles. It's been recommended by a mechanic that I replace the transmission. (Tried replacing the fluid, and the symptomatic noise didn't go away.)
What is the fair cost one should expect to pay for replacing this?
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Tell us everything about the NOISE. Mechanics sometimes have hidden motives.
'Curly'
Performance-wise, the car runs fine. (Accelerates just as fast, downshifts fine)
A noise is noticible in 1st, 2nd, and sometimes in 3rd. (Not at all in
4th or 5th.) Not sure how to describe it. It's kind of like a high pitched grinding. It sounds like one of those gyro-wheeled toy cars that you rev on the ground and let go and they still keep going. The noise is more noticible when I hold the stick. When I let go, it often goes away."Plinkerton" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:
Sounds more like your shifter bushings are worn out.
"Plinkerton" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
About $50 for parts, and lots of crawling around under the car. I have raw photos of the procedure, but haven't got around to writing a page for it.
They haven't Photoshopped yet, so they're kinda dark.
Couldn't it also be input shaft bearing? That makes noise on my ancient Civic and my cure is to turn the radio up a little...
JT
yes, but make sure you find a different mechanic that's not trying to rip you off! honda transmissions are usually good for 300k+
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