A friend of mine has a super clean 1987 Honda Civic LX that he wants to sell
me. It has a new a/c compressor, timing belt, battery and tires and it runs
great. The only thing that concerns me is the automatic transmission shifts
pretty rough through all of the gears. When you slow down upon approaching a
stop sign/light, it even gears down roughly.

Have any of you guys experienced these types of issues with your Civic's
automatic tranny? If so, did it require a complete transmission rebuild in
order to solve the bang/rough shifting problems? I wonder what the average
price is for a 1989 Civic LX's transmission to be rebuilt? Less than 2
grand? I was recently quoted $1,800.00 USD for having the transmission
rebuilt in a 1990 Nissan 300ZX--so I would just about have to believe that
it would be less expensive than the Z car's transmission rebuild.

Thanks in advance for any information you guys can provide me with regarding
the 1989 Civic LX's transmission(e.g. type, behavior, problem resolutions,
etc.)--as I really would like to purchase this little car. It's in superb
condition other than the tranny issue.