Oops. I meant 1989 in all of the references. Sorry about that...

"J. Perry" <j_perry@musicians.net> wrote in message
news:QmVQb.77$bW1.4498@eagle.america.net...
> 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.
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> 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.
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