M&D wrote:

> I have an 89 prelude si with an automatic transmission that will not shift
> into third.....while it is cold it won't shift past second gear,...after it
> warms it shifts directly into fourth from second....will it require a
> teardown to fix?...

I'm not sure about that version of Prelude, but on some 4th-gen Accords
(1990-93), those are symptoms of a failing tranny control unit (TCU). The
tranny itself is usually OK.