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tlsmooth <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in
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> I have a 91 integra and just the other day while driving home from
> work I was trying to change from 3rd gear to 4th gear but I couldn’t.
> I pulled over to the side, put my shifter to neutral, restarted the
> car and tried to put it in 1st gear but couldn’t. As a matter of fact
> I couldn’t get it into any of the gears. I turned the engine off,
> tried to put it into gear and it works. I started the car in 1st gear
> and it works but I couldn’t shift it to neutral or any of the gears,
> the shifter was locked......can someone tell me what the problem might
> be?
>


A spring has popped out of the clutch friction disc. You need a new clutch.

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> tlsmooth <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in
> news:1_633807_f10472c1cda3b461b005322f4010029f@aut oforumz.com:
>
> > I have a 91 integra and just the other day while driving
> home from
> > work I was trying to change from 3rd gear to 4th gear but I
> couldn’t.
> > I pulled over to the side, put my shifter to neutral,
> restarted the
> > car and tried to put it in 1st gear but couldn’t. As a
> matter of fact
> > I couldn’t get it into any of the gears. I turned the
> engine off,
> > tried to put it into gear and it works. I started the car
> in 1st gear
> > and it works but I couldn’t shift it to neutral or any of
> the gears,
> > the shifter was locked......can someone tell me what the
> problem might
> > be?
> >
>
>
> A spring has popped out of the clutch friction disc. You need
> a new clutch.
>
> --
> TeGGeR®
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
> www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

the EXACT same thing happened to my 88 prelude less than a month ago,
and tregger is right, your clutch is none existant... it’s gone, don’t
even bother trying to think that we may be wrong or you don’t need a
new clutch... I hate to say it man, but you’re either sinking a lot of
money into an older ride, or it’s time for you to buy a new one! so
either or ... but probably mostly

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"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message
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> tlsmooth <UseLinkToEmail@AutoForumz.com> wrote in
> news:1_633807_f10472c1cda3b461b005322f4010029f@aut oforumz.com:
>
>> I have a 91 integra and just the other day while driving home from
>> work I was trying to change from 3rd gear to 4th gear but I couldn't.
>> I pulled over to the side, put my shifter to neutral, restarted the
>> car and tried to put it in 1st gear but couldn't. As a matter of fact
>> I couldn't get it into any of the gears. I turned the engine off,
>> tried to put it into gear and it works. I started the car in 1st gear
>> and it works but I couldn't shift it to neutral or any of the gears,
>> the shifter was locked......can someone tell me what the problem might
>> be?
>>
>
>
> A spring has popped out of the clutch friction disc. You need a new
> clutch.
>
> --
> TeGGeR®
>
Friends of the family had an Acura (don't know model/year, but it was their
"beater" car) that had the same sort of failure but it turned out the clutch
didn't have springs - it had a rubber damper. The rubber had crumbled and
jammed the clutch. Same concept and same outlook/fix, though. New clutch.
(Assuming the clutch pedal feels normal and doesn't just sink to the floor
with a gentle push, which would point to the clutch master/slave cylinders.
Cheaper and easier in that case.)

Mike