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Post by Jackthelemming » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:21 pm

What’s up people, I was recommended joining this forum for some help! I have a 5th gen motegi which had a little trouble going into 3rd the other night. It crunches a little then was fine and going through the gears there are no issues however it won’t go into reverse! It just doesn’t want to go at all, any suggestions?

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Post by ATR84 » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:45 pm

I am sure someone will be along shortly with more mechanical knowledge than me, however, I thought the week spot on the Prelude gearboxes was 5th, are you getting any crunching in 5th at high revs? The old reverse not engaging means a knackered synchro on the Accord Type R but I don't think it is the same box in the Prelude?

The other thing it could be is your clutch of course.

Good luck in getting it sorted.

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Post by RattyMcClelland » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:17 pm

Manual or auto?
The manual gearboxes arnt the weak point typically it's the selector slowly fatiguing over time causing it difficulty to get the selector for 5th and reverse which in turn wears the selectors and gears out.

Auto box failure is common.

The only real was to go about it is to first drain the fluid and use fresh Honda fluid and got for a drive.
If that fails it's 2nd hand gearbox time (cheaper) or rebuild the gearbox.
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Post by ATR84 » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:29 pm

I assume as he mentioned "crunching" it is a manual :D

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Post by Scott560 » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:43 pm

First thing to do is simply to try bleeding the clutch.

Slave and master cylinders are known to leak/break, and will lead to progressively harder gear changes as the fluid leaks out and air

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You should be able to bleed the clutch without much bother (can probably you tube it). If its still bad after that, the next task is probably change the gearbox oil , but thats a bit of a faff, and at least 20quid in fluid....
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Post by Merlin » Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:47 pm

Yeah I would change the gearbox fluid. I borked my 5th gear synchro and had to get them all replaced.
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Post by Jackthelemming » Wed Aug 28, 2019 3:55 pm

Hi all, yes it’s a manual. I have had a few people tell me to check slave and to bleed clutch etc so will get doing that at the weekend as well as changing the gear box oil. Thanks!!

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Post by imkerya » Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:45 am

It doesn't help you.

I had the same issue after missing 3rd gear. I killed reverse gear clutch. Good luck with repairing, you need to open the gearbox.
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Post by Vtecmec » Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:04 pm

Swapping the gearbox oil with Redline MTF will resolve the issue if it's in its early stages.

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