Hondamatic???
anthem
Band Wagon
I just bought a very rusty 86 wagon, but I got it for $400. It has nearly new brakes, CV joints, battery, exhaust, and the engine is strong. However, it has an automatic transmission that I've been unable to find any information on. The lever and dash display show 1, 2, and OD. It was apparently rebuilt three years ago, and runs strong, but I'm wondering if maybe they put some incorrect gears in it during the rebuild.
When we picked this baby up, it barely ran, could hardly make 50mph on a slight downgrade. But a simple change of oil, plugs, and air filter (mostly the air filter, I think) and suddenly it was topping 100mph easily.
However, the gear ratios seem ridiculously high - it can go 65mph in first, and 100 very easily in second, who knows how fast it would go in overdrive. But for any kind of serious hills, it is sooooo hi geared that even in 1st, the transmission heats up - for instance, trying to drive the 15 miles of 6% grade up to our ski hill. The engine sticks at 2500rpm, and the clutches spin crazily, knowing Honda, I doubt if this was the intended design. Should I be adjusting the transmission, replacing some gears inside it, any suggestions? And is this transmission meant to be automatic, or am I supposed to have to shift it manually, 'cause it does not do any shifting of it's own.
Pleased and puzzled....
:-)
When we picked this baby up, it barely ran, could hardly make 50mph on a slight downgrade. But a simple change of oil, plugs, and air filter (mostly the air filter, I think) and suddenly it was topping 100mph easily.
However, the gear ratios seem ridiculously high - it can go 65mph in first, and 100 very easily in second, who knows how fast it would go in overdrive. But for any kind of serious hills, it is sooooo hi geared that even in 1st, the transmission heats up - for instance, trying to drive the 15 miles of 6% grade up to our ski hill. The engine sticks at 2500rpm, and the clutches spin crazily, knowing Honda, I doubt if this was the intended design. Should I be adjusting the transmission, replacing some gears inside it, any suggestions? And is this transmission meant to be automatic, or am I supposed to have to shift it manually, 'cause it does not do any shifting of it's own.
Pleased and puzzled....
:-)
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