On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:28:13 +0000, Grumpy AuContraire wrote:

> Siskuwihane wrote:
>> On Nov 3, 8:56 am, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:26:48 -0800, James Sweet wrote:
>>>
>>>>A friend of mine has a 1989 Accord that I've done a little work on
>>>>lately. My familiarity is with 80s Volvos mostly but I'm finding my
>>>>way around this thing. Anyway, it has a carbureted 4 cylinder engine
>>>>coupled to an automatic transmission. The problem I'm seeing is that
>>>>the transmission doesn't seem to downshift properly. Other slushbox
>>>
>>>so what is this person doing letting you under their hood??? get out
>>>of there dude - your attitude needs more adjustment than their
>>>transmission.
>>
>>
>> It's obvious the attitude problem is not with the OP.
>>
>>
>
>
> Ain't that the truth... Beam has been bullying people around here for
> years.

translation: "he has the temerity to point out when people are
bullshitting". such a dreadful crime.



> Must have a hell of a home life..

sure do!

 

>
> you're surprised??? i'm surprised you haven't figured out the connection
> between action and reaction [or lack thereof] when you want free advice on
> "slushbox" adjustment - especially when you've told everyone what an
> "expert" you are, and that the solution is actually /real/ freakin'
> obvious if you bother to open the hood of the vehicle and look. you /did/
> tell us you were an expert didn't you?
>
>

Um, yeah, I don't have the car in front of me, and I haven't finished
building my crystal ball. Kinda hard to open the hood and look from 20
miles away but if you figure out a way let us know. I'll be out there
this weekend so I'll figure it out then.

As for free advice, if you surf on over to sci.electronics.repair,
alt.lasers, alt.autos.volvo, rec.games.video.arcade.collecting,
neonixie-l, or a number of other groups, you'll find that I've been
giving out lots of free advice for the last decade or so. Drop my name
in any one of those communities and plenty will have good things to say.

Congrats for making it to the next spot in the killfile, so many things
change as time passes, but usenet trolls appear to be one of those
constants.

 

Leftie <No@Thanks.net> wrote in news:XlMPk.16054$7o4.9244@newsfe01.iad:


>
>
> James, direct your questions to "Tegger" or "Elle" and you'll get
> better results.



If I knew much about Honda automatics I'd reply to this thread. But I
don't, so I can't. Sad but true.

Other than my old '76 Coronet's TorqueFlite and our '99 Tercel's A242,
automatics are a bit of a foreign thing for me.




> Too many kids in this group! BTW, I had an '84 Civic
> hatchback with a carb, and you're right about the incredible profusion
> of vacuum hoses. I waited for fuel injection to reach the Civic before
> I bought one new.



Carbs and restrictive emissions controls meant severe profusion and
confusion in the engine compartment.

If you think the PGM-CARB '89 Accord was bad, you should have seen the 1982
California-market Toyota Corolla. That engine bay was fit for an Italian
wedding, so long as the invitees liked black spaghetti...



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Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in news:Xns9B4CB33FA7770jyanikkuanet@
74.209.136.85:

> James Sweet <jamessweet1@trashmail.net> wrote in
> news:geq5vi$fql$1@news.albasani.net:
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best thing is to have the owner invest in a factory shop manual. Then
>>> you could work from a qualitive resource.
>>>
>>> Good Luck!
>>>
>>> JT
>>
>>
>> LOL I think the factory shop manual is probably worth more than the car
>> is. So far the fixes I've done have been fairly trivial, fix the belt
>> tensioner, patch the power steering hose, weld up a crack in the
>> exhaust, just drove it the first time the other day and realized that
>> something is definitely not right with the transmission, no wonder they
>> complain about the car being gutless, it never lets the engine wind up,
>> lugs up hills. On a Volvo automatic there's a kickdown cable connected
>> to the throttle spool and it's usually a simple matter of lubricating
>> the cable and adjusting the end where it attaches to the spool bracket
>> but on this I can't even see the throttle linkage without taking some
>> things apart. If nobody knows, I guess I'll tear into it this weekend
>> and see what I find.
>>
>
> using only HONDA ATF in Honda auto transmissions is important.
>


That wasn't true in 1989. Those trannies were OK with Dexron-II.


--
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The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

On 2008-11-08, Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote:
> Other than my old '76 Coronet's TorqueFlite and our '99 Tercel's A242,
> automatics are a bit of a foreign thing for me.

They don't have auto transmissions up in Canada yet? ;-)


--
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"Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the
time..." - Danny, American History X

 

Joe <joe@no-spam.hits-nospam-buffalo.com> wrote in
news:slrngha1sk.2a0.joe@barada.griffincs.local:

> On 2008-11-08, Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote:
>> Other than my old '76 Coronet's TorqueFlite and our '99 Tercel's A242,
>> automatics are a bit of a foreign thing for me.
>
> They don't have auto transmissions up in Canada yet? ;-)
>
>


Sure we do, just like in the US. I just happen not to like
driving cars so equipped.

Automatics have this bad habit of changing gear all by themselves,
which drives me nuts.


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On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:46:56 -0800, James Sweet wrote:


>> you're surprised??? i'm surprised you haven't figured out the
>> connection between action and reaction [or lack thereof] when you want
>> free advice on "slushbox" adjustment - especially when you've told
>> everyone what an "expert" you are, and that the solution is actually
>> /real/ freakin' obvious if you bother to open the hood of the vehicle
>> and look. you /did/ tell us you were an expert didn't you?
>>
>>
>>
> Um, yeah, I don't have the car in front of me, and I haven't finished
> building my crystal ball. Kinda hard to open the hood and look from 20
> miles away but if you figure out a way let us know. I'll be out there
> this weekend so I'll figure it out then.

go ahead! you didn't last time!



>
> As for free advice, if you surf on over to sci.electronics.repair,
> alt.lasers, alt.autos.volvo, rec.games.video.arcade.collecting,
> neonixie-l, or a number of other groups, you'll find that I've been
> giving out lots of free advice for the last decade or so. Drop my name
> in any one of those communities and plenty will have good things to say.
>
> Congrats for making it to the next spot in the killfile, so many things
> change as time passes, but usenet trolls appear to be one of those
> constants.


leave me out of the equation buddy - where is everybody else rushing to
prostrate themselves before your giant organ and "help" you? or are you
still having problems connection the dots on that? [clue: 5 days of
listening to crickets chirp means something's up. and it's not my lack of
response...]

 

On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:47:13 +0000, Tegger wrote:

> Joe <joe@no-spam.hits-nospam-buffalo.com> wrote in
> news:slrngha1sk.2a0.joe@barada.griffincs.local:
>
>> On 2008-11-08, Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote:
>>> Other than my old '76 Coronet's TorqueFlite and our '99 Tercel's A242,
>>> automatics are a bit of a foreign thing for me.
>>
>> They don't have auto transmissions up in Canada yet? ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>
> Sure we do, just like in the US. I just happen not to like driving cars
> so equipped.
>
> Automatics have this bad habit of changing gear all by themselves, which
> drives me nuts.


you don't live in a city with stop-go traffic then. when i was small
town, sticks were great. then i moved to the smoke and all the constant
clutching, braking, shifting, moving 5 yards, repeat, routine drove /me/
nuts. or at least, i learned it did after i used an auto for a week and
realized i was getting home all relaxed, not frazzled. call me an old
fart, but i've been a die-hard auto fan ever since.

 

Tegger wrote:
> Joe <joe@no-spam.hits-nospam-buffalo.com> wrote in
> news:slrngha1sk.2a0.joe@barada.griffincs.local:
>
>> On 2008-11-08, Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote:
>>> Other than my old '76 Coronet's TorqueFlite and our '99 Tercel's A242,
>>> automatics are a bit of a foreign thing for me.
>> They don't have auto transmissions up in Canada yet? ;-)
>>
>>
>
>
> Sure we do, just like in the US. I just happen not to like
> driving cars so equipped.
>
> Automatics have this bad habit of changing gear all by themselves,
> which drives me nuts.
>
>

Agreed, the only time I ever mess with automatics is when I get suckered
into fixing someone else's car as happened in this case.

 

jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in news:M-
ednWnGV8KIiojUnZ2dnUVZ_jadnZ2d@speakeasy.net:

> On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:47:13 +0000, Tegger wrote:
>
>> Joe <joe@no-spam.hits-nospam-buffalo.com> wrote in
>> news:slrngha1sk.2a0.joe@barada.griffincs.local:
>>
>>> On 2008-11-08, Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote:
>>>> Other than my old '76 Coronet's TorqueFlite and our '99 Tercel's A242,
>>>> automatics are a bit of a foreign thing for me.
>>>
>>> They don't have auto transmissions up in Canada yet? ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Sure we do, just like in the US. I just happen not to like driving cars
>> so equipped.
>>
>> Automatics have this bad habit of changing gear all by themselves, which
>> drives me nuts.
>
>
> you don't live in a city with stop-go traffic then.



No, I don't. But I've been stuck in extended stop-and-go highway jams
enough to understand how some people would get tired of sticks.



> when i was small
> town, sticks were great. then i moved to the smoke and all the constant
> clutching, braking, shifting, moving 5 yards, repeat, routine drove /me/
> nuts.



Doesn't bother me in the least, actually.



> or at least, i learned it did after i used an auto for a week and
> realized i was getting home all relaxed, not frazzled. call me an old
> fart, but i've been a die-hard auto fan ever since.
>


My wife hates manual transmissions and refuses to drive them. To each his
own.


--
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"Leftie" <No@Thanks.net> wrote in message
news:XlMPk.16054$7o4.9244@newsfe01.iad...
> James Sweet wrote:
>> jim beam wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:26:48 -0800, James Sweet wrote:
>>>
>>>> A friend of mine has a 1989 Accord that I've done a
>>>> little work on
>>>> lately. My familiarity is with 80s Volvos mostly but
>>>> I'm finding my way
>>>> around this thing. Anyway, it has a carbureted 4
>>>> cylinder engine coupled
>>>> to an automatic transmission. The problem I'm seeing is
>>>> that the
>>>> transmission doesn't seem to downshift properly. Other
>>>> slushbox
snip
>> I'm a very mechanically able person, I've rebuilt
>> engines, manual and automatic transmissions, assembled
>> the Megasquirt engine management system on my 240 from
>> scratch, and have earned a reputation, quite well
>> deserved as the guy who can fix or fabricate anything
>> given some time to play with it so that is why they're
>> letting me under the hood.
>>
>> That said, I stick mostly to European cars, of which most
>> are fuel injected with manual gearboxes, I've never
>> worked on a carbureted Honda with an automatic before and
>> I was hoping there might be something that commonly
>> breaks or gets out of whack on these so I don't have to
>> take the time to figure it all out on my own. I guess the
>> Honda community is not as friendly as the
>> Volvo/Saab/BMW/VW guys, at least that's the impression
>> you've left at this point. If you don't want to help,
>> fine, just don't respond.

Indeed

> James, direct your questions to "Tegger" or "Elle" and
> you'll get better results. Too many kids in this group!
> BTW, I had an '84 Civic hatchback with a carb, and you're
> right about the incredible profusion of vacuum hoses. I
> waited for fuel injection to reach the Civic before I
> bought one new.

Since you have actually owned a carbureted Honda, I think
you are way more qualified to respond. :-) Shucks I would
just send the guy to honda-tech.com , which has increasingly
been a resource to me for hard-to-solve problems.

On bad behavior: I do think it unethical to sit on the
sidelines when others are trying to tamp down conduct not
helpful to the group. Mr. Beam, as a matter of science, when
one is communicating, studies show that the tenor and tone
wrapped around a message make a bigger impression on the
reader/listener than the message itself. This is per Albert
Mehrabian's much cited 1981 paper. If one wishes to be an
effective communicator, I think this is interesting.

 

On Nov 7, 9:46 pm, James Sweet <jamesswe...@trashmail.net> wrote:
> > you're surprised??? i'm surprised you haven't figured out the connection
> > between action and reaction [or lack thereof] when you want free adviceon
> > "slushbox" adjustment - especially when you've told everyone what an
> > "expert" you are, and that the solution is actually /real/ freakin'
> > obvious if you bother to open the hood of the vehicle and look. you /did/
> > tell us you were an expert didn't you?
>
> Um, yeah, I don't have the car in front of me, and I haven't finished
> building my crystal ball. Kinda hard to open the hood and look from 20
> miles away but if you figure out a way let us know. I'll be out there
> this weekend so I'll figure it out then.


My crystal ball told me jim beam would mention "free advice" and be an
***, not necessarily
in that order.

 

On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:41:35 -0800, Siskuwihane wrote:

> On Nov 7, 9:46 pm, James Sweet <jamesswe...@trashmail.net> wrote:
>> > you're surprised??? i'm surprised you haven't figured out the
>> > connection between action and reaction [or lack thereof] when you
>> > want free advice on "slushbox" adjustment - especially when you've
>> > told everyone what an "expert" you are, and that the solution is
>> > actually /real/ freakin' obvious if you bother to open the hood of
>> > the vehicle and look. you /did/ tell us you were an expert didn't
>> > you?
>>
>> Um, yeah, I don't have the car in front of me, and I haven't finished
>> building my crystal ball. Kinda hard to open the hood and look from 20
>> miles away but if you figure out a way let us know. I'll be out there
>> this weekend so I'll figure it out then.
>
>
> My crystal ball told me jim beam would mention "free advice" and be an
> ***, not necessarily
> in that order.


can you use your crystal ball answer the question? or are you simply here
for the vacuous know-nothing say-nothing simply-wasting-electrons contest?

 

On Nov 8, 2:04 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:41:35 -0800, Siskuwihane wrote:
> > On Nov 7, 9:46 pm, James Sweet <jamesswe...@trashmail.net> wrote:
> >> > you're surprised??? i'm surprised you haven't figured out the
> >> > connection between action and reaction [or lack thereof] when you
> >> > want free advice on "slushbox" adjustment - especially when you've
> >> > told everyone what an "expert" you are, and that the solution is
> >> > actually /real/ freakin' obvious if you bother to open the hood of
> >> > the vehicle and look. you /did/ tell us you were an expert didn't
> >> > you?
>
> >> Um, yeah, I don't have the car in front of me, and I haven't finished
> >> building my crystal ball. Kinda hard to open the hood and look from 20
> >> miles away but if you figure out a way let us know. I'll be out there
> >> this weekend so I'll figure it out then.
>
> > My crystal ball told me jim beam would mention "free advice" and be an
> > ***, not necessarily
> > in that order.
>
> can you use your crystal ball answer the question? or are you simply here
> for the vacuous know-nothing say-nothing simply-wasting-electrons contest?- Hide quoted text -

I'm here because I chose to be.

I may shove a crystal ball up your "free expert advice" *** though.

 

On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:36:42 -0800, Siskuwihane wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2:04 pm, jim beam <spamvor...@bad.example.net> wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:41:35 -0800, Siskuwihane wrote:
>> > On Nov 7, 9:46 pm, James Sweet <jamesswe...@trashmail.net> wrote:
>> >> > you're surprised??? i'm surprised you haven't figured out the
>> >> > connection between action and reaction [or lack thereof] when you
>> >> > want free advice on "slushbox" adjustment - especially when you've
>> >> > told everyone what an "expert" you are, and that the solution is
>> >> > actually /real/ freakin' obvious if you bother to open the hood of
>> >> > the vehicle and look. you /did/ tell us you were an expert didn't
>> >> > you?
>>
>> >> Um, yeah, I don't have the car in front of me, and I haven't
>> >> finished building my crystal ball. Kinda hard to open the hood and
>> >> look from 20 miles away but if you figure out a way let us know.
>> >> I'll be out there this weekend so I'll figure it out then.
>>
>> > My crystal ball told me jim beam would mention "free advice" and be
>> > an ***, not necessarily
>> > in that order.
>>
>> can you use your crystal ball answer the question? or are you simply
>> here for the vacuous know-nothing say-nothing simply-wasting-electrons
>> contest?- Hide quoted text -
>
> I'm here because I chose to be.
>
> I may shove a crystal ball up your "free expert advice" *** though.


oh baybee, you make so hot! come on, pull it out and let's measure up...