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Sold me CL a few years ago, and the opportunity came to buy it back. Of course I said yes. He just had some work done to it, and now it's broken. How convenient. Anyway, he had clutch slave and master cylinder replaced, and things didn't go so well afterwards. Trans will go into first and second, but will not go into other gears. Everything on the shifter looks attached, was hoping the left cable was off. He did say his "mechanic" had to move some lines or something, so perhaps he messed up one of the cables? Haven't looked into it yet, and won't have a chance for a while. I hope it's not the shifter, as finding a stock 6 speed shifter is not the most easy task. Guess I should have mentioned it's an 03 Type S.
Sold me CL a few years ago, and the opportunity came to buy it back. Of course I said yes. He just had some work done to it, and now it's broken. How convenient. Anyway, he had clutch slave and master cylinder replaced, and things didn't go so well afterwards. Trans will go into first and second, but will not go into other gears. Everything on the shifter looks attached, was hoping the left cable was off. He did say his "mechanic" had to move some lines or something, so perhaps he messed up one of the cables? Haven't looked into it yet, and won't have a chance for a while. I hope it's not the shifter, as finding a stock 6 speed shifter is not the most easy task. Guess I should have mentioned it's an 03 Type S.
You can find an aftermarket clutch 'slave' on rockauto; however, the #7 clutch master has been 'discontinued' so maybe he or his mechanic tried some other master?
I don't know where he got the master from, but clutch works great. I was able to look at it some. I pulled the shifter out. I got it into reverse by pulling both cables fully back. It will go in third and the other gears with the shifter in, but pop right back out. It will not go into reverse with the shifter. Sort of at a loss. Shifter work smoothly, no binding. I'll look at it some more, but I have other projects. Was hoping this would be a quick fix.
It will go in third and the other gears with the shifter in, but pop right back out. It will not go into reverse with the shifter. Sort of at a loss. Shifter work smoothly, no binding. I'll look at it some more, but I have other projects. Was hoping this would be a quick fix.
I don't think that's it. More symptoms: It does the same for 5 and 6. It will stay if I use the cable, without the shifter. I'm thinking either the cables have stretched, or something is out of whack somewhere. Especially since I can move the shifter like I'm going into R, but it won't go. If I disconnect the cable and pull on it, it will go into R. Sorry I'm not responding sooner, feeling like crap, and not spending a lot of time outside with the car.
I'm thinking either the cables have stretched, or something is out of whack somewhere. Especially since I can move the shifter like I'm going into R, but it won't go. If I disconnect the cable and pull on it, it will go into R. Sorry I'm not responding sooner, feeling like crap, and not spending a lot of time outside with the car.
More updates. With the cables disconnected, I can move the levers on the trans, and it goes into every gear just fine. At this point, I'm almost sure it's the cables. Thanks for staying around, it seems like all of the Cl guys are gone. I'm going to check out that thread.
Ordered the RSX cables, set there. Found a stock shifter this morning, so I ordered that. I think I'll try the shifter first, and then the cables. Who knows what will fix it, but I don't want to do both at once and not know.
Replaced the shifter, no joy. Cables will arrive while I'm out of town for work, so I will have to change those when I get back. That's the only thing left.
Found the problem, definitely not the shifter. Cables were supposed to be here today, but USPS lied as usual. Delivery was NOT attempted at 808 pm. Hopefully today.
Dang USPS said attempted delivery again today. Nope, sure didn't. Out of town for a week starting tomorrow, really wanted to get this finished before I left.
Keep us posted on how the RSX cables fit. I bought a set of Hybrid Racing cables for my CLS swapped Accord, and the side to side movement cable was too long. I could only engage 1st through 4th. So now I'm out 400 some dollars on cables that are getting dusty in my garage.
The RSX cables are about 2.5 inches longer. That made for some changes. The bracket above the brake lines will no longer hold the cables. I did get it bent back some, but not enough to get the bolt back in. The rubber that goes onto the floor to protect from weather is different, but the old one doesn't work with the new cables, since their length puts a lot of strain on it. It's there, but not going to stop any weather from coming in. Lastly, when it was done there was no reverse. I cut the shifter plastic, and now reverse works fine. All gears work, and car is now fixed. I'm happy with the result.
Yeah I wasn't comfortable with cutting my shifter box. I found that once I had installed the cables. all my gears were shifted over one position to the right (to engage 1st I pushed forward to where 3 would normally be on the shifter box). The only fix for this was to not clip in the cable(closest to the driver) into the shifter box , but that ruined the feeling of the shifter. However I'm glad you're happy with your setup!
