036speed

Hey guys.
I have a 03 TL with 185k on it. I just had the trans rebuilt. I am a pickup truck guy and this is the first FWD trans I pulled. When I pulled it for my trans guy, I missed the 2 pig tails on the top shifting servos. They hide under the intake near the starter. I have googled the best I could and have called the 2 local dealers to me and struck out. I know Honda/Acura has to sell pig tails. At least I hope so. GM and Ford do. Does anyone know where I can find the part number or have a dealer with a good parts guy?
I tried to take apart the plugs, but failed...
Since this car is down, I am DDing my dually and that is starting to hurt money wise. My new trans is in. Just need these 2 pigtails.

Here are the two pig tails I need.





Any help will be great!
Thanks

Nicks2001tl

Welcome to Acurazine!


Hope this helps. Oemacuraparts.com

Nicks2001tl

Just out of curiosity what are you doing in those picks? Other that replacing the electrical connections.

ErickUa5

If your good with a soldering gun you can repair them, the inside where the pins go through thats a cover thats clipped on, once off it exposes the tabs that hold them in place. I do have spare ones here I'll have to find them.

036speed

Thanks man! This was a big help. I am going to order the plugs from there. My buddy at Honda hooked me up with the wire colors.


My trans went. So I pulled it and sent it out to get rebuilt. When I pulled the trans, I realized that I missed two connectors. That is when I took the pics.

That was plan A. However, I was not careful enough and broke the plugs when I was disassembling them. On the bright side, I know how they work now...
So now the plan is to get new plugs, or find used ones and go from there. I will have to visit the local JY this week sometime.

036speed

Some pics for fun.

A week before it went lol. I put a 100 miles on this car a day.


Getting it home


Dropped out


Next to the spare 5MT trans I have for my crawler lol


Back from the shop.

ErickUa5

You should really consider the 06-07 accord tranny instead of rebuilding the one you have, Its the proven alternative for these cars.

036speed

No kidding. I heard about that but didnt look into it further. Mine is already rebuilt and in the car.
I just want to get another 80k / 2 yrs out of my car. So this should work out.

ErickUa5

Ok yea I went the same route and then I found out the success stories, mines 2 years now and still ok just drain and fill yearly.

036speed

I hear thats they key. The last one is in this car was drained and filled every 30k. Then after 100k, I started doing it every 15k after reading some things on here. Got 160k out of it. The trans guy was impressed lol.

ErickUa5

Yea some are lucky.That is good but there's a member here that went 250k irrc I believe doing the same thing since new.


That's a huge tranny you got there is that from the Ford Pick up?

036speed

Whoa, 250k! I cant brag then haha.

That is a 5 speed trans (FM-146) out of a late 80s, early 90s Ford Ranger. Long suckers. But very few sensors lol

03blackbeast

I went 270K on mine that just went out a few weeks ago. Did a change ever 15K or so since I've been driving her about 30K a year.

ErickUa5

That's the guy ! 03Blackbeast did you ever get to clean the solenoids?

03blackbeast

Haven't had time yet and it's freezing cold out. Wouldn't be much fun in my apartment parking lot but I'll have to get around to doing it. I'm still trying to find a diagram/picture/DIY thread to show where they're all located. Doesn't sound too hard just haven't found a way to see how to do it.

036speed

Thats awesome!

Well, the local JY got this beast in on Monday. So I went and got the pigtails I need.



The trans is in and works well. I did some testing last night. Drove about 10 miles. Everything was great.

Drove it to work today. The CEL came on and its spitting coolant out the exhaust. The car is getting hot and I have no heat in the cabin. The only coolant line I unhooked was for the ATF heater.

So I had my wife rescue me again. I swear this thing has some kind of virus or something. Its been a perfect car up til now. Guess I know what I am doing this weekend.

fsttyms1

There are coolant and vacuum lines under the throttle body Its easy to not know its a coolant line thinking its a vacuum line. . Its very easy to get them mixed up. Recheck the lines under that area and make sure they are hooked up correct.

036speed

Thats my plan. I didn't unhook too much. But you never know. I could be sending my coolant into the intake... The oil still looked good.

036speed

This thread topic has now changed.

Went to tow my car home last night. Now it wont fire. Turns over but doesn't even try to fire. The engine oil is also now milky.

All the lines look fine. I compared them to the pictures I took before I pulled the car apart.

I got 8 codes.
#1: P0301 Cyl #1 misfire
#2: P0302 Cyl #2 misfire
#3: P0303 Cyl #3 misfire
.
.
.
#7: P0300 Multiple misfires
#8: P1399 Misfire in any cylinder.

I hoped the scanner would tell me more than what I already knew lol.

So now we have tonight's project.

ErickUa5

The only thing I can think of without blaming the head gasket is the IACV it also has a rubber gasket, check if its damaged. Its under the throttle body and has coolant lines going to it.

036speed

That sounds like a great place to start! Thanks man.

HGs are not common on these cars are they? I has to be something I bumped.

3.2TLc

Yeah, recheck the lines as these guys said.

If ya have not already drained the oil and coolant, ya may want to get that stuff out and try to flush the residuals for a fresh start.
Clear the codes by removing the "clock" fuse for a few minutes. It's located in the passenger side lower kick panel.

036speed

My intake is full of coolant. It's coming from the tube that comes off the front head. I think That's a PVC line. The tube with (2) 45s in it.

036speed

Wait, not sure if that line goes in the intake or pulls from the intake. Still trying to figure out where the coolant is coming from. The "quiet tubes" of the intake tube are completely full of coolant. I pulled the plugs. Def coolant in the cylinders. Working on blowing it out. Right now my battery is charging...

ErickUa5

There's a possibility that coolant is creeping thru that pcv tube since it has a coolant line with it, Disconnect it from the valve cover and coolant hoses then check it for leaks.
You can also check it with the engine running but you will need to refill the coolant and change the oil since its contaminated.

MilwaukeeDave

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You put a coolant line onto a vacuum connection for sure.