profuse007

Hey fellas,

Buddy of mine needs to replace his tranny after $200 worth of effort to fix the slipping problem. The car has ~140K miles. We believe the problem resulted from clogged line at the secondary filter (at banjo bolt); the filter glue broke into pieces and clogged the line.

1. used 04-06 tranny - last on my list
2. used 07-08 tranny - direct swap? what's different about it?
3. reman 04-06 tranny (w/ warranty)
4. rebuild 04-06 tranny (w/ warranty)
5. used Accord V6 tranny any better?

Lmk what you all recommend.

rondog

iTrader: (1)

My hunch would be with #2, only because it would be newer, might have the kinks worked out engineering wise (no idea the difference). All is relative to the miles.

Acura_Swag

They say the 07 08 tranny is diff from 04-06 i would also want to know in what way? Other than its more upgraded than the 04-06 trannys it should be a straight bolt on i would think but im not too sure

profuse007

are there other alternative tranny from V6 honda or acura that I don't know about? How can I figure out? Google doesn't seem to have much info.

Acura_2004

Used transmission, how do you even go about trying to find one?

My transmission is currently fine, but I read these transmission blogs so that I know what my options are, should I have transmission trouble.

One option I am curious about is H&A Transmissions...they do remanufactured transmissions. (http://www.hnatrans.com/) Look into it, and if you do go that option, please post your experience, and price paid.

profuse007

www.car-part.com

Scottwax

Definitely would go used, lowest mileage you can find. Very few shops can properly rebuild Honda automatics. I found out the hard way with my old '90 Accord.

NetGnome

Isn't the 07-08 transmission a RL unit.
Maybe you could look into that.

profuse007

Buddy of mine is going with a reman unit w/ 3yr/36000 but unclear whether labor is cover under the warranty if I claim it in the future. Is that something y'all think is important?

profuse007

Update: $3700 w/ 3yr/36000mi warranty include labor when claimed. The price include the core.

Acura_2004

So where did you get the reman transmission?
What is the transmission cost / labor cost breakdown?
Price includes core, so total price will be less when you get core deposit back?

profuse007

It's my buddy's car and I was working on it to revive it but no luck; he put it in the shop.

I don't know the price break down but it's a lump sum price that includes the labor if he has to put it in the shop again. However, I estimated to be $1200 labor and the rest on the tranny.

Price includes the core, meaning that the shop keeps his old tranny. I didn't get clear answer to where the tranny is coming from.