NEED HELP ASAP!!!! sorry just really frustrated. just bought the car on saturday 3-22-08. it is a 1990 accord 2 door coupe, auto, 198xxx miles, f22a1 engine. it's completly stock as of now but want to get it drive right now. i bought the car in dover, nh and drove it from there to concord, nh to VIP. needed a new battery (sat for 2 yrs) and some other parts.
jumped the car to get it running and it drove absolutly fine from dover to concord. shifted fine through all the gears fine and cruised good around 45 or 55 on average. started to shake around 65 (due imbalanced front tires). anyways i got to VIP in concord i shut the car off and figured for the hell of it try to restart it. it started up fine and after i restarted it the "s" light started blinking just a regular blink...blink...blink. i turned the car off and on a few more times. still the same thing.
so i took out the battery and went in and bought a new one. (had no battery connected for about 25 minutes later) i came back out and cleaned up the terminals on the battery and the cable ends. hooked up pos first then neg. went and started the car again. again the "s" light is blinking. so i figured why not check the car over a little while im still at the auto parts store. noticed that the cable ends were starting th crack around where the bolt goes through the end around the post (ends are not the oem ends. been replaced before by the origional owner.will replace ends with different ones later)
so when i was going to leave i put in "R" and engages and backs up fine. put it in D4 and it revs up to about 2200 and then starts to move. seemed high to me (kinda thought like starting off in second gear). drove home from concord (up 93 north to new hampton 30 mins or so). got off highway and turned down my road.
now im just kinda wondering why it started off in second gear. so im just trying something and i take the shifter and put it in L or 1 (sorry haven't had an auto cb7 in a while). trans engages really hard and i barely touch the gas and it takes right off no problem. then i put the shifter up in 2. nothing happens. put shifter in D3 and shifts into 2nd or 3rd gear (cant really tell ) then up into D4. i think it went it 4. so i pull in my driveway and doesnt go in 1, stays in 2. drop the shifter in 1 and get up my driveway and park.
i get out and pop the hood to see what the trans looks/smells like. looks red to me and smells fine. no burnt smell. but anyways picked up the special HONDA ATF fluid ($7.35 a quart @ dealer) owell heard the stuff is great for the trans. I HAVE NOT CHANGED THE TRANS FLUID YET. going to this weekend.
so i did some searching through the forums and i read about the blinking "S" light and the service connector on the passenger side kick panel. pulled the panel off and CAN'T find the connector. but i pull the carpet back and see the ECM and i see a series of blinks from a red light through a peep hole. so i sit and count the blinks and come up with SEVEN CODES!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!
what gives, i drove the car fine from dover to concord and then from concord to new hampton it shifts funny. by the way codes are: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 14. i got these off the red light on the ECM (under carpet on passenger floor, under a metal cage i guess) i just bought the car and just wanted to build it up a little and have fun with it. i've had 2 cb's before. a 91 lx 4 dr auto and a 92 lx 4 dr 5 spd.
PLEASE HELP ME GUYS i am very sorry for writing such a long post but wanted to give you guys as many details to let you know whats going on.
thanks guys looking forward to getting some responses to help me
KYLE aka jst_4_kiks
jumped the car to get it running and it drove absolutly fine from dover to concord. shifted fine through all the gears fine and cruised good around 45 or 55 on average. started to shake around 65 (due imbalanced front tires). anyways i got to VIP in concord i shut the car off and figured for the hell of it try to restart it. it started up fine and after i restarted it the "s" light started blinking just a regular blink...blink...blink. i turned the car off and on a few more times. still the same thing.
so i took out the battery and went in and bought a new one. (had no battery connected for about 25 minutes later) i came back out and cleaned up the terminals on the battery and the cable ends. hooked up pos first then neg. went and started the car again. again the "s" light is blinking. so i figured why not check the car over a little while im still at the auto parts store. noticed that the cable ends were starting th crack around where the bolt goes through the end around the post (ends are not the oem ends. been replaced before by the origional owner.will replace ends with different ones later)
so when i was going to leave i put in "R" and engages and backs up fine. put it in D4 and it revs up to about 2200 and then starts to move. seemed high to me (kinda thought like starting off in second gear). drove home from concord (up 93 north to new hampton 30 mins or so). got off highway and turned down my road.
now im just kinda wondering why it started off in second gear. so im just trying something and i take the shifter and put it in L or 1 (sorry haven't had an auto cb7 in a while). trans engages really hard and i barely touch the gas and it takes right off no problem. then i put the shifter up in 2. nothing happens. put shifter in D3 and shifts into 2nd or 3rd gear (cant really tell ) then up into D4. i think it went it 4. so i pull in my driveway and doesnt go in 1, stays in 2. drop the shifter in 1 and get up my driveway and park.
i get out and pop the hood to see what the trans looks/smells like. looks red to me and smells fine. no burnt smell. but anyways picked up the special HONDA ATF fluid ($7.35 a quart @ dealer) owell heard the stuff is great for the trans. I HAVE NOT CHANGED THE TRANS FLUID YET. going to this weekend.
so i did some searching through the forums and i read about the blinking "S" light and the service connector on the passenger side kick panel. pulled the panel off and CAN'T find the connector. but i pull the carpet back and see the ECM and i see a series of blinks from a red light through a peep hole. so i sit and count the blinks and come up with SEVEN CODES!!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!
what gives, i drove the car fine from dover to concord and then from concord to new hampton it shifts funny. by the way codes are: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 14. i got these off the red light on the ECM (under carpet on passenger floor, under a metal cage i guess) i just bought the car and just wanted to build it up a little and have fun with it. i've had 2 cb's before. a 91 lx 4 dr auto and a 92 lx 4 dr 5 spd.
PLEASE HELP ME GUYS i am very sorry for writing such a long post but wanted to give you guys as many details to let you know whats going on.
thanks guys looking forward to getting some responses to help me
KYLE aka jst_4_kiks
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