I'm Confused

[CrazyHondaOwnR]

ok before you guys chew me out about searching or not searching i want you to now I did search and found nothing that matched ALL of my symptoms found some of my symptoms but not all ... anyways here goes

symptom
1. 1st off my auto is stuck in a gear when ever i drive in d4 (guessing 4th gear cuz no power/acceloration) however it will shift to a lower gear in 1or2 (guessing 1st)

2. my tach and speedo stoped workin for a couple of hours the all of a sudden came back to life hasnt done that again

3. my s light ("sports mode" indicator) will stay on regardless of wether the switch is on AND on ocasion it will blink at red lights when i'm stoped

4. the ecu/ecm/tcm DOSE NOT shoot any codes nothing form the cel or the D4 light ....... i know the cel buulb works cuz i disconected a vacum line from the throtel and it spat a code five ... the d4 light comes on when i put it in d4


so i'm stumped ...... any help would be REALLY be great

thnx

p.s i know i suck at spelling

[Leung]

for the transmission... what is the fluid level and when was the last time it was flushed and refilled with fresh fluid? it's not the shift solenoid going bad because you said you could shift to a lower gear.
when you pull out the dipstick for the trans, smell it and then come back and describe the scent along with the colour to us.

i can't help you with your lighting problem.

[CrazyHondaOwnR]

hey i smelled the trany fuild and i don't know how to describe it .... it smells like trany fluid lol....um it dose smell like old OIL tho.... as for the last flush ....lol its the stock fuild from the factory and it was orign. bought in 89 prev. owner did no matenece of any kind.... i got this car in feb so i havent had much time to work on it but i changed coolent,engine oil,oil air and fuel filters, starter, alternator, ...and some other things here and there

[Leung]

does it smell like hmmm burnt wood? is it really watery or oily?

on a paper towel, what colour is it? brown or red like?

well if it's like you say it is, you should maybe consider a tranny flush and refill with new oil, it might help or it might not as there might be too much damage already done.

but re-reading your other problems, along with this, do you have the funding to get it going again?

[CrazyHondaOwnR]

its more brown than red and it dosn't smell like wood it smells like petroleum jelly or somthing like that ... and as for the viscosity its not watery its oily

i do have a desent budget replacing the whole trany is completely out of the question but as far as flushing and replace fuild i have more than enogh i might even get a tcm to be on the safe side... it was all going well after i changed out the starter and alternator this tranny thing didnt start till like a week ago

[CARMandP]

Needs a new trans controller. The S light stuck on, no codes in the computer and no shifting. Very common on the 90-91 Accords. You will either have to replace the controller or manually shift it. You must use the controller for the 90-91 Accord as they are the only ones that used the S light and you will have a very hard time finding a used one that is good. The new ones are about $600.

[accordaffair]

VSS commonly replaced, don't know why you're not throwing codes though, maybe a new ecu?

[Bongo]

for number 3. i had that same problem with my old auto cb, it drove me insane but i would just shut the car off and start it again and it would get ride of it

and 2. the same thing happened to my current cb last winter, i didn't let the car warm up when it was cold and the tach just dropped straight down, then later that day on the highway i downshifted when getting off the highway and it just randomly jumped back up and worked fine and has since

...i know, none of that was helpful, but i felt like posting it anyways.

[CrazyHondaOwnR]

hey will a tcm from lsomthing like a 93 work?.... i dont care if i dont have the "sports" thing ....cuz i went out to all the junkyards in my area (some an hour out) and no deal cant find any .... and i dont really want to pay 600 at the dealer ...any ideas where i can find one or a sutible replacement?

[rlyons]

No the 93 will not work at all and in fact one from the same year as yours will not work if it doesn't have the same number. Most of them in the junk yards will have problems as well. I bought my rebuilt one from these folks and it works as new.

http://stores.ebay.com/AUTO-COMPUTER...Q3amesstQQtZkm

[bruno8747]

Try changing the fluid and resetting the ECU. IF that dosent work and you still want an ecu and TCU PM me. I have one for the 90-91 with the "S" light.