While cruising on the highway, my car shifted into 4th...after a couple of seconds it would seemingly shift into a 5th gear or something...the revs would drop and would hold steady...anyone else noticed this?
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Originally posted by Accord2nv204While cruising on the highway, my car shifted into 4th...after a couple of seconds it would seemingly shift into a 5th gear or something...the revs would drop and would hold steady...anyone else noticed this?
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"ghost gear" wow that's pretty good. There is a solenoid that locks the pump on the engine side of the torque converter to the turbine on the tranny side of the torque converter. That lets the tranny spin at the same speed as then engine. sort of like an overdrive, but not really. In all your other gears, the turbine spins a little slower than the pump side. My accord has about 252K on it and the lockup solenoid doesn't work anymore. That and a little jerk on downshift gave me a good excuse to do the auto to manual swap. hope that answered your question man.
-Brian
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There's actually three lock-up modes on the automatics. Full, half and partial. Full-lockup (direct from the engine to the wheels) works in 3rd and 4th gears. Half-lockup works in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, except when you are in (D3), then half only works in 3rd gear and 2nd stays in partial at all times. This would mean that (D3) kinda replaces Sport mode in 92-93 transmissions. Partial works in 1st and second. If you have sport mode on for 90-91's, the TCU varies the shift points and varies when and how the lock-up works as well. So, if you do the math, our transmission actually have 7 "fugurative" gears.
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Originally posted by bgibson99"ghost gear" wow that's pretty good. There is a solenoid that locks the pump on the engine side of the torque converter to the turbine on the tranny side of the torque converter. That lets the tranny spin at the same speed as then engine. sort of like an overdrive, but not really. In all your other gears, the turbine spins a little slower than the pump side. My accord has about 252K on it and the lockup solenoid doesn't work anymore. That and a little jerk on downshift gave me a good excuse to do the auto to manual swap. hope that answered your question man.
-Brian
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^^ agreed ^^....dont know why people gotta run there mouth when some people are just trying to help! MOTARDS! (MOTARD=moronic retard) hahaF22a1-->F22A-->H22A-->auto-2-5spd-->K20 6spd-->F22C 6spd RWD-->4G63 6spd AWD-->K24 6spd????
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i think you fellas are a little quick there.. haha sorry to knock the chip off your shoulder. i just thought ghost gear was a funny term.. not making fun of you or anything like that. that was a great question and i was glad i could answer it, although i didnt know it would lock up in any of the other gears.. that's pretty interesting.
-Brian
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lol..... but it sure sounded like you were making fun of him for using that term or something...haha! whatever i guess....pretty sure i just thought the whole thing was kinda funny so i felt like adding to the fire! LOL sorry!
-SeanF22a1-->F22A-->H22A-->auto-2-5spd-->K20 6spd-->F22C 6spd RWD-->4G63 6spd AWD-->K24 6spd????
Sold to: blackice, Myothercar, Rennat, Ilikebigbutts, HA91, DA92CB7, accord91lx, Cb7GHOST, Gemini, whiteaccord92,Warudakumi, jhondayaaj
Bought from: 93twodoorLX, Datmofo, g7kobayashi, accord_inspire, Accord SiR, Kurobei, UK-Accord, phreakish93, RENR, k-mart
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Originally posted by accordaffairTorque converter. Like they say, it's sort of an overdrive.00 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.7 V8 4X4
92 Honda Accord LX
95 Honda Civic CX
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i didn't insult anybody, did I??
anyways, I've seen a lot of occasions where people's cars won't go into full-lockup because the thermostat is bad. It sticks open and allows the engine to run too cold. The TCM won't allow full-lockup if the engine is below normal operating temp.
i've heard it's more common on cars equipped with the Fuji-Thompson thermostat. (commonly found in japan-born CB's)
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