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California98Civic · 02-12-2013, 11:52 PM

I have a whole thread showing the process of guys on here helping me test and diagnose the problem: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...mbo-23129.html.

In truth, I suppose there is still a chance it could also be one or both of the front hub bearing units, even though they pass the test. But the trans definitely a problem. It has 200K miles on it, so I got my money out. I figure I'll remove it, rebuild it, experiment with swapping in my VX final drive into the DX tranny. In the mean time, the '93 CX trans will give me back my car.

I'm also curious what benefits the CX trans will give me. It is a 20% reduction in RPMs from my 6th gen DX coupe to the 5th gen CX. At freeway cruise that has to matter.

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	I have a whole thread showing the process of guys on here helping me test and diagnose the problem: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...mbo-23129.html. In truth, I suppose there is still a chance it could also be one or both of the front hub bearing units, even though they pass the test. But the trans definitely a problem. It has 200K miles on it, so I got my money out. I figure I'll remove it, rebuild it, experiment with swapping in my VX final drive into the DX tranny. In the mean time, the '93 CX trans will give me back my car. I'm also curious what benefits the CX trans will give me. It is a 20% reduction in RPMs from my 6th gen DX coupe to the 5th gen CX. At freeway cruise that has to matter. __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.