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Old 10-31-2013, 10:27 PM   #1 (permalink)
War_Wagon
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1990 Honda Accord Weird Shifter Issue

I have a '90 Accord with an automatic that is acting weird. It has a surge idle when it's cold, which is a different issue, but the shift lock won't release when the idle isn't steady. So in other words, I can't take the shifter out of Park when the idle is hunting up and down, but if I rev the car up and keep the RPM constant it will suddenly release? You can hear the shift lock in the shifter click as soon as the RPMs steady out. Does this make any sense at all, or should I be calling an exorcist to get the evil spirits out of this thing??

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