GTcarz - Automotive forums for cars & trucks. - 1986 Honda Civic Transmission Repair

On Wed, 10 May 2006 20:22:57 -0400, "Derek Lawler"
<dereksl2@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>For over a year I was driving this Civic with a slipping transmission.
>Finally, a couple of weeks ago it gave up and wouldn't run at all. I went
>back to where I had left it parked and was able to drive it slowly a mile
>home. I knew I could drive it over to the nearest Lee Miles Transmission
>shop, which I did a day after limping home with it. I was told it might run
>about 1400 to fix the tranny. After I took it in and they had it apart it
>turns out the price would be about 1700 to fix it. I waited almost two
>weeks while I was told they had to send away for parts they couldn't get
>locally. When I talked to the manager on the phone he told me the
>transaxles

I think you mean the CV joints. The transaxel is the
transmission/differential and you only have one of them.

>were bad and he would replace them for 75 bucks each, which I
>thought would relieve me of having to do it as I knew the boots were ripped.
>I like this car, old as it is, so much that I was willing to spend money on
>the tranny. It only has 90k miles on it.
>Today I finally got the car back and paid the bill of $1,999.15 and drove it
>home. They told me a couple of things I already knew, such as the exhaust
>system leaked and the battery was oversize for the car. I had planned to
>put in a new exhaust pipe after the tranny was fixed. They also told me the
>brake booster didn't work. That became obvious as I drove it home with a
>hard brake pedal. I popped the hood and looked to see if the vacuum hose
>had merely come loose. I found a bolt stuck in the engine side vacuum hose
>which I pulled out and connected the hose back to the booster. I drove away
>and the booster still did not do its job but also I stalled and the engine
>wouldn't run properly. I had to restart it several times to get around the
>block.
>My question is: what does my booster (which worked fine when I took the car
>in) have to do with my transmission and what could they have done to damage
>the booster while they had it in the shop? Why won't the engine run
>properly without the booster vacuum hose being plugged?
>If someone can tell me what might have been done to the engine I would
>appreciate some input. Thanking you in advance for your help.
>
>Derek

I agree with the other posters on booster except that I might want to
have a close look at it to determine if they had done something to it.
Probably not.