Re: A/T skipping 1st gear

Dabbler wrote:
> Well, at last my Honda dealer got the ****ft control solenoid and 
> installed it. That gives me now some peace of mind. However, I still 
> wonder if the short drive (about 3 miles) that took me to get the 
> crippled car home caused any other damage in the A/T. Since the lower 
> gears did not engage, there must have been excessive wear on the clutch 
> pads inside,

the clutch packs only slip during the actual ****ft.  after that, any 
differential is taken up by the torque converter.


> just as if you try to start a M/T car in 3rd or 4th gear. 
> When I got home I could even smell a slight burn odor which I figured 
> must have been caused by the friction from the clutch pads. If my guess 
> is right, the ATF then must have absorbed a bunch of burned particles 
> from that pads and maybe at a minimum the A/T should be flushed. I was 
> kinda' surprised that the Honda service techies did not call my 
> attention to this. Am I perhaps too concerned here?
> 
> DB