Auto Tranny, carb or FI?

[Irish Devil]

Ok.. first off, I am new to the boards. I have an 88 Accord LX. I have a tech question that I hope can get answered fairly quickly cuz my decision has to be made by noonish tomorrow. I bought my accord knowing it needed a tranny, I got it for $100 and it is in great shape otherwise. I have been calling around for trannys and seem to come up short. so far everyone that has a tranny says its for the FI model, mine is carb. So, here is my question...What is the difference in the FI and Carb trannys??....if i got a tranny off an 88 that is FI, will it work with my carb motor??...if not, why not??..thanks in advance for any help you guys offer

[forrest89sei]

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do you have the 1986-89 Master service manual?


I would think if anythings diffrent it might just be a vacuum line.

[Soundy]

I'm no expert on the subject, but I can't imagine anything that would significantly different... like forrest said, maybe a vacuum line or something else that relates to the kickdown, maybe the way the kickdown interfaces to the throttle...

[A20A1]

No difference, I used my Auto A20A1 LX CARB tranny on my A20A3 LXI EFI Block

[86-accord-lxi]

I also used a f4 auto trans from an 89 dx in my 86 lxi. Bolt patterns are the same, cooling lines are the same, I have heard that the gear ratios may be different, and that the carbs are better, Not sure though. All I know is it works fine !