engine problem, I think

[turabaka]

Okay, so yesterday I was driving home from running some errands, and when I shifted gears from either first to second or second to third the car kinda lurched and made a loud clunk. :wtf: It has never done this before, and now every time I start going from a light, or I shift from first to second, or second to third, the car makes that loud clunk and lurches a little bit. It doesn't do it if I'm going about about 35-40, and it doesn't do it if I'm shifting to a lower gear. Any ideas of what it could be? I recently did a tune up on it (replaced distributor cap, oil, spark plugs, didn't need to replace wires because they looked brand new.)

[LX-incredible]

It doesn't sound like an engine problem to me. Check your mounts.

[turabaka]

I looked around the forum first to be sure, and that's what I came up with too, but I wasn't sure and thought I'd ask anyway. any chance that I could get a picture or diagram of the engine mounts?

edit: almost forgot to thank you for the quick answer.

[LX-incredible]

http://www.thehondapartsstore.com/herson/jsp/catimgs/13sg70_j32.gif
You're welcome. :)

[turabaka]

Thank you so much. I swear every time I come to this board I feel like a total idiot. lol. Anyway thanks for the help.

[ghettogeddy]

well i guess u should come around more then u wont feel that way lol
so as soon as u sift into forst form a light with out gas and letting off the clutch it moves forward and makes a loud noise

[LX-incredible]

Thank you so much. I swear every time I come to this board I feel like a total idiot. lol. Anyway thanks for the help.

No problem. Asking questions saves money, and there's no way that's idiotic.:)

[turabaka]

well i guess u should come around more then u wont feel that way lol
so as soon as u sift into forst form a light with out gas and letting off the clutch it moves forward and makes a loud noise

close, it's as soon as I step on the gas out of first that it clunks.

[ghettogeddy]

close, it's as soon as I step on the gas out of first that it clunks.

id check to see if ur tranny mount is still there should kinda look like a l connects to the motor and to the tranny right above the crossmember towards the back

[turabaka]

I'll do that. hopefully it is there because I don't have the money until next week to buy anymore car parts. :(

[LX-incredible]

^I agree, #3 in the picture.

[ghettogeddy]

^I agree, #3 in the picture.

i was thinking 10 but it could be 3

[LX-incredible]

#10 is the bracket that bolts to the transmission, #3 is the actual mount. It's easiest to remove the bracket to get it out. You made me remember something though. When I removed the bracket, one of the bolts that go into the tranny was missing and the other two were loose, so check those as well.

[Blkblurr]

Make sure you buy Honda mounts if you need to replace them and make sure you tighten them down in the proper sequence which can be found in the on-line manual.

[turabaka]

Make sure you buy Honda mounts if you need to replace them and make sure you tighten them down in the proper sequence which can be found in the on-line manual.

Thanks. Will do.

[AccordEpicenter]

i believe the engine side bolt of the dogbone mount is loose. Thats what id check first

[AccordB20A]

ive had a case where every singlemount was snapped, the only way to find out is to take each mount out until you find which one it is, but yeah as accordepicenter says.. check that dog bone mount 1st. a car i bought didnt have one and in turn it fucked the other 2 front and rear mounts :O

[turabaka]

I took off my air filter today to so I could reconnect some vacuum lines, and I found where the engine is loose. it's right here
http://image.aurohack.org/users/turabaka/engine1.jpg
anybody know what this part is on the diagram? Is it even on the diagram?
http://image.aurohack.org/users/turabaka/engine2.jpg
thanks for all the help.

[MessyHonda]

looks like you are going to need a new dog bone mount.

[turabaka]

yep that's what I was thinking. I'm gonna go and pick that up today hopefully.

[LX-incredible]

http://www.thehondapartsstore.com/herson/jsp/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&catcgry1=ACCORD&catcgry2=1988&catcgry3=2DR+LXI&catcgry4=KA5MT&catcgry5=TORQUE+ROD-FRONT+BEAM&ListAll=All&vinsrch=no

[ghettogeddy]

http://www.thehondapartsstore.com/herson/jsp/prddisplay.jsp?inputstate=5&catcgry1=ACCORD&catcgry2=1988&catcgry3=2DR+LXI&catcgry4=KA5MT&catcgry5=TORQUE+ROD-FRONT+BEAM&ListAll=All&vinsrch=no

that would be number 8 i believe
u are gona need all this
008 50836-SA5-000 INSULATOR B 15.96
009 50837-692-010 WASHER, TORQUE ROD 2.56
010 50839-692-000 NUT, YOKE (12MM) 6.84
018 90131-692-000 BOLT (12X76) 5.80

[turabaka]

alright. thanks for all the help. I went to autozone and bought the parts I needed, and fixed the mount. it runs a thousand times better now. I also cleaned the carb while I had the filter box off. Like I said it runs so much better now. Thanks for all the help guys. :)