I think HondaBond is the same as Permatex Ultra-Grey sealant which you can get at lots of car-parts chain-stores.

 

The Honda bond arrived today. After re-installing the engine, and new tranny I went to the mail box, and there was.............lol, lol, lol, ..............sorry I can't stop........lol, lol. After working so hard up to a point ones humor seems to reassert itself at times like these.

 

One more thing, and thanks for all of the advice, what kind of cheap transmission fluid can I use just to run through the system to flush out any debris left over from the rebuild?

I know from experience to use real Honda fluid for when I get the car on the road, but I don't want to waste the $$$$ Honda fluid just on a little clean up.

Thanks.

 

If you are just going to use it as a "flush fluid" - I go with regular Dex fluid. Many parts stores will carry a "house" brand in a gallon or 5 qt jug for pretty cheap.

 

I would be very wary of using anything other than Honda fluid as there would be no way of getting the fluid in the torque converter out once it is in. Then again, I think doing the flush is a complete waste of time; any particulate left behind will end up in the filter, regardless of which type of fluid used, and there it will stay until the transmission is opened up again.

My advice, screw the flush, fill it with Honda ATF and drive the car.

 

I also feel to just use Honda ATF and drive it.

 

Ok, off to the Honda dealership tomorrow. Thanks again, and pray that the new trans delivers in all gears.

 

As stated no way to get the cheap stuff out completely ,,good luck.

 

You don't need to flush out the fluid. That's what the filter is for. Oh, wait...

Buy a generic brand that says it meets the Honda specs, that is if you are going to flush it.

All that said, I'm impressed you can rebuild an auto.

 

Update. I had to pull the transmission back out as one of the five little tubes that was in the transmission came out when joining the top case with the bottom.

This time I added a little epoxy [after sanding the end of the tube] around all of the tubes on ONE END.

That way if someone should ever have to pull the trans apart, the tubes will all stay on the front of the case [the small tube stuck in the rear of the case, then fell out when I joined the two as its kinda difficult to join them].

Anyway, it runs/shifts like it should.

Also to add the radiator cooler line did have some type of metal filter going either to, or from the radiator. It looked like an old Ford carburetor fuel filter, but its probably a Honda equivalent. I don't know if the car was recalled then the filter was added, or ???

The filter was factory as the brackets were made onto the radiator.