Reddit reviews Plews LubriMatic 75-068 All-Purpose Extra Long Super Funnel for Engine Oil, Transmission Fluid, Power Steering Fluid, and More - 2 Quart Capacity

They were Walmart ventless 5Gallon. The spouts are the new EPA ones and they suck! I would suggest getting a long 12" oil funnel and not using the spouts. But the ventless made it great to stash in the cab when leaving the truck unattended. The linked ones also are heavy plastic.

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Honda, in the 80s and 90s, had a reputation for making strange automatic transmissions.

They are heavily based on their manual gearboxes, but they are mated to a torque converter instead of a clutch, and an automatic shifting assembly which can up and downshift fairly quickly. The result made for an efficient, lightweight and small gearbox. The drawback was that it needed to be maintained differently.

This gearbox has special clutches inside of it which requires a type of fluid the only Honda makes, as cars aged their owners would either a) not know how to maintain the car properly or b) do the fluid changes at the right intervals, using a "universal" aftermarket fluid (Valvoline, Mobil 1, STP, Castrol).

Trouble with this is, using the wrong fluid at the right intervals was worse for the gearbox than not changing the fluid at all.

Honda's suggested service interval was 60K for the first one, then every 30K subsequently after that, and they only require a simple 3 quart drain and refill, so the service was fairly cheap ~$50.

The reason for the frequent fluid changes was due to the transmission having no filter, this saved materials costs to the consumer and labor for that matter, but it meant the fluid needed to be changed twice as frequently.

When I acquired my 2005 Honda civic, with its very similar 4 speed automatic to yours, it too was shifting hard up and down, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't right, the hotter the gearbox got the worse the shifts would be.

Heres what I did, and what you should do;

1. get 6 quarts of Honda DW-1 Fluid I bought this very thing off Amazon, its legit.
   
   
2. Get a 3/8inch Ratchet. The drain plug on the transmission doesn't require a socket of any kind, the Ratchet will hook straight up to the plug. The drain plug faces the passenger side of the car right next to the subframe.
   
   
3. Get a Funnel with a long nosel
   
   
4. jack car up or drive up on ramps
   
   
5. drain gearbox oil, it should be about 3 quarts that will come out, there is slightly more than this in the transmission, its in the torque converter which cannot be drained, this will be addressed with a 2nd drain a fill.
   
   
6. after draining, reinsert transmission drain plug and tighten, you do not need to he-man this back on, snug it up and give it a firm final turn to ensure its in place.
   
   
7. refill transmission, 3 quarts is what it should take, but for good measure put in two and check fluid level, continue to top off until full with the 3rd quart.
   
   
8. test drive, take the car on the road, get on the expressway, do about 10 miles.
   
   
9. repeat drain and refill process with the other 3 quarts that are left over. This is done to ensure that any remaining old/incorrect fluid that may have stayed in the torque converter gets removed. After the 2nd drain and fill the car should drive SIGNIFICANTLY better.
   
   If you do this process, and the shifting situation stays the stay, or gets worse, than the gearbox needs a rebuild due to failing clutches.
   
   a Throttle position sensor or any other sensor for the ECU to figure out how hard you are pushing the engine would throw a check engine light, is the check engine light on? If it isn't I would start with the fluid service, I am going to hazard a guess you have never done it in the past.

https://www.amazon.com/Plews-75-068-Super-Funnel-Capacity/dp/B000G7AJUS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1502670194&sr=8-2&keywords=transmission+funnel

This is what I bought

Plews 75-068 Super Funnel - 2 Quart Capacity https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000G7AJUS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_r76oBMvDeqgp5

I just have to be careful going in around limbs and branches but it is 100% easier now.



Other option could be cutting a trap door style hole in the side.