Registered: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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Does anyone know what Honda did to the new trannies outside the vin range? Did they just factory install the oil jet or was there a design change?

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Shortwaver

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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Redmond, WA
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Originally posted by shortwaver
Does anyone know what Honda did to the new trannies outside the vin range? Did they just factory install the oil jet or was there a design change?

thanks,
Shortwaver

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Registered: May 2004
Location: Columbus, OH
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Originally posted by Wayne Lim
There apparently was an internal design change.

Wayne

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When I purchased my 04 EX-RES last week, the dealer told me that Honda has installed a larger capacity pump and they have increased the oil volume to avoid the problem.

I don't know if this constitutes a design change.

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Registered: Jul 2002
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Originally posted by Grayhound
has anyone found any info supporting this?

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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: NY
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Do all 04's have the new design (upgraded pump?)? If not, what is the VIN or production date where the change occured? We're considering getting an 04, but the one on the lot with the color and options we want looks like it might have been there for a while...

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Registered: May 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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Joec42,

the affected vin range is From VIN 5FNRL18..4B000001 thru 5FNRL18..4B051620.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Roscoe, IL USA
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I understand that the new trans has an internal modification. Odys out on the road with the unmodified transmissions are eligible for a modification kit to be installed. The recall to have your kit installed is being issued according to mileage or age of the vehicle, so that Honda service departments aren't overwhelmed having to work on every single Ody all at once.

I had my AT jet kit installed yesterday. It took 1.5 hours at Honda. It looks like they added a hose that goes into the top of the tranny where you would normally add AT fluid (the 17mm plug), and there is are a bunch of little brackets holding the new hose in place. The hose appears to come from the firewall side of the trans.

Last week, I installed an aftermarket trans fluid cooler. The hoses I installed were not touched by the kit. I have no idea how one is to add AT fluid with the kit installed, now that the filler hole is obscured by new hardware. My guess is that the kit has to be removed in order to add fluid.

It used to only require a 17mm socket and about 18 inches of socket extension to remove / replace the plug. And a breaker bar - the plug is probably the only bolt on the car that is really tight. Now it looks like one would have to remove all sorts of air ducts to get to all the bolts that hold the "jet kit" in place.

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Previous vehicles: 01 Ody LX, 3 other Hondas, 1 Toyota, 2 GM pos, 1 Ford pos.

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You don't have to remove the bolts that hold the jet kit in place. It'll pull out and go to the side all by itself, from what I remember.

But someone else here had the idea: just use the dipstick tube.

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