Would only add that the bolts often require a sharp blow to come loose. Not hard, just sharp. Steady force won't always do it.

 

Yea that's the one I got from my dealer, i thought it was the old one because it didnt lable HTF-2 , Your info is very helpful and detailed , thx a lot for ur help Imma go change my oil right now

 

thanks for the infos guys

 

let us know if you feel any difference from the new fluid---I have an 05 also and I think it made it shift a little easier---I especially notice it in the first few miles on a cold morning til it warms up

 

Yea, theres a little differences on shifting to second and from second to third, I didnt feel that much grind or something like forcing the gears in as before. It diffenetly helped a little. But for some reason my heel-tow is smoother now , or maybe i leveled up lol. But i havent tried it when the car is 100% cold yet, so i'll let you know when i test drive it again tomorrow.

Lub1

 

I tried it this morning, it's smoother now, the grind from 1st to 2nd is gone now, so i think this is a good product.

Lub1

 

glad it works better for you too

 

I notice a lot of people here on the board say they change their tranny fluid quite frequently. Honda recommends 60k, was curious if anyone actually changes it then?

 

there's been a "great debate" on that very question on this board for years!!!

I did mine at 8k to change it from the old to the new Honda MT fluid--made a difference in smoothness. I'll probably now change it every other year (I drive it about 4-6k/year)
(We have 3 other Honda cars between me, my wife and our kids and I change their fluids by the owners manual--on the S2, I can't seem to wait that long!!