I think this is normal, my 87 does this. I read if there is a slight load on the motor, it will lock up the converter. On level
or downhill, mine jumps up a hundred rpm's. Going slightly uphill, or if i give it a little bit of gas,the converter will lock up,
dropping rpm's slightly.

"Gregg Gruen" > wrote in message om...
> My 1994 Accord seems to do something strange at highway speeds. It
> seems that the torque converter is locking up and unlocking
> repeatedly. I try to maintain a very steady speed, but I'll feel it
> unlock and watch the tach jump up ~250 RPM, then watch it drop it back
> down again. This will happen on flat road, but very much more so on a
> slight (and I mean slight) incline. If I use cruise control, the
> problem it's so bad, but still present. It seems like it's more
> sensitive than it should be. It'll just as much as every 5-8 seconds,
> especially if the road isn't perfectly flat.
>
> Otherwise, the trans seems to shift fine. Shifts a little rough,
> especially when it's cold, but nothing to really complain about too
> much. I did a trans fluid change, but I didn't use Honda fluid
> (changing again this weekend w/ Honda fluid after what I've read about
> that).
>
> Can anyone give me a recommended adjustment I can make? Could it be a
> bad TC solenoid? Or is this just a standard Honda auto trans? It's
> the first one I've owned.
>
> About 140k miles, no check engine light.
>
> Also, I've noticed two distinctive clunks when I put the car in drive
> from park, especially when it's cold. It's almost as if it's a
> two-part shift process. There's a slight delay between the two.
>
> I'm trying to take it easy on the car. I just bought it, and I'm
> afraid of any trans problems coming up already.
>
> Thanks
> Gregg