ok i got a 88 ef dx 5spd with rebuilt d15 but i dont think the clutch was good when i bought it cuz it was really hard but anywayz was driving home from long beach yesterday and on the 605 a little after were 605 and 405 meet i went to shift from 5th to 4th but it wouldnt go into gear i tried 5th nothing 3rd nothing, no gear would go in just stayed in N so i pulled to the side of the freeway. I turned it off turned it back on put it in gear nothing i let off the clutch it didnt even die i tried 2nd same thing it doesnt go no where.... so i had to pay like 2 bills to get it towed home to baldwin park (626) im pretty sure its the clutch well help me out and im swapping a b16 pretty soon so i dont wanna spend to much on a clutch wats cheap well thanks for reading

 

was the clutch slipping the day it went??...

if its a hydro tranny, check the slave and masters, and fluid...

 

yea it was slipping cuz when i would shift hte rpms would go up nah its a cable tranny

 

check to see if your clutch cable is good... you would know though...

 

if the clutch was just worn out and slipping, that wouldn't make it not go in gear. or are you saying that it feels like it goes in gear but the car doesn't move?

if you mean the first one, I'd say clutch cable (which should be obvious) or a jammed up throwout assembly. if you mean the second one, then yeah your clutch is nonexistant.

 

yea well i can turn on the car and rev it, but if i push the clutch down and put the car in gear like 1st then let off the clutch the car doesnt die, its like the car is just sitting in neutral

 

only way i've seen a clutch go is after a while of slipping till it was replaced, so in my experiance, which isnt much lol unless it was slipping it might be something else but idk

 

Check the throw out bearing before you start spending any money. You'd feel the clutch cable if that was the problem because the pedal would require next to no effort to depress.

 

Check where your shifter connects to the linkage too, just incase. You may 'think' its going into gear but nah...

 

another easy thing you could do is drain the oil out of the tranny and check for excessive metal shavings or chunks. the magnet on the inside wont catch all the pieces if something really bad happened to your tranny. just a thought.

 

the clutch was hard until my friend messed wit it and made it real soft then he made it hard again still same problem, next my friend told me to put it in 1st gear and he pushed the car foward and then back, 1st gear was in i was sure, but wouldnt the gear not allow the car to move??? well im beginning to get convinced its the clutch tom my mechanic gonna take a look at it anyone else here agree or disagree its the clutch the gears do go in fine

 

CHECK THE THROWOUT BEARING

 

doesn't that reqire pulling the tranny anyway? clutch kits aren't bad for d15s... could probably get one under $100 shipped on ebay with a new throwout bearing and pressure plate too...then have your mechanic install it.

 

if it was just your tob that was bad, you either wouldn't be able to shift or it would make some serious noise. either you're not getting into gear like someone mentioned (the less likely possibility), or your clutch is beat, or you need to adjust your clutch cable. Turn the adjustment **** to the left a couple of turns and see if it doesn't get any better. Otherwise, it's clutch time.