so I bought a d16z6 swap for my eg..I was looking in the axles holes in the tranny today and saw a really long , thin, tightly wound spring sitting in the hole.it wasn't attached to anything and I'm hoping the guy I bought it from dropped it in there after he pulled it(he said it had been sitting a while) but I have a sneaking feeling that the tranny is broken or something.I looked through diagrams tonight and could not find the spring I found so I'm hoping it's not a vital part of anything.if anyone knows what this spring is or if it does not go somewhere in the engine help is really appreciated.
thanks

 

The only spring I can think of would maybe the reverse light switch...?

 

The detent ***** that hold the transmission in gear are held in place by detent springs.

However, the detent springs are accessed on the tranny case, the should not be floating around inside the differential. There are about three of these detent springs (one for each shift fork), and they are located under some bolts on the outside of the trans. case. A pic would come in really handy but regardless, they should not be floating inside the differential, nor the transmission.

Check to see that you can shift the transmission and that you feel every gear. And turn the input shaft while you are in each gear and watch the differential move. If it does not move in any/all of the gears, something is wrong insie that transmission.

If the transmission is still attached to the engine, use the crankshaft to turn the transmission input shaft.

 

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First thing that comes to mind is the small spring inside each axle seal, that would explain where you found it.