i did a 96 d16y7 swap on my 1990 wagon (d16a6)
i only used the d16y7 head and block and everything from the wagon like intake manifold, exhaust, alternator, dizzy, harness etc. using a crx si trans though

after everything was in already i tried starting it up and went for a joyride only for like 10 meters from my driveway i heard a BANG sound then the car won't move at all no more eventhough i don't step on the clutch pedal it goes in gears and i hear a grinding sound from it

pulled the tranny down and checked everything looks a ok bearings, alignment clutch, etc

what would be the prob on this? is it the cable needs loosening up? maybe i tighten it too much thats why even if i dont step on the clutch it goes in gears? but how did i drove the car for 10 meters then i heard that BANG sound?

any help from you guys would be great

BTW this was my first swap

 

you put it back together wrong somehow.

 

like how? the pressure plate and disc were bolted up tight and i used a alignment tool plus the tranny bolted up correctly, am i missing something?

 

did you do the throwout bearing correctly? are u using everything for a si tranny and not y7?

 

I dont know, But i am using D16y7 with CRX si tranny.... I dont know how, but The guy who I bought it from told me about it.......

 

when i bought the car it got a d16a6 engine with an si tranny then i just swapped a d16y7 on it and slap back the tranny

 

same thing happend to me, what i think i did wrong was the axle wasnt all the way in

 

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i think i would do this tom just put back the trans back in but havnt bolted everything yet

 

yea make sure the openig of the ring on the end of the axle is facing down an push it all the way in if necessary hit it with a hammer

 

oic i didnt do this at first i just put in the axles! will do this tom

 

you didnt seat one of your axles in fully, so the axle came out. thats why you have no power and youre chewing up the tip of the axle joint, which is the grinding noise.

it should still work if you can force the axle back in, i know because it happened to me before. but i would flush the tranny fluid again at least. youve got bits of metal in there now, not good.

 

yeah that is what is what happend on the pass axle on the tip if it, will do this today post the resulst later, thanks!

 

wow...

 

car works now! its only the axles!

only problem is my speedometer doesnt work? did i mess up my speed sensor? i didnt put back the clip on the sensor kinda lost it

 

yeah, you need to put the speedo in there fully and lock it in place. kind of a bitch. you need that clip.

 

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damn i guess i better drop by a honda dealer then