Some pics of my friends mis-shift from a little bit ago. Finally now got them uploaded.

I believe it was 5th to 2nd with an "EX" trans in a '95 Del Sol with a d15z1 motor (vtec-e lean-burner).


Ripping it apart.



Something here doesn't belong.



Missing something?



I think the valves aren't seating...



Valve stem sticking through.


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thats cute, you fed your engine hersheys kisses :p

 

oops

 

I was going to say exactly that.

 

nice. looks like the valve high five'd the piston and got stuck. lol

 

You weren't double clutching like you should.

 

LMAO!

 

whats under the hood?
oh you gonna make me look?
you brave man, you brave.

 

When the valve cover came off we saw that most of the valve keepers came off and were just sitting all around, on top of the head, which is why the valves hit the pistons.

 

Now thats what you call a money shift.

 

that must have made some cool noises

so the bottom end stayed together? thats awesome!
!

 

how do you miss shift from 5th to 2nd ? but dam that sucks ! atleast it was a D series so its not expensive to replace =]

 

^^^ that is tru

 

Maybe this was them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmL9SwLxS4s

 

Ouch.

 

That is some high quality pics for just some minor engine work.

 

i dont have that problem with an auto

 

damn.. time for a rebuild

 

That was a really horrific sound.

Lol! The driver got all scared.

Good luck.

 

spending time to even pull the head off a blown D series is strange. you just pull the whole thing and get 50 bucks for it at the recyclers man.

 

 

That was my thought. He just wanted to see the carnage I think.

This was actually kinda a "hybrid" del sol in that he converted it to accept the vtec-e motor and have lean-burn work correctly. He was getting 40+ mpg. Luckily he had another d15z1 to drop-in. Fixed by the next day.


I came with nice clothes on (think I drove 6 hours from VA at the time) so I just took some pictures instead of getting dirty. There were three of them there plus me, so they had no trouble getting the D-series and trans out with some jack stands and a floor jack.

 

 

That suckss.


But how does one manage to miss shift from 5th to 2nd? :S Even if you have finished bushings.

 

is that a ITR in that vid?????

look at the cluster....hmmmmmm


that sucked big time....