Decided to venture into the world of tranny/axel swaps.... uh man, what did I get myself into!

Started Friday night around 8pm, just did the major unbolting.. linkage, intake piping, sensors connected to the tranny, starter, ground straps, loosend all major mount bolts and tranny bolts, removed the UCA/spidle bolt and Z10 bars..

Didn't finish all that like like 11:30pm, yea it was 3hrs, but this was the most complex job i've doe since like a coilover swap or removing my turbo, so I was taking it very easy and very slow.

Day 2 starts around 6pm with the help of a very experienced tech friend of mine comming over for the major surgery. Removed all the tranny bolts, poped out the old axels, then finally off with the old tranny. Prep'd the new/used 5G EX tranny, bolted the bastard on. Then my buddy gets a call from his wife telling him to go home because she wants to spend quality time w/ him right thenand there, so of course my friend, the nutless wonder that he is, "umm yea sorry but I gotta run, just do this-this-n'-that and you're done... well thankfully his broher stuck around to help me finish it off but man, what a pain in my ***.

And the real kicker, after busting my *** to put it all back together finally, I turb that key and "Vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr".. starter is spinning free and not turning the flywheel even though I replace it exactly as I removed it! BAH!!! Oh well, looks like there's gonna be a day 3...

Few thing to keep in mind when doing suck work yourself:

1. Friends are INVALUABLE when extra hands are needed
2. WD40 oWNs!
3. Make sure to unbolt the gay tin foil dust shield before attempting to pull tranny from motor, it'll save you 20 mins of aggrivation!
4. Honda starters are a royal pain..
5. WD40 stilll oWNs!!
6. The slave cylinder boot is the single most difficult piece of rubber to install on the earth..
7. Air tools.. mans TRUE best friend!!!
8. Newspaper on the ground = MUCH less cleanup work!
9. DSS axels are hardcore baby!
10. Next time.. I'll pay somebody to do this

Photo's from my painful journey into the dark world of mechanics:


My poor raped engine bay

Another shot.. can't even tell it's an ACT anymore, I liked the bling bling yellow!

Bastardly old tranny!

My syncro nightmare savior!

Shot of the busted 110k mile original axels. Although this photo doesn't do it much justice, the DSS units are far heavier/sturdier than the originals!

Well that's it, i'm off to bed now, if you don't hear from me for a couple days.. i'll be in a comma

 

so overall was it worth it ?

 

Did you ever find out about that program? BTW, you think having one Civic tranny in your garage is bad. Try 2.

 

I HATE trannys I would rather swap a motor.fawk I hate trannys

 

much props bro..... if i was too touch an Auto tranny, i would run....that mess is heavy as hell and pretty hard to work with compared to manual tranny....

good luck on day 3

your right, WD-40 OWNZ!

EDIT: ooops looked at the auto pic instead of the manual....


[Modified by DOHCtorTHRUST, 7:16 AM 9/22/2002]

 

try 13 trannys.


2.5 hours to do a tranny swap, but I've had practice.


[Modified by Mista Bone, 5:24 AM 9/22/2002]

 

Ditto.

Next time I have to do a honda tranny, I think I will just pull the engine, and replace a bunch of **** as well.

 

ditto that...

 

Are those the DSS stage 1 axles? If so, you will snap them, snapped both of mine within a week of eachother, they had 0 drag races on them and SNAPOLAH. He is going to fix them but I have to ship them back to him first. Just a little warning.

 

nice work, hope everything holds up like they're supposed to... =/

 

Good to see the SOHC has not been abandoned, it was looking a little bleak the other day. Good luck with the "surgery".

 

so of course my friend, the nutless wonder that he is, "umm yea sorry but I gotta run, just do this-this-n'-that and you're done...

ROFLMAO.. It's unbelievable how men can be OWNED by their women.. Good job man. Glad you were able to do the work yourself.. These s are for you and your buddies brother. This is for your buddy for not having ***** and ditching you in a time of need.

 

well, what would you guys choose? Working on a car and dealing with all that. Or a niiiiiice peice of ***? id choose the ***, like all straight males should. But when it comes to friends, its Bros Before Hos. So that was a tuff call. Well im sorry to hear about your tanny probs, can you tell me anymore about how hard it was to put the axles in? or take out?

 

SWEET BRO !
seems like yoo went thru hell and back while yoo were having fun
how do the axles feel ?
good job bro

 

VTEC does NOT engage at 4400rpm on a D16Y8..
hey my vtec does....

 

took me about 5 hours to do a clutch install. it was my first time. i was kinda hesitant but i said **** it and wat do you know.......it turned out to be good. i didnt have any problems.

i wanted to ask.......how would you know the difference between trannies i.e. ex, cx, dx

basically, how would yo know you got an ex tranny by lookin at it.

 

They have different codes stamped on them and on a little white strip with what looks like a barcode. 5G EX's were S20 I belive, 6G EX's were K4F's and S40's.

 

Dave, i'm going to be putting in my fidanza flywheel, ACT clutch and EX trannyin a couple of weeks.....you are making me worried


[Modified by CzanSOHC, 7:19 PM 9/22/2002]

 

bar code + numbers on the sticker are USELESS!!!!!!!

I know why.

http://home.cinci.rr.com/mistab0ne/tranny.html

 

my last tranny swap was just under 2 hours, though b series! and thats with out a lift! I had one jack, two jack stands, no shirt, and no shoes!!! eric

 

Hasn't failed me yet. The only 3 EX's I've checked all had K4F's, my buddy's DX sayd K5F or something thereabouts...