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no problem ill wait for it lol

 
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osoboosted come on bro wheres the diy...im taking my tranny out today!!!

 
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Nevermind. Guys it's easier to just slide the tranny aside in the engine bay rather than remove it. There is enough room to remove the old disc and pressure plate and install the new disc and pressure plate. My throwout bearing looked ok so I left it in but I made sure to use assembly lube on the shaft that the throwout bearing slides on. Maybe I'll do a DIY if I get the time.

 
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Man I could have used this 2 weeks ago. I just wanted to swap motors without pulling the tranny. As I can see you have accomplished pulling the tranny without pulling the motor?

Any way I pulled both motor and tranny. I didn't need to screw with the subframe at all. I also left the input shafts in place and just wiggled them to the side when putting everything back.

Can't wait to see your DIY hopefully I won't need to use it anytime soon though! ;-)

 
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Please do. I am most curious on how I could have saved time by not pulling my tranny and just swapping the block. Granted my swap only took me the weekend but it would have been nice to do it even faster.

 
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Here's a general idea on how I did it. This is assuming you've already removed your intake/air box.

Detaching the tranny from the block

1.) Remove battery tie down, battery and battery tray (little metal tray held on with 4 bolts)
2.) Remove the ground wire from the bracket on the tranny
3.) Disconnect the slave cylinder line from the same bracket on the tranny
4.) Disconnect the shift linkage from the top of the tranny
5.) Disconnect the sensor on the top of the tranny (think it's the speed sensor) and the sensor towards the back of the tranny
6.) Remove the starter
7.) Remove the 4 bolts and tranny bracket holding the tranny to the passenger side upper motor mount
8.) Drain tranny fluid
9.) Jack up the car and separate the ball joints so you can remove the axles
10.) Loosen all of the tranny bolts that attach the tranny to the block
11.) Secure the engine with a lift or a jack
12.) Remove the bolts attaching the tranny to the lower front and rear motor mounts
13.) Remove all of the tranny bolts you previously loosened

At this point you should be able to separate the tranny from the block. Slide it over to the left and secure it so you can start pressure plate and disc removal.

To uninstall the pressure plate and disc

1.) Remove the 12 point bolts around the outer perimeter of the pressure plate
2.) Remove the pressure plate and disc
3.) Place the new disc against the flywheel and push the alignment tool through the center of it to ensure that it is lined up
4.) Slide the new pressure plate over the alignment tool and use the 12 point bolts you removed earlier to lock it down. You might want to use loctite on these bolts and make sure you torque them to spec.
5.) Remove the alignment tool
6.) Use needle nose pliers to remove the old throwout bearing from the tranny and install the new one using assembly lube
7.) Since the tranny was secured off to the side, unsecure it and slide it back in place. Be patient with this step it helps to have someone turning the crank at the crank pulley when trying to line it up.

Of course you will need to do everything in reverse order from above to reinstall the tranny. Don't forget to fill the tranny with new Honda tranny fluid.

 
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I'm a noob at all this stuff... Would doing these steps enable you to replace your syncros or wutever? Are more steps needed?

 
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Nice job Dober! I think where I went wrong when I did this was in your "Detaching the tranny from the block" step 7.

I remvoved the bolt but I don't think my friends and I thought of removing the mount which is probably what gives you the extra clearance to slide it left.

This is a great DIY! Maybe a mod can put this in the DIY section?

 
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No. You are talking about the internals of the tranny. I'd go to a tranny shop for that kind of work.

 
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Thanks man sticky would be cool.

Ya step 7 is important since that is one of the motor mounts that holds the tranny in place. There are two others (front and rear) that you need to separate the tranny from in order to slide it over too.

 
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What you are saying makes complete since. The two friends that helped me were basically working for beer. I’m sure all the drinking is what hindered everyone’s judgment on pulling the mounts out. These two guys are techs for Intel and are basically weekend garage mechanics. I always joke around that my car has “Intel” inside it now.

 
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That's funny. Im a programmer and I do the same thing.

You don't need to remove the motor mount, just the bracket on the tranny that is attached to the motor mount and the tranny. That should save ya some time.

 
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Actually my friends work on the million dollar tools used to create the chips. They just call them "techs". However it's funny you mention you are programmer as I do the same thing. I work mostly with VB, SQL and most M$ related products. However I am branching off into Java, Oracle, and Linux to open more career opportunities. What type of programming do you do?

 
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This is a little off topic lol but mostly ASP.NET with VB.NET, ADO.NET, ASP, VB, SQL, HTML, CSS, and Javascript. I work with SQL Server on a daily basis and all the other m$ related environments.

 
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Sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders. Anyway didn't mean to get so far offtopic. Thanks again for the DIY.

Btw.. just looked at your car. Very Nice!

 
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Thanks man, I definitely enjoy what I do. I'm sure you do as well. You can PM me.

You mean that hunk of metal in my signature hehe