FINALLY

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
05/22/2015 at 09:51 • Filed to: None

After four days of doing the wrong thing, I finally got my D16Y7 freed from my 1997 Honda Civic LX parts car.

It’s ok, this axle was broken anyways.

I opted for keeping the exhaust attached

So empty

So dirty

no vroom no more

Sunday I work on yanking the broken D16Y7 from my 98 Civic LX and prepping it for this engine/trans. Soon the Civic shall be super quiet and burn no oil :D

This was actually a super easy and straightfoward pull once I realized the entire wiring harness disconnects at two points instead of trying to disconnect the whole thing from the engine, and realized I didn’t have to try popping the ball joints in order to pull the axles (unbolt the LCA from the subframe and wiggle it all out of the way until the axle falls out)

DISCUSSION (5)

MonkeePuzzle > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
05/22/2015 at 10:04

looks like you’re doing it right to me.

my only piece of advice is, pull your radiator on the car you’re keeping, I scratched/dented mine and was pissed. And if you can, keep the A/C from your d16 intact so you don’t have to worry about recharging it.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > MonkeePuzzle
05/22/2015 at 10:07

Both cars have good radiators and good A/C systems. I unhooked the power steering and A/C from the engine before I pulled it so I didn’t have to do any obnoxious vacuuming/charging/etc. nonsense.

Twism > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
05/22/2015 at 10:25

So why swapping another D16 into it?

That’s like replacing the inline six from your 55 chevy with another six pot... the small-block is sooo tempting (or in your case, B20, K20, K24...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Twism
05/22/2015 at 10:45

Because I have another D16. The one in my car right now burns 1 qt of oil every 300 miles and has a bad transmission (refuses to go into reverse, pops out of gear, bad input shaft bearings, etc.).

Vicente Esteve > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
05/22/2015 at 11:05

So many possibilities.