Originally posted by shadowracer95@Jun 12 2004, 11:07 AM
Please do yourself a favor and pick up some kinda of manual before you destroy you poor car!
First, You need to take the gear lube out of your trans. You do this by unscrewing the so called "allenkey shaped one?" which is actually a 3/8 drive head. You can use a 3/8 ratchet or breaker bar but please remember lefty loosey, right tighty. Also remember that your trans has an aluminum housing and you can strip the hole very easily. This means when you go to put the plug back in you just snug it and not gorilla tighten it.
Second, You are correct about the 17mm Head plug, this is where you fill the fluid. The fluid that is recommended by honda is 10w30 engine oil if you can't get your hands on OEM HONDA MTF. Now I have put 10w40 in for the summer time due to the high heat conditions from city driving. You do have to take note though DO NOT I repeat DO NOT put SYNTHETIC OIL in your trans. Reason being, there is a molecule I believe it is something like "polybedum" (don't quote me on the name) and it is bad for your synchros. In turn it will make your car harder to shift and eventually destroy your synchros.
Thrid, the noise you heard is most likely your throwout bearing! Althought there are a couple other things it could be. It could be you main shaft bearing in your trans if seen those go a couple of times or your pilot bearing highly unlikely though. You did say "when I push it in and goes away" usually this would be your throw out bearing. With the clutch pedal released your T/B will free spin and the noise you here are loose balls in your bearing. Once you depress the clutch the T/B puts pressure on the diaphram of the pressure plate which in turn reduces the room the balls in your T/B have to move alleviating the noise. I recomend OEM Honda/Acura throwout bearing the rest of em suck!
Lastly, Snap rings. Your lucky it was the drivers side axle that is missing the snap ring. The reason the snap rings are there is to hold your axle in the trans. Due to the fact that it was the drivers side axle with the intermediate shaft that bolts to the block your axle did not come out while you were driving. Im not sure if the snap rings off you D series will fit but I know you do need to get some.
Hope this answered your questions! Now please go get yourself some sort of manual