I tried almost everything suggested in this thread on mine. I spent 3 hours trying to get the phucker out. Then my cousin walked in (I was in his shop) and grabbed an air chisel out of his drawer, plugged in the air, stuck a punch in it and BPHTBPHTBPHTBPHTBPHT!!!!!!! out in one second. I guess that's what you do when you've been doing it for 13 years. If you have access to air tools, there's certain things on a motor swap that only take seconds.

Here's another idea... Take a deep welled socket that's bigger than the diameter of the dowel pin, a 8" C-clamp, and a small bolt that's a little smaller than the transmission dowel pin. Put the socket between the top of the dowel pin so that it will freely go into the socket when being removed, and place the bolt on the other end of the clamp so that it's against the dowel pin. Tighten the clamp, and it should push the dowel pin out. I didn't try that in my 3 hours of struggling, but it would have worked.

Go to Honda. Get a new dowel pin. Those aren't reusable. Your shifter will feel sloppy if you do, and it has a chance of falling out over time if you have a heavy shift hand.

 

Just take the engine and tranny out with shift linkage still attached, like mentioned by tiger, and worry about that later, your main concern is getting the B16 in.

 

:werd:

I've done multiple engine swaps and clutch replacements and I've only removed that pin once (the first time). Never saw a need to do it after that since it was such a pain!

 

werd. thats what i was thinking. same thing witht the drivers-side axle. I got it out of the spindle, but its stuck in the tranny. Doesn't seem like it'll be too much trouble to drop the motor with the axle still attached...then i'll just worry about it later.

 

Theres no way its falling out unless you left the retaining ring off when you put it back together. And yes they are reuseable.

 

Technically, the Helm's manual calls for the dowel to be replaced anytime it's removed. I reused mine and had no problems. It's not going anywhere with the clip in place and it goes in about as easy as it comes out sometimes, so I don't think it's loose enough in there to cause any slop.

 

Thanks again everyone for the added good ideas to the thread. I think before we say fawk it and pull motor with linkage attached, we'll try what Jafro suggested, sounds like a solid idea. So thanks mang

And incublinkus....my pleasure buddy, at least I'm learning and getting the experience under my belt. Plus its tons-O-fun, and you know I'm there for ya cause I'd hope you'd be there for me. Someday when i get MY Honda...h: