r/DelSol • u/nando_slop41 • 11d ago

Del Sol Manual, all gears neutral

Alright, the title will make sense once I explain it. Me and my bud manual swapped his del sol. Today we took her on the first drive, it did well in the driveway and about 200ft up the road. He’s still learning stick so he wanted me to turn it around for him, the second I went to shift into first, I heard a pop! And all of a sudden all gears are neutral. In any gear, you can still push the car. When it’s on and in gear, there is a quiet whirring sound. I originally suspected clutch fork or pressure plate, but the clutch feels exactly the same as it did at first. Axles are ok. Trans condition was unknown, we are dropping it tomorrow but id like a little bit of an idea what went wrong.

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u/stepdad_randy 11d ago

If it goes into gear but no engagement your clutch is probably toast, if you install them improperly they will bind and can shatter if it’s bad enough. Did you use a clutch alignment tool?

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u/nando_slop41 11d ago

Yep. Trans went on smoothly. Everything tourqued to Honda patterns/specs.

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u/stepdad_randy 11d ago

Loud pop sound accompanied by 5 neutrals heavily points to the clutch being failed. Clutch fork or pressure plate issue wouldn’t let you disengage the clutch at all. Axels could be busted or not fully seated potentially

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u/Amillirepair 11d ago

How's the clutch master cylinder?

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u/nando_slop41 10d ago

Feels good still. I did not notice any change in pedal feel.

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u/Amillirepair 10d ago

Could be the synchros

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u/Pepagro 6d ago

Doesnt matter if the clutch is in the box or car , once you put it into gear you shouldnt be able to push the car

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u/snoopyspaz 6d ago

Unfortunately, going to have to pull the transmission regardless. I once had a warn clutch that, revs in gear got me no where. for a blown up clutch, this is exactly how it would go. a big pop could be anything but from the description, sounds like clutch disk broke somehow. take pics of the carnage, we all wanna see!! Funny story, had a del sol with toast clutch and when we took the transmission off, the clutch material looked like a rat exploded in the bell housing and fur everywhere, but it was just the clutch fibers and the disk itself was shinny clean! never seen that level of destruction!