Quick Question about replacing my engine. ( 92 accord LX 5sp.) Ive disconnected everything from engine except engine mounts. Ive taken a motor out of a 93 accord lx automatic. when i took the 93 motor out i took the dust shield off of tranny and got to the torque convertor bolts and engine came out easily. Now trying to take the 92 motor out i dont see a torque convertor so do i just take mounts off and the motor will come out, being iver take everything off already? i took oil pan off to see if i can see any bolts holding it together but dont see any?? Can someone guide me please, thanks

 

You already know the bolts holding the bellhousing to the engine block since you've done the automatic.

The pilot shaft of the transmission just pokes through the clutch & into the flywheel. Some cars have a pilot bearing in the flywheel to hold the end of the pilot shaft but I think yours doesn't. There is a splined part of that shaft which fits in the corresponding spline in the middle of the clutch disk.

Long story short, you'll have to move the engine away from the transmission straight & square for a few inches, until the transmission shaft is pulled out from all the clutch stuff. So make sure you lower things enough so that you have room for that.

 

You won't see a torque convertor since you're working on an MT engine. You should be able to remove the trans to engine bolts, and motor mount bolts and slide the 2 apart. Once the engine is out, then you can remove the clutch components and flywheel from the old engine, to install onto the new engine.
Normally I pull both the engine and trans out together, as it gives you more room to swing tools. Besides, you almost have to remove most everything to get it out anyway.

 

ok thanks JB got confused when i didnt see a torque convertor lol but i finally got it out after seeing this and now i see what you said.... and thanks for telling me i had to change flywheel and clutch to the new motor.
do i have to have a tool to line the clutch back up or can i just eyeball it?

 

New motor is from an automatic car?

The crankshaft is the same, but the flywheel uses longer bolts than the "flex-plate" of an automatic. So make sure you get the flywheel-to-crank bolts from the manual flywheel.

I haven't done it on a Honda, but where I have there is an alignment tool that centers the clutch disk properly as you bolt on the pressure plate. It's a pretty simple thing (plastic or wood) and if you don't have one you can probably improvise. From the parts drawings it looks like the flywheel center-hole is plenty big, and there's no pilot bearing. So try any kind of straight shaft you can find. Maybe another way is to measure from the clutch disk's hub out to the edge of the flywheel - that should be exactly the same all the way around.

Without an actual pilot bearing in the flywheel, this alignment is less critical.

People have also mentioned the possibility of flipping the clutch disk backwards. I guess it can be assembled that way but it won't work properly. I feel pretty dumb that I didn't mention this & I hope you paid attention to which way it goes.

 

yea new motor is from auto. and yea my unc told me i had to use the same bolts off my flywheel.. thanks anyways. And yes i will check to make sure i put it on the same way it comes off when i give it a go in the a.m. let you know how it goes

 

While you have the clutch assembly apart, check the thickness of the clutch disc. I only say that, as I'd hate to see you reinstall a worn out disc.