K20A3 Gearbos issues, need help

[Timmy_B]

Hey i been having problems with my gearbox.
It was crunching from 2nd to 3rd gear at high reves, but not low reves so i backed off it heaps.. the next day it wasn't as bad but still happened so i went out and bout the OEM honda manual tanny oil and flushed the old stuff out. They was little bits of metal in the oil which is common i was told by a mate.
The new oil is in and fixed the problem for at least a day, not it's back and it's not so much grinding but in 3rd gear it sounds like something is loose, (metal noise)..

I also check the clutch and its fine.. Im thinking its a syncro thats on it's way out.. any thoughts????

also that means whole gearbox out, replace the syncro and what ever else is damaged..

OR

Just been thinking bout a K20A type R gearbox... I know this means i go from 5 gears to 6 but is it a direct bolt on?? and the wiring looms need to be changed?? or ecu need to change???
this option is the most expensive but it solves the problem. lol

any help is welcome.

[tinkerbell]

i believe the 6 speed would be a bolt on...

and by the sound of it you have busted a fair bit more than just a synchro...

[Timmy_B]

i believe the 6 speed would be a bolt on...

and by the sound of it you have busted a fair bit more than just a synchro...

Yeah, i knew it was gunna be more than a syncro when it started to make this metal noise in 3rd..

im just skipping 3rd all together now, trying not to do more damage..

Cheers for that, do you know if i have to change ecu?? or anything else??

Also, anyone know where i can pick up a gearbox?? i been googleing and can't find anything is AUS...

[TypeSexy]

go to the wreckers

and i believe there are some on OH

[tinkerbell]

here is a link (thanks ChargeR) for teh RSX manual...

d/load it and check out whether the ECU is linked with the manual gearbox

http://www.4shared.com/file/97504073...sx_linked.html

[Type S Tony]

Its a Manual Gearbox, no ECU required, straight bolt up to existing gearbox stud pattern. Got quoted for a Type R 6 speed Lsd box a while ago something like $900?? if i remember correctly.

[Berty]

900?

[SPL_K]

a DC5R K20A 6 speed lsd gbox for $900? Where!?

[Type S Tony]

a DC5R K20A 6 speed lsd gbox for $900? Where!?

An Automotive wrecker in Bankstown, this is going back 6-8 months ago, i remember him saying to me he just wanted it gone because no one had shown any interest in it for a very long time. cant remeber the name of the wrecker, it was in some industrial street at the back of bankstown

[TypeSexy]

prob from greenacre there is heaps of them there

[RichyR]

damn 900... i would grab it straight away.. I actually need one atm ... when i was looking for a jdm k20 box, found one for 2K but didnt have the money so the car still doesnt move yet.

[Timmy_B]

Thanks for the help.. hopefully it's not gunna cost me heaps but i doubt thats true.. i will be paying for it one way or another

[DC2RKID]

what colour are the bits of metal ?

[Timmy_B]

what colour are the bits of metal ?

chrome metal colour lol only little tiny bits

[tinkerbell]

could be bearing shards?