Car stuck/jammed in 1st gear after service :(

[Gio]

Hey guys.

Beeza and i just finished servicing my car.

We changed the trans fluid and everything else. Car was fine, i put from 1st to reverse, revered out and then put it in 1st and now its jammed.

We used oem honda manual trans fluid (my car is a d16y4 manual).

Also when we where changing the trans fluid we put a magnet rod in there to check for any shit and there was a ball-bearing in there :S

Is that meant to be in there? Because it was and it was working fine and now its jammed in 1st gear

Any help will be appreciated guys.

Thanks

[Mattybro]

If it is an automatic trans,yes, the ball bearing is suppose to be in there, but if it was just floating around, you're going to pull the trans plate off and find out where that little sucker is missing from, cause they are actually supposed to go into channels within the box.

[mars_panas]

Take it back to the mech.....

[Gio]

Aw fuuuuuu.

So its obviosly not meant to be floating around in there? So i pull the trans plate off and put the ball bearing back?

How would have it come out?

EDIT: lol mars.

Me and beeza done it :S lol

[Mattybro]

No I'm pretty sure if you just pull off the plate all the bearings will fall out, I can't be doubly sure, but generally the trans is pulled off, turned so the plate is uppermost, and then the plate is removed, you will then be able to see which channel is missing the ball bearing.

[Gio]

I just hope its not the bearing that is stuck between the gears because it will be a pain in the arse to get out.

[beeza]

It's a d16y4 manual.

We poured the transmission fluid down the dipstick hole.

Just behind the dipstick,there is a bolt on top there.That's the one that had a ballbearing in it when we took it off.I poured a little bit of fluid in there thinking it may where you put the fliud in...

Could that be the cause of the problem?

[JasonGilholme]

Its a manual but has a dip stick hole on it??

Sounds weird to me.

Hope you get it sorted before the cruise!!!!!!!

[Gio]

It has what we call a *dipstick hole* but it had no effing dipstickick in it.

[beeza]

Its a manual but has a dip stick hole on it??

Sounds weird to me.

Hope you get it sorted before the cruise!!!!!!!

Yeah,my mechanic told me you pour the fluid in on the side,not down that dipstick looking hole.

We will check it out tomorrow.Hopefully the fluid went into the transmission...

I can't check it until lunch tomorrow.Frustrating.

[Gio]

Where else could have it gone?

And what hole did we pour it in

[munkaii]

Imo its a lot easier to use the speed sensor as per ben's guide in the DIY sub forum.