Need Help Asap! Stuck On Road!
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From: Naples FL
Need Help Asap! Stuck On Road!
I am in dire need of technical help. My clutch slave suddenly lost all its fluid. I am on the road under my vette and have it out and apart. I checked FAQ and found the alert on seals on backwards but no info as to proper orientation.
Which way is the lip supposed to face?? Right now as configured, by looking AT the pressure side of the piston the open end of the seal is at the non-pressure side. Is this correct??????
Instructor
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From: Powhatan Virginia
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the lip of the seal should go towards the body of the slave cylinder--ie lip towards the fluid--however the seal itself must have went bad if you lost clutch all at once and /or a leak at clutch master cylinder or pressure line between the the two components --even a small/slow leak would mean that once the fluid got low enough you would lose your clutch pedal--possibly just adding fluiud may have limped you home or to a repair shop depending on where you are---hope this helps
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From: The Top of Utah
You don't need a clutch to get anywhere. Put the trans in first gear, hold the clutch pedal to the floor to close the interlock switch, and crank the engine over. As soon as it catches feather the throttle to get underway without bogging the engine. You can shift gears, up or diwn, by synchronizing the engine speed to the road speed with the throttle. At a stop sign or light, slip it into neutral and shut off the engine. Once stopped, put it in first gear. When the light turns green repeat the start up described. You won't hurt a thing and you'll save a tow bill. Then you can fix it in the comfort of your own home.
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From: FL
You don't need a clutch to get anywhere. Put the trans in first gear, hold the clutch pedal to the floor to close the interlock switch, and crank the engine over. As soon as it catches feather the throttle to get underway without bogging the engine. You can shift gears, up or diwn, by synchronizing the engine speed to the road speed with the throttle. At a stop sign or light, slip it into neutral and shut off the engine. Once stopped, put it in first gear. When the light turns green repeat the start up described. You won't hurt a thing and you'll save a tow bill. Then you can fix it in the comfort of your own home.
RACE ON!!!
RACE ON!!!
This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you .
I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
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Have to laugh at this one sorry This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you .
I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you . I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
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From: The Top of Utah
Originally Posted by toptechx6
Have to laugh at this one sorry This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you .
I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you . I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
RACE ON!!!
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From: Kanata ON.
You don't need a clutch to get anywhere. Put the trans in first gear, hold the clutch pedal to the floor to close the interlock switch, and crank the engine over. As soon as it catches feather the throttle to get underway without bogging the engine. You can shift gears, up or diwn, by synchronizing the engine speed to the road speed with the throttle. At a stop sign or light, slip it into neutral and shut off the engine. Once stopped, put it in first gear. When the light turns green repeat the start up described. You won't hurt a thing and you'll save a tow bill. Then you can fix it in the comfort of your own home.
RACE ON!!!
RACE ON!!!
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Safety Car
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From: FL
Suppose I was just picturing my luck trying to pull this off, then you would be the one laughing at the huge multi-car collision you saw on network news tonight caused by some old geezer driving his Vette in Florida! Hope you understand the comment was all in fun.
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I was as serious as a heart attack. The title of this thread is "Need Help Asap! Stuck On Road!". I thought I presented a viable, possible, suggestion, depending on the actual conditions, me not being there to see for myself. My thanks for the contribution is nothing but criticism. Maybe that technique is too advanced for some. There is nothing particularly hazardous about that procedure.
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I was as serious as a heart attack. The title of this thread is "Need Help Asap! Stuck On Road!". I thought I presented a viable, possible, suggestion, depending on the actual conditions, me not being there to see for myself. My thanks for the contribution is nothing but criticism. Maybe that technique is too advanced for some. There is nothing particularly hazardous about that procedure.
RACE ON!!!
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From: :45 minutes from everywhere / E-I-E-I-O
Have to laugh at this one sorry This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you .
I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
This might be great advice in Utah, but trust me when I say the traffic in Florida is a nightmare. I'm not saying you couldn't do this safely but if you can you are one hell of a driver and my hat is off to you . I might have given this a shot when I lived out in the boondocks in Ohio but think it would be a suicide attempt here, I would pay the tow bill with a smile on my face before trying it in Florida.
I don't think you're sorry that you have to laugh. I think that's your way.
When OP is ready to pull the trigger - sometime on sunday night, anywhere in the US, ga$ thru the roof, he'll have little traffic to contend with, to do a pretty easy task.
NOT sorry I had to let on to ya'.
ed: why don't you get elected, and say 'no' every time some spending legislation gets voted on? We need your type in DC, and I'll vote for ya'.