It never ends, need diagnosis help!
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Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
It never ends, need diagnosis help!
After coming back today from a nice vacation I went to drive my car home. I almost made it home when the clutch went to the floor. They was a sort of clank sound as it happened. Now I can't push the clutch in without it grinding like crazy and stalling. The clutch pedal seems very loose. You can hear a slight clanking sound at idle. Any ideas what I'm in for?
Its a 90 6 speed. The engine was replaced last year with a new clutch.
Its a 90 6 speed. The engine was replaced last year with a new clutch.
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Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
Clutch Hydralics are bad/leaking. When is the last time you replaced the slave, master and hose? Read up on it at zfdoc.com
Randy
Randy
I've never replaced any of the hydraulics. I checked the reservoir and it's full.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Westfield MA
Does the clutch disengage when you step on the pedal? My guess is that it is something inside the bellhousing, if the hydraulics were not functioning, you should get no or partial disengagement.
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Safety Car
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From: Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada
It doesn't disengage at all. I can't push the pedal in without it grinding.
Safety Car
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From: Mt Laurel NJ
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
) and it came off while driving the car.Randy
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the master cylinder pushes on a fork that pushes on the plate. the way i would go about this is to remove the master cylinder and check to make sure it's operating correctly. if it is the transmission needs to come out and you need to figure out what broke. a clutch change isn't really as bad of a job as it sounds like. if you do it on jacks the one thing you need to be is somewhat in shape. the easiest way i have found to install one of the ZF's is to just bench press it up and wrestle it in. if you have a low height transmission jack that would probably also work. me? i just get mad at it and rough it up some. talk bad to it and shove it in 