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I have a 1992 convertible with a 6 speed. I bought a 1995 with a 6 speed and did an engine swap, I used the 95 bell housing and clutch and the 92 6 speed. Now for the question. when the car is not running everything shifts fine, but the pedal is very hard. With the engine running, pedal is still very hard and I can not shift into any gear. I am obviously missing something pretty big here, but what and where did I go wrong
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I will check that but am I right to assume that everything is the same between the two years. The trans was hard to separate from the bell housing and was just as hard re-installing it.
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The 95 came with the lighter ZF "BlueLabel" Trans. The 92 may have the heavier "Black label" 6 speed. I know up through 91 were Black Label ZF 6 speeds. They are stronger but I think they interchange. I would agree with the alignment suggestion on the slave cylinder pull rod.
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I have a 1992 convertible with a 6 speed. I bought a 1995 with a 6 speed and did an engine swap, I used the 95 bell housing and clutch and the 92 6 speed. Now for the question. when the car is not running everything shifts fine, but the pedal is very hard. With the engine running, pedal is still very hard and I can not shift into any gear. I am obviously missing something pretty big here, but what and where did I go wrong
You could use the clutch and housing no problem but the release bearing needs to match the ZF.
There's a tag on each of the ZF's - all ZF's are 1052-000-XXX (XXX = number). Post the XXX values for yours that's "in the car" and "on the ground". I'd expect 044 likely on the removed and 089 on the "in the car". Anything is possible!
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When you swapped the clutch, housing and the ZF which release bearing did you use? The '92 (if stock untouched) would have an ID of something near 1.310 +/- and the '95 (if stock untouched) 1.375 +/- so there's a potential of .70 +/- difference of the ID to the guide tube of the ZF. The guide tube OD is mentioned to be 1.305 and 1.375 in ZF specs.
You could use the clutch and housing no problem but the release bearing needs to match the ZF.
There's a tag on each of the ZF's - all ZF's are 1052-000-XXX (XXX = number). Post the XXX values for yours that's "in the car" and "on the ground". I'd expect 044 likely on the removed and 089 on the "in the car". Anything is possible!
You could use the clutch and housing no problem but the release bearing needs to match the ZF.
There's a tag on each of the ZF's - all ZF's are 1052-000-XXX (XXX = number). Post the XXX values for yours that's "in the car" and "on the ground". I'd expect 044 likely on the removed and 089 on the "in the car". Anything is possible!
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I used everything off of the 95. I did notice that the 95 throw out had a retaining ring around the bearing and the 92 does not have that. I will crawl under the car later on and check the tag. I have already sold the 95 transmission so getting the tag number will be difficult.
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Well. I checked the placement of the slave cylinder and played with it a bit and got it to somewhat work, weird throw out bearing set up, seems reversed from all the regular clutches I have worked on. I believe the slave is bad so i will replace it with the one from the doner car and bleed it out and see if it gets any better. I am liking my C3 automatic more and more everyday.
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The throwout bearing does not push against the pressure plate splines as in other clutch designs.
Yes it's different but it works.