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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 08:38 PM
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I have had my Tex clutch installed for about 4 weeks now. Today it started to feel very spungy. I can not shift in to 2nd gear at WOT. It does not quiet feel like it is fully disengaging. If i place the car in first gear and push the clutch in while reving the car to 6k it will begine to roll. When i did the clutch i did do full ZO6 hydrolics. Could this be air in the line?(god i hope so) or is it something else i should be looking at.

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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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From the way you have discribed it that the first place I would go, I hope you put one of those bleeder extensions on when you installed the clutch

I also saw a post either on this site or the Z06 site in the passed few days where a guy installed an adjustable clutch master cylinder and that cured his dragging clutch problems
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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PS, let us know how you make out you fix, I have been considering one of those Tex clutches and want to put my money in the right place.
It's got to have air in the line, everyone who has one of these clutches loves them and they seem to take heavy HP abuse.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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Yes i do have the LAPD bleeder. I hope that cures it. O yeah and what kind of fluid should i be using?>
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RoHo
From the way you have discribed it that the first place I would go, I hope you put one of those bleeder extensions on when you installed the clutch

I also saw a post either on this site or the Z06 site in the passed few days where a guy installed an adjustable clutch master cylinder and that cured his dragging clutch problems
Whatever you do, DO NOT put in an adjustable master with the textralia clutch. I had a mcleod with mine and the pedal began to stick to the floor on full throttle runs. I guess it has something to do with too much fluid being pushed into the slave. Id try bleeding the clutch. Might be a possibility that something is up with the tranny itself.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by RoHo
PS, let us know how you make out you fix, I have been considering one of those Tex clutches and want to put my money in the right place.
It's got to have air in the line, everyone who has one of these clutches loves them and they seem to take heavy HP abuse.
Yes I love mine and your problem doesn't sound clutch related it sound hydraulic..

had close to the same problem when I put my clutch in and it was the slave cylinder that went bad...

replaced and good to go..

definalty try bleeding the system
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