HELP! gearbox problem =(
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HELP! gearbox problem =(
hi guys it appears that im in deep sh*t now...
i just flew back from melb for vacation. When i wanted to drive my baby out this evening... i realized my clutch pedal was extremely loose, feels like it's not connected to anything at all. Cant shift gears too...
i can put the gear into position when i turned off the engine. But once i tried to start with 1st gear engaged, clutch pedal down, the engine stalls... couldnt really start it. The car moved forward a tiny bit and went off. Feels like smth jamming inside.
wht could have cause this problem... linkage btw the pedal and clutch? or clutch itself?
by the way i realized my gearbox is leaking oil... strange thing is i just had my gearbox serviced.
anyone encounter this problem before? is there anything i can check before i send it to the workshop? please help me im so lost. Thanks for reading
i just flew back from melb for vacation. When i wanted to drive my baby out this evening... i realized my clutch pedal was extremely loose, feels like it's not connected to anything at all. Cant shift gears too...
i can put the gear into position when i turned off the engine. But once i tried to start with 1st gear engaged, clutch pedal down, the engine stalls... couldnt really start it. The car moved forward a tiny bit and went off. Feels like smth jamming inside.
wht could have cause this problem... linkage btw the pedal and clutch? or clutch itself?
by the way i realized my gearbox is leaking oil... strange thing is i just had my gearbox serviced.
anyone encounter this problem before? is there anything i can check before i send it to the workshop? please help me im so lost. Thanks for reading
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Will wager my first born the leak you see is from a $100 clutch slave cylinder unit thats got shot seals..
First call would be to Kempys www.kempys.co.nz.
First call would be to Kempys www.kempys.co.nz.
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so Bennoz wht u mean is the leak is actually causing the malfunction?
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I bet she would be LOLing as Ben puts his nuts on the line first so there would not be any kids to wageryano wrote:Wonder how your misses would feel if she saw you make bets on your first born and your left and right nutsSchumieFan wrote:funny no one took you up on that...Bennoz wrote:Will wager my first born ....
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I've just had the same thing happen to my car yesterday.. Clutch all of a sudden has stopped working - it won't engage properly.
I was able to limp home by forcing it into gear, but it was very notchy, now it won't move into gear at all unless I turn the engine off, move into gear & then rev the engine high enough.
The clutch pedal is extremely shakey & shuddering when it is fully released & I think it was the clutch slave cylinder in the engine bay that was vibrating / shuddering as well
I'll be ordering the clutch slave cylinder from Kempy's ASAP, but I have had some other problems with the car as well that I'd like an opinion on;
Gearbox / Clutch problems, including shuddering through the accelerator during 3rd & 4th gears and clutch shudder when taking off in 1st
Any ideas?
I was able to limp home by forcing it into gear, but it was very notchy, now it won't move into gear at all unless I turn the engine off, move into gear & then rev the engine high enough.
The clutch pedal is extremely shakey & shuddering when it is fully released & I think it was the clutch slave cylinder in the engine bay that was vibrating / shuddering as well
I'll be ordering the clutch slave cylinder from Kempy's ASAP, but I have had some other problems with the car as well that I'd like an opinion on;
Gearbox / Clutch problems, including shuddering through the accelerator during 3rd & 4th gears and clutch shudder when taking off in 1st
Any ideas?
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That sounds more like a shut clutch plate that a blown cylinder mate..mr-charisma wrote:I've just had the same thing happen to my car yesterday.. Clutch all of a sudden has stopped working - it won't engage properly.
I was able to limp home by forcing it into gear, but it was very notchy, now it won't move into gear at all unless I turn the engine off, move into gear & then rev the engine high enough.
The clutch pedal is extremely shakey & shuddering when it is fully released & I think it was the clutch slave cylinder in the engine bay that was vibrating / shuddering as well
I'll be ordering the clutch slave cylinder from Kempy's ASAP, but I have had some other problems with the car as well that I'd like an opinion on;
Gearbox / Clutch problems, including shuddering through the accelerator during 3rd & 4th gears and clutch shudder when taking off in 1st
Any ideas?
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I found the picture of the clutch slave cylinder you posted & when I checked mine it didn't look like it had the spring connected .. it may have busted off - Would I be right in assuming that it might explain the shuddering through the pedal & why the actual slave mechanism was shaking as well?Bennoz wrote:That sounds more like a shut clutch plate that a blown cylinder mate..mr-charisma wrote:I've just had the same thing happen to my car yesterday.. Clutch all of a sudden has stopped working - it won't engage properly.
I was able to limp home by forcing it into gear, but it was very notchy, now it won't move into gear at all unless I turn the engine off, move into gear & then rev the engine high enough.
The clutch pedal is extremely shakey & shuddering when it is fully released & I think it was the clutch slave cylinder in the engine bay that was vibrating / shuddering as well
I'll be ordering the clutch slave cylinder from Kempy's ASAP, but I have had some other problems with the car as well that I'd like an opinion on;
Gearbox / Clutch problems, including shuddering through the accelerator during 3rd & 4th gears and clutch shudder when taking off in 1st
Any ideas?
I'll be getting it towed to a workshop on Monday to get it checked out, so with any luck I won't be up for a brand new clutch..
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I've taken it to the workshop & the guy "had a look at it" ... he literally jumped in pushed on the pedal & said ..they're going to need to replace the clutch.. and it would be $660 for labour (as a ball park figure, could be more, or less - but I got the impression it would be more)
Why he couldn't tell me that over the phone before I drove my car 15km to get it there I have no idea (except in the hopes that I'd just leave it there to get the work done)
I drove my car back home again that afternoon, where it will be staying until I can check around & get some more quotes & some more advice from trusted mechanics.. I may end up taking it back there anyway, they seem to know their stuff & apparently make good custom uprated clutch kits.. It just seems like they might be a bit dodgy & I might end up with a lot of extra charges they're not telling me up front..
Can someone give me an idea of what would be involved with getting the gearbox out? From what I understand of it, you hoist the engine disconnect gearbox from it etc & drop the gearbox out the bottom.. Is that right?
Is there any reason why they'd need to take apart any of the turbo setup in order to get it out? I would have thought they wouldn't need to touch it.. As far as I can tell, the piping isn't in the way..
Other places are quoting at around $400 + "more" if the turbo setup is a bitch to work around..
As for clutches, a couple of places make Uprated Sports Organic kits with apparently tougher internals which I can pick up for between $530 - $570 which should be good for around 300kw, 40% increase (They said any more & the gearbox would become the weak link..) and Race brakes have quoted on their uprated kit, touting an increase of "over 100%" - from memory, $680 + postage $30
Thanks in advance for any help guys
Why he couldn't tell me that over the phone before I drove my car 15km to get it there I have no idea (except in the hopes that I'd just leave it there to get the work done)
I drove my car back home again that afternoon, where it will be staying until I can check around & get some more quotes & some more advice from trusted mechanics.. I may end up taking it back there anyway, they seem to know their stuff & apparently make good custom uprated clutch kits.. It just seems like they might be a bit dodgy & I might end up with a lot of extra charges they're not telling me up front..
Can someone give me an idea of what would be involved with getting the gearbox out? From what I understand of it, you hoist the engine disconnect gearbox from it etc & drop the gearbox out the bottom.. Is that right?
Is there any reason why they'd need to take apart any of the turbo setup in order to get it out? I would have thought they wouldn't need to touch it.. As far as I can tell, the piping isn't in the way..
Other places are quoting at around $400 + "more" if the turbo setup is a bitch to work around..
As for clutches, a couple of places make Uprated Sports Organic kits with apparently tougher internals which I can pick up for between $530 - $570 which should be good for around 300kw, 40% increase (They said any more & the gearbox would become the weak link..) and Race brakes have quoted on their uprated kit, touting an increase of "over 100%" - from memory, $680 + postage $30
Thanks in advance for any help guys
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$660 seems the norm for clutch replacements these days.Bennoz wrote:$660 is not a bad price. Im using the sports organic plate with an EVO III 1 tonne pressure plate & all up it was $420 to buy... so add $xxx for labour & thats about right.
Im assuming the $660 includes the cost of the clutch itself and not just the labour, I can only imagine how hard it might be for them to work around the turbo setup.
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