Verticaljump1
15+ Year Contributor
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- May 8, 2004
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cheyenne,
Wyoming
Just did a clutch/turbo swap, slapped in a 50 trim and I couldn't wait to feel it. I start up the car, push the clutch in, and try to get the car into reverse, and the damn thing wouldn't move. With the clutch pushed in, I tried putting the car into every gear and none of them would go in. I can tell that the clutch isn't fully disengaging because whenever I try to force the shifter into gear the RPM's drop as if I'm slipping the clutch. My first guess was a bad slave cylinder, so I bled it (loosened the nipple, put a clear tube over the nipple, have a buddy pump the clutch and stop as soon as I see no air bubbles coming through the clutch fluid, once no more bubbles are seen I had him hold the pedal to the floor, as I tighted up the nipple and put the cap on the resevior (sp?). After bleeding it yielded no results, I bought a used one from a guy in town, slapped that on, bled it (using the same method above) and the thing still didn't work. The clutch fluid I'm using is regular ole' DOT 3 brake fluid. Flywheel is resurfaced to .610, and the clutch is an ACT 2600. Yes the T/O bearing was replaced, yes the T/O bearing retaining clip is in place correctly,yes the shifter cables/bushings are fine. Another characteristic of this incident was that the pedal felt very weak, especially since the clutch is an ACT 2600, and at times the pedal would stay stuck to the floor (even after we bled it). Maybe I should try an extended slave cylinder rod, but I don't know why the stock slave cylinder rod length would at least give me a little bit of room to work with, I drove the car with the ACT 2600 just fine before, so what's causing me problems now? There is a plug on the transmission, if you are looking towards the front of it, it is in the bottom left corner, that plug is left without connection, although I doubt that would have anything to do with it. Also, I might've put the disc on backwards (flywheel side facing the bellhousing?), but I highly doubt I would make that mistake. Anger aside, I want my baby to move, can you guys help me out? Thanks a lot guys~Brandon.