TOB or SC??? Been searching all night

[iaarmyduck]

ok tuners....spent the weekend eliminating balance shafts and doing a motor swap. The motor is great no leaks even got the return line to have no leaks (love street elbows from hardware store!) Anyway went to take the car for a spin and pushed the clutch in and went to throw her in first and nothing but loud grinding!! The clutch felt spongy so I bled the lines with every method known to man, still problem occured WTF. I then adjusted the master rod out, still same prob (master is not leaking fyi) and I even tried bleeding some more!! However if I put the car in gear with the car off and then start the car it moves, let the clutch out it dies!!!

To answer some questions... I am tight on funds so I didnt replace the TOB (yeah I know..) I had my flywheel resurfaced and had a very mildly used pp and stock clutch laying around that i used. However when I was pulling the tranny the slave cylinder did fall apart when i had it sitting in my engine bay...I just stuck the rod back in it and bolted it back up in the end.

My buddies dad thinks that it is the TOB, I however am leaning and and crossing my fingers that you guys lean towards the SC!!!

Oh by the way when I start the car in gear and it moves.. I am literally standing on the clutch when it is moving...

Thanks for your time guys, Ill check back when I wake up to another day of dsm battle

 

[anteversion]

place someone in front of the slave cylinder to tell you if it moves enough to disengage the clutch when you are flooring the pedal

 

[anteversion]

probably some air ahd entering by the slave cylinder when the rod has falled, bleed this thing out. your clutch is oubviously not working properly

 

[iaarmyduck]

how much is a slave cylinder supposed to move?????

 

[RoasT BeeF]

So you adjusted the rod out (towards or away from the master cyl?) If your car attempts to move just by turning the key with it in gear and standing on the clutch I would adjust it back to where you had it first, then start looking elsewhere.

Did you replace the transmission or just the motor during the swap?

How old is the slave? If you pull the boot back and fluid comes out, its toast.

Some good clutch adjustment reading can be done here
RRE's Clutch And Flywheel Tech Info

 

[iaarmyduck]

I loosened up the 14mm nut on the rod and undid the wiring so i didnt twist them and I turned the rod clockwise so most of the rod was toward the pedal side.

I replaced just the motor

I havent replaced the SC ever but I have only had the car since march.

Can I use a SC off of a FWD in my AWD?

 

[RoasT BeeF]

I would say no as they are different part numbers.

 

[iaarmyduck]

Hey found out that my master was leaking, had my buddy look at it last night and he looked at the break master and said it was fine: beatentodeath:

I took a look my self and found out that my clutch master was bad