Goddamn This Thing Is A Lemon
03-20-2004, 07:29 PM
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So ANYWAY...
After bleeding the clutch (again) I decided to fire the car up and let the clutch build some pressure.. I figure "**** it". If I can't get the goddamn surge to go away, I'll just drive it anyway so someone can get a good laugh at this ******* POS.
Well, I let it idle for 35-40 seconds and went to feel the pedal. Seemed like it was making a little pressure. COOL!! So I pumped it a few times and was getting a little more.. AWESOME!! Then, all of the sudden, NO feel. Pedal went back to mush. GODDAMMIT, I thought, as I punched another hole in the garage wall. What now?
I went to the front of the POS to make sure I had the resovoir cap on tight. Yup tight. But what's this? AH YES!! FLUID RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR.
Shut the car off. Look under. Fluid running all over the place from out of the bell housing.. GREAT I thought..
Pull the inspection plate.. Fluid pours out.. NICE..
So, WTF now? What the **** is wrong with this turd now?
I swear.. I have been SO careful, done EVERYTHING by the book.. Listened to ALL the advice I've been given.. and I'm stranded with a goddamn paperweight. An EXPENSIVE one at that..
I used to enjoy coming home after work... with the hopes of getting the car OUT of that garage under it's own power.. I just can't get it..
Anybody know what I broke? $$ to fix? Soon as I fix it it's gone.. I can't handle this ****.
If someone want's a car with all the goddies and some time to figure out why it's on a 24 hour PMS spread, make me an offer. I'll even deliver it. WITH all the RX7 specific tools that I won't need anymore.
After bleeding the clutch (again) I decided to fire the car up and let the clutch build some pressure.. I figure "**** it". If I can't get the goddamn surge to go away, I'll just drive it anyway so someone can get a good laugh at this ******* POS.
Well, I let it idle for 35-40 seconds and went to feel the pedal. Seemed like it was making a little pressure. COOL!! So I pumped it a few times and was getting a little more.. AWESOME!! Then, all of the sudden, NO feel. Pedal went back to mush. GODDAMMIT, I thought, as I punched another hole in the garage wall. What now?
I went to the front of the POS to make sure I had the resovoir cap on tight. Yup tight. But what's this? AH YES!! FLUID RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR.
Shut the car off. Look under. Fluid running all over the place from out of the bell housing.. GREAT I thought..
Pull the inspection plate.. Fluid pours out.. NICE..
So, WTF now? What the **** is wrong with this turd now?
I swear.. I have been SO careful, done EVERYTHING by the book.. Listened to ALL the advice I've been given.. and I'm stranded with a goddamn paperweight. An EXPENSIVE one at that..
I used to enjoy coming home after work... with the hopes of getting the car OUT of that garage under it's own power.. I just can't get it..
Anybody know what I broke? $$ to fix? Soon as I fix it it's gone.. I can't handle this ****.
If someone want's a car with all the goddies and some time to figure out why it's on a 24 hour PMS spread, make me an offer. I'll even deliver it. WITH all the RX7 specific tools that I won't need anymore.
03-20-2004, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Mar 20 2004, 07:36 PM
you tried seeing if the clutch slave leaks?
Maybe I'll look at it tomorrow, but I'm too anxious to take a sawsall to the car to work on it right now.. I'll just look at **** for a while LOL.
03-20-2004, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by pengaru' date='Mar 20 2004, 07:38 PM
i'm with j9 on this
and btw, car running or off has no effect on clutch hydraulics, but I suppose you already know this and may have just not been making sense above heh.
and btw, car running or off has no effect on clutch hydraulics, but I suppose you already know this and may have just not been making sense above heh.
Actually, I thought it did.. I'm retarded I guess..
Regardless, I hate my car and I'm half tempted to leave the garage door open so someone can borrow it. Forever.. I've gotten NO good results from this car since last time it ran. Absolutely rewardless.
Not like I used cheap parts or anything..
03-20-2004, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by turbovr6' date='Mar 20 2004, 07:59 PM
100% clutch slave crapped out. Thats the only way to get fluid IN the bellhousing
Amazes me how EVERYTHING worked before... Now everything is crapping out. Injectors, MOP, slave... What next?
Thanks for the info.
03-20-2004, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by 9BASE3' date='Mar 20 2004, 09:03 PM
kinda what I figured..
Amazes me how EVERYTHING worked before... Now everything is crapping out. Injectors, MOP, slave... What next?
Thanks for the info.
Amazes me how EVERYTHING worked before... Now everything is crapping out. Injectors, MOP, slave... What next?
Thanks for the info.