I just had a new clutch put in my car, because it wouldn't make it up the ramps to change oil. 2 months later with new clutch(autozone?) it slowly rolled down a hill at my new apartment. The hill is not very steep, the doors will still stay open by themselves when facing up hill. I've never had either of these problems before. It will make it up the ramps now with no problem, but now I won't trust it to hold itself there. By the way, it will roll in either 1st or reverse, and its worse the higher the gear. Any help?
Borg-Warner T5, rebuilt

 

Use the e-brake

 

If the engine isn't being turned while that's happening, then the clutch isn't holding.

Typical cheap clutch behavior. Since a clutch only wears while it's slipping, and a clutch that doesn't hold is slipping more than one that does, expect it not to last very long.

Get a quality clutch next time. Sometimes "saving money" isn't such a good deal after all.

Make sure your parking brake (these cars don't have an "emergency" brake, whatever that might consist of) is working as well as possible, so you can be more sure that you will find your car where you left it after you park it and come back to it.

 

parking brake e-brake, same difference

 

I don't know about that.... I don't usually consider parking to be an "emergency".... if you're having some kind of emergency such as a hydraulic system failure, that parking brake isn't going to do you any good, I guarantee you; at least not unless the emergency merely consists of an inability to park properly.

 

Another thing you can do to be sure your car doesn't slip back is stick a couple of 4x4's behind your rear tires.

 

I need to fix my parking brake because one of the lines got burnt through and now it won't work. I don't think the engine is turning over but next time it rolls I'll have the key on to see if it starts. And I'm sorry but there is no way in HELL that I'm gonna put 4x4's behind my car! I'd have to grow a ****** first. Thanks for the responses.:lala:

 

hmm, sounds like my truck needs a clutch then...... among other things...

i carry a big piece of angle iron in the bed that i wedge under a tire so it doesn't roll away.

the parking brake doesn't work, never has in the year i've had the truck.

 

Guess what. It turns out tit was the engine rotating. The damndest thing I ever say, moving so slow you can't even tell, unless you put a hand on a pulley. So I guess I'll have to fix my parking brake. Unless someone has another idea? I guess 215,000 mi is starting to be too much.

 

Haha, how is putting 4x4s behind your car white trash? Now I know the best thing to do would be to fix the parking brake. But if my own safety were on the line and I didn't have time to do the brake, I'd throw somethin back there, and 4x4s are cheap. But hey, you do what you want.

 

I did realize that I would need something back there until I could fix my brake, so I went to walmart and got some chocks for 5 bucks. They can hardly be seen. But if I reayy didn't want it to move I could always take the wheels off and put the car on cinderblocks in front of my trailer, with a little yard knome that looks like he underneath working on it.