Hey -

Yesterday, I was about to come up on the clutch to put my car into gear, and the car slammed into first, bogging like no other, so I ripped it outta gear (like any other time it would have bogged). When i went to drive it again, the clutch was just dangling like a broken arm. I got out of the car, and I was overwhelmed by the smell of burnt clutch. Any ideas?? I havnt had a chance to look at it yet, anything to look for??? Any guess at a price to fix, and which aftermarket clutch should I be looking for, performance or non. Thank you.

-KZad

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Sounds like the "slave cylinder" broke off the mount. If you look up under the car, you will see a black cylinder that should be bolted to the bellhousing of the tranny. It may be broken. It will have a hose running up to the firewall. I beleive they are relatively inexpensive.

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I had a similar thing happen to me once. I went to shift to third gear when the clutch pedal just went to the floor with no pressure and just dangled there afterwards. The cause of it was that the clutch cable had laid on the header and burnt. Causing a small fire under the hood. If I remember correctly that part was about $100 and isn't that difficult to replace with some patience.

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[This message has been edited by Camarodan (edited October 14, 2001).]

 

The same thing happened to me last week. It turned out that the ball stud on my Z-bar snapped. My car doesn't have a hydraulic system though, so I'm not sure how those work.

 

A Z-bar? Wow, you must have an '82? I think thats the only year they still used Z-bars.

 

Had the exact same thing happen, cost less than $10 to fix. Brass compression fitting and brake fluid.

 

I have an 83. They had the manual setup in 82 and 83, but the T5 came out in 83. So it is the only year with a T5 and manual linkage.