Some Dramas

[DaGr81]

ive just finished my turbo conversion previously na, ended up quite alot cheaper than a full engine, but only problem i have now is my gear box seems a bit crunchier than normal and when i try to put it into 1st its very very very hard reverse as well, my engine idle is not normal either its around the 1000rpm mark, could this be the problem? as when the car is off and standing the gears are so easy to get into and out of, i hope i dont need a new gear box :S

Any help or advice or tips will be much appreciated

[Guilt-Toy]

Sounds like your clutch is buggard. can you feel the tailshaft move or the dif clunk when you do get it into gear ? if you can it means the clutch is not working properly.

Did you upgrade the clutch or is it a standard NA one?

Edited March 21, 2007 by Guilt-Toy

[Link]

The idle can be adjusted via the aac valve - there is a screw on the side of it

[DaGr81]

its an exedy super heavy duty clutch which is only 2 days old... could it be because its not broken in yet? ive been babing it all day

[DaGr81]

The idle can be adjusted via the aac valve - there is a screw on the side of it

i got no idea where that is lol.... but the power fc says the engines rpm isnt stable but its hovers around the 800 - 860 mark yet the tacho (original not one of them big ones) says its around 1000 rpm.... who to believe

[DaGr81]

ALSO the air bag light flashes non stop, worried it might pop up and smack me lol

[Beer Baron]

you have a clutch problem. take it back to the place that installed it to get them to check it out.

[DaGr81]

i forgot to say that it only didnt want to go to 1st and reverse just the one time it happened after taking my car for the 1st spin after i got it back. Also it is just sometimes that its a little bit harder than normal to get into these gears. what could be the problem with the clutch? (its brand new like not even a week old) or did they not install it properly or something? (advan performance)

[DaGr81]

it happened again (the b@stard) i was in stop start traffic for about 30 mins in 5 dock (nsw) then got on to anzac bridge and it started to rain hard. i exited off to ultimo and 1st was hard to get into (after coming to a complete stop) after a while i found my parking spot to go to work (about 5.30 pm) still raining parked but couldnt reverse to straighten it up, it made huge crunching noises, even though i was at a complete stop, so i left the car parked slightly uneven. Around 9.30 went to pay the meter again at the same time while the car was off i tried to see if it would get into gear while it was off, and it did very smooth and not hard at all. Finished off at 2.45am got into the car and 1st and reverse were hard to get into but it got there, didnt crunch this time round, after a while of driving as i was going home 1st got easier to get into but reverse wasnt as easy but much easier than when i 1st parked the car at 5.30. How can a brand new heavy duty clutch (especially from exedy) not be doing its damn job! Do you reckon its getting too cold too easy or too hot or something. Ive emailed advan about it already so i'll be taking it in when they get back to me, but id like to know how could a brand new clutch do this to me, its heart breaking haha especially when you cant reverse park , lucky i found one that i didnt need to reverse to get into *phewf*

[DaGr81]

oh yeah i know you guys have said to me that its a clutch problem, but i just dont understand how could a brand new clutch be so fkd up to do this... please explain ta

[mattymagoo22]

its could be a hydraulic problem. you may have snapped the pivot ball. the clutch itself is doing its job because its gripping.

[DaGr81]

its could be a hydraulic problem. you may have snapped the pivot ball. the clutch itself is doing its job because its gripping.

are these cheap to replace?

[DaGr81]

man this is such a hassel, its happening again, hard to get into 1st and reverse is almost impossible, ive noticed it only happens when its raining??? (any ideas?) or it once happened when i had the air con on full blast.......

[dbo]

Just take it back to where you got the clutch installed. Have the car checked over. We can only guesstimate what the issue is, but considering you got the clutch a week ago and the problem seems to be clutch related, your best to just take it back and get a definite answer.