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Old Mar 26, 2003 | 02:51 PM
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Wierd clutch problem

I had the ACT street disc installed 3 weeks ago. Everything was fine until yesterday, when I got in my car, pressed the clutch pedal, and it practically fell to the floor. The little amount of pressure it did give back was just enough to get the car in gear, and that's how I drove to school. I'd barely let go of the pedal and it would engage.. and sometimes when I held the pedal it would still be slightly engaged, and I'd have a hard time changing gears. After a little bit of driving the pressure returned to almost normal levels, and I could shift gears just fine. Once I stop pressing the pedal for a while (like driving on the highway) it would again lose pressure. What in the world is going on?
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Old Mar 26, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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have you checked your clutch fluid?
Old Mar 26, 2003 | 03:35 PM
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YEah.. I think so. It's the one that's on the left side of the engine, towards the back?
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have you checked your clutch fluid?
Old Mar 26, 2003 | 03:48 PM
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It sounds like hydraulics, maybe the clutch needs to be bled?
Old Mar 26, 2003 | 04:00 PM
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make sure the pin that holds connects the cable to the pedal hasn't fallen out. it happened to me once. it's held in place by a kotter pin
Old Mar 26, 2003 | 04:55 PM
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Originally posted by Paonessa
make sure the pin that holds connects the cable to the pedal hasn't fallen out. it happened to me once. it's held in place by a kotter pin

I have the same problem as Lushka16 on my coversion. I adjusted the nut from the master cylinder to the clutch pedal. That helped alittle. I think I need to bleed it now. When the pressure would build up I would have to release it by the top valve under the hood.
Old Mar 26, 2003 | 05:16 PM
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I'm going to take it to the mechanic. I have a month warranty. Hopefully they're not going to be dumb about it. Normally i'd bleed it on my own, but they starter solenoid is bad, and I'm going to blame that on them too.. somehow it wouldn't surprise me if they did all this damage while doing my engine swap.
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