Car nightmare

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys

Yeah, that shit sucks ichi. But you gotta admit there's always that silver-lining to finding the true culprit to your problem...and that is, you finally know the true problem and can fix it.

Of course, in my AE86's case, my bizarre timing w/ throttle hesitation and bogging issue turned out to be a busted crank pulley and chipped crankshaft resulting in a rebuild/replace engine scenario......

Good news is I found a rebuilt 4A-GE extremely close by and the guy wants to get rid of it (and his '78 Corolla he was planning on putting it in, contemplating that purchase atm). Shouldn't be more than a few weeks before I get her back up and on the street.

Your clutch pedal is staying on the floor when you press it, even after bleeding? Maybe the fork is sticking now? I would have your friend manually push the clutch pedal back up and then press it again while you watch the slave cylinder and see whats going on. Maybe fidgeting with your slave like you did accidentally broke the cylinder? Looking at that diagram...the spring maybe?

Unfortunately I have very little experience on clutch work. I replaced the clutch in the 86 a few years back and that was it. The only issue I had was that my pedal wasn't engaging the clutch enough, even when fully pressed down. I 'fixed' that problem by tapping on a small 9mm socket at the tip of the slave cylinder to give it more push. =P

Sorry, I should have been a bit of detail on that clutch stuckness. If I pump the clutch, it spring back up without problem... but when I press it all the way in slowly and slowly release it, clutch get stuck. Fast pump, no stuck, slow pump, stuck

[[es vi: eks]]

I have never seen or heard of the clutch release lever ever braking till now.
Very odd.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by [es vi: eks]

I have never seen or heard of the clutch release lever ever braking till now.
Very odd.

I thought so too... but when I research about it on NASIOC, it's somewhat common thing for older Imp & Leg

[ichitaka05]

New update on this nightmare.

So bleed it for an hr again. Now it doesn't get stuck... when engine is off and it's in neutral. Let me explain a bit more.

When I turn on the engine and it's in neutral, clutch pedal doesn't get stuck. BUT when I shift it into a gear, clutch get stuck lil bit and doesn't spring back as it should.

I'll be working on it again tomorrow...fml

[Giccin]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

New update on this nightmare.

So bleed it for an hr again. Now it doesn't get stuck... when engine is off and it's in neutral. Let me explain a bit more.

When I turn on the engine and it's in neutral, clutch pedal doesn't get stuck. BUT when I shift it into a gear, clutch get stuck lil bit and doesn't spring back as it should.

I'll be working on it again tomorrow...fml

So in NonJapanglish terms.

The Clutch doesn't engage well. :P

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Giccin

So in NonJapanglish terms.

The Clutch doesn't engage well. :P

It's called "Engrish" lol

but pretty much.

[WingsofWar]

does it feel like its binding when its stuck? or does it spring back reaaaally slow?

Does it get stuck with the engine off..and gear in?

im tryin to diagnose in my head why it would do this, i feel like im missing something, a bit of critical information..

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

does it feel like its binding when its stuck? or does it spring back reaaaally slow?

Does it get stuck with the engine off..and gear in?

im tryin to diagnose in my head why it would do this, i feel like im missing something, a bit of critical information..

sorry took a while to update. To answer your questionz I had to test em out.

When engine is off & shift em into the gear, it doesn't get stuck... but feel not the same as when it's in neutral.

so, I've bled the slave cylinder again. no signs of air at all.

I've test drove around a block too. when I put it the gear & release the clutch still get stuck for sec & start to loosen up lil bit later (start shaking the whole car).

does anyone have c4? I'm ready to blow up my car lol

[WingsofWar]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

sorry took a while to update. To answer your questionz I had to test em out.

When engine is off & shift em into the gear, it doesn't get stuck... but feel not the same as when it's in neutral.

so, I've bled the slave cylinder again. no signs of air at all.

I've test drove around a block too. when I put it the gear & release the clutch still get stuck for sec & start to loosen up lil bit later (start shaking the whole car).

does anyone have c4? I'm ready to blow up my car lol

damn! im wondering if when you reinstalled the clutch fork something came loose like the return spring, or the pilot/throwout bearing was also damage from the broken clutch fork.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by WingsofWar

damn! im wondering if when you reinstalled the clutch fork something came loose like the return spring, or the pilot/throwout bearing was also damage from the broken clutch fork.

Yeah, I was thinking throw out bearing might be causing this too... if that's the cause, FML I gotta put my car on jack again

[ichitaka05]

New FML update:

So I put my car into shop to see what exactly wrong w my tranny. They told me that prob need new clutch & flywheel... FML

I'm so tempted to buy STI 6sp tranny kit and screw w this RS tranny...

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

does anyone have c4? I'm ready to blow up my car lol

I don't have C4...but what I do have is the kindness in my heart to take this terrible, terrible, mean ole car off your hands so you don't have to deal with it anymore.

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by OldSkoolToys

I don't have C4...but what I do have is the kindness in my heart to take this terrible, terrible, mean ole car off your hands so you don't have to deal with it anymore.

I'm really tempted too... Seriously, if locally someone give me $3k cash in my hand, prob I might sell it LOL

[Snaps]

Just bare with it Ichi

Had some coolant lines start to leak (and then eventually burst) in my Supra a couple of months ago. I had to pull parts of the intake apart, only to find that I couldn't get to the lines that way. Finally get to reach them after reassembling the intake and then removing the downpipe, turns out I can't get the parts for another 3 weeks from Japan! So put it all back together (all up probably a good 6 hours of work), waited for the parts to arrive (a looonnngg 3 weeks wait :P ), I then pulled the downpipe off again and spent another 6 hours replacing the burst lines (very hard to reach place).

Basically - shit happens when you're working on cars. Chances are, the worse your problem is at the moment, the less likely something as bad will happen again soon!
You'll feel good when you get it all sorted and can go back to driving your car!