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Well, what a day.
As some of you already know, I completed my swap on my 240sx in early december. Since it's been snowing and been terribly cold up North, I stored my car for the winter. Today, I had in mind to try her out, on the highway.
First off, the battery was dead. So I had to buy a new one. Very good day.
Next, one intercooler pipe comes off. After I brought it to my garage and put that back on, I noticed some sounds.
A few test drives later, I notice it's a wheel that's not bolted tight enough. I bolt it down and leave the garage.
Not even 5 km later, the car starts to overheat. I go back to the garage: prestone level is a bit low. I full her up and leave once again...
After picking my gf I rode around on the highway. On my way back to her house, my clutch pedal gets stuck. I pull it back, but the clutch doesn't disengage. I tow the car to her place. (cuz the car acts just like I'm always pressing on the clutch). I check everything out, but without a lift, I can't do anything. I also notice my EGT probe came out of the manifold....
So now, my car is at my GF's home some 50 or so km away and I have to wait for garages to open on monday to check it out...
I knew downtime was to be expected, but that much??? ;)
What a day.
Can't wait to get my car back and spring to come so I can drive it everyday.
96SEChick
03-01-2003, 10:46 PM
Sorry to hear about your troublesome day. But there is some good to come out of this--the bugs are showing up early, so you know what to do to fix it. At least you didn't have it running perfect for 6 months and this stuff happen, then think "It was running awesome! What happened?"
I would expect some little quirks at first after an engine swap. Maybe your car just wants to be closer to you since it's been stored for almost 2 months! ;)
Good luck and keep us posted!
Actually, I have not been driving it since mid-november... so basically, my car was stored for nearly four months... I'll keep you posted... :)
AceInHole
03-02-2003, 10:00 AM
could be worse. you could've drilled a hole in your head, swapped the head, had the turbo blow on you, swap the turbo, then have all the metal shavings from both the head and the turbo clog your oil filter leading to an oil starved bearing.... so you'd have to swap the engine.
i'm learning what it's like to be the king of downtime.
anyways, you couldn't see the clutch slave cylinder looking under the car??
mrmephistopheles
03-02-2003, 10:08 AM
I recommend for next time: DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING!
It will save your ass.
kandyflip445
03-02-2003, 01:03 PM
Originally posted by mrmephistopheles
I recommend for next time: DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING!
It will save your ass.
And don't drill holes...like ace said.:p Hope you get it fixed soon and are smokin some people (on the track).:D
Thanks for the support.
Anyways, I'm learning a lot with all these troubles.
AceInHole:
I'm happy I didn't drill any holes.. I couldn't check the slave cylinder because the car is lowered and I had no jacks I would trust (implying here that the crappy jack that comes with the car is garbage) fo myself to slip under the car.
The SR brings out the worse in you. I'm happy I contained myself! Each time a car flew by me on the highway, I felt like giving them an ass spanking, but I didn't. I still can't believe I can contain myself. Hopefully, I will continue to contain myself.
S15 Powered
03-02-2003, 03:34 PM
LOL, downtime :rolleyes: My car's been in the shop since December 23. No, not storage, in the shop! Hopefully I'll get her back before it hits 3 months. Until then, I can relate on that downtime thing :D
nrcooled
03-02-2003, 04:08 PM
I feel your pain. I spent much of my time tightning, replacing, and checking the first two months after the swap. But once you give her that good once over (a couple of times:D ) you will become more and more comfortable w/ her. Then you can take it to the track break some more stuff and start all over again:D
Hopefully, not "everything" will fall off... :lol:
I got the diagnostic... slave cylinder is out... must get a new one... I'm so lucky this part is interchangeable with the KA slave cylinder.
nrcooled
03-04-2003, 05:56 AM
Originally posted by HaLo
I got the diagnostic... slave cylinder is out... must get a new one... I'm so lucky this part is interchangeable with the KA slave cylinder.
Cheap as hell too! You can pick one up for $20:D I love cheap fixes
blatch
03-04-2003, 08:03 AM
Originally posted by nrcooled
I feel your pain. I spent much of my time tightning, replacing, and checking the first two months after the swap. But once you give her that good once over (a couple of times:D ) you will become more and more comfortable w/ her. Then you can take it to the track break some more stuff and start all over again:D
3 Months? Isn't that a little extreme? What are you having done?
andrave
03-04-2003, 08:14 AM
yeah that happened to me, my original cylinder crapped out immediatly after changing the clutch. From what I understand, its common. in your case it was a different transmission I guess.
News Flash!!!
The master cylinder too is OUT! So I have to replace that one too... Luckily, it's not much more expensive than the slave.
weirdstyles.net
03-04-2003, 09:35 AM
I remember when I swapped in the ka24e into my pos 90. Didnt have much of a choice in the engine, so what ever. Had water pump problems, tensioner ummmm....other stuff, but the water pump was the biggest of them all... ****er.
nrcooled
03-04-2003, 09:43 AM
Originally posted by HaLo
News Flash!!!
The master cylinder too is OUT! So I have to replace that one too... Luckily, it's not much more expensive than the slave.
The same thing happened to me (sort of) changed the master and slave. Then found out that they were still good and I just needed to take my dampner off. You may want to look in that direction. You can't bleed the dampner
Originally posted by nrcooled
The same thing happened to me (sort of) changed the master and slave. Then found out that they were still good and I just needed to take my dampner off. You may want to look in that direction. You can't bleed the dampner
Well the slave cylinder piston was out of the cylinder and sideways... So I guess it was broken. As for the master, they changed the slave and the pedal doesn't come back...
Hopefully, my car will be running within 3-4 hours. :)
nrcooled
03-04-2003, 10:23 AM
Halo,
They will bleed and bleed and bleed and bleed....still no pedal because once air gets in there you can't get it out (of the dampner) You should take it off anyway but that is the story for my clutch changing experience
which damper are you talking about?
AceInHole
03-04-2003, 11:37 AM
it's a little box on the chassis near the slave cylinder. just trace the clutch fluid lines from the slave and it should be the first thing you run into.
CoasTek240
03-04-2003, 12:18 PM
Originally posted by AceInHole
i'm learning what it's like to be the king of downtime.
dude i am the king of downtime. i sold my old s13 fb @ the beginning of Aug. for $7K... i paid some bills and paid off my dad for college stuff, then bought my 92 s13 coupe. IMMACULATE!
then i dove her bout 2 weeks until Aug 19th i got t-boned by a 280z in a neighborhood.
my lawyer has since been in litigations with ins. and the other party to get me money. my lawyer only got my tickets dropped and got me no money at all. so i have been the almighty emporer of downtime i have not been abel to fix the car and go to school.
but finally next week she's going in the shop and my ins. is paying my close to $500 for the back insurance i have been paying on the car since sept. and not driving it.
so it's all good!:D
andrave
03-04-2003, 12:48 PM
hey do all the cars have that damper thing? I traced my lines from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder and I don't see it. My clutch is working fine, mind you, I was just trying to figure out what you are talking about. I have a sohc, but I think they use the same tranny as the rest.
Bad news people...
The problem is inside the tranny... Most probably the clutch throw-out bearing... This problem is getting way out of hand...
$$ is flying out of my wallet...
hopefully... that's the last bad news.
I know you guys don't really care, but the problem has gone worse..
Actually, the problem is with the part that rests on the clutch throw-out bearing. The part has a groove inside and when the clutch engages, the part slightly comes off the shaft. When it tries to go back it, it gets stuck in the groove and the clutch doesn't disengage. Now I have to see if the KA part is compatible, if it has a groove or not.
If it doesn't, I'll have to get mine machine so it doesn't get stuck... Wow.. There's a first for everything I guess.
96SEChick
03-05-2003, 09:26 PM
Originally posted by HaLo
I know you guys don't really care, but the problem has gone worse..
Actually, the problem is with the part that rests on the clutch throw-out bearing. The part has a groove inside and when the clutch engages, the part slightly comes off the shaft. When it tries to go back it, it gets stuck in the groove and the clutch doesn't disengage. Now I have to see if the KA part is compatible, if it has a groove or not.
If it doesn't, I'll have to get mine machine so it doesn't get stuck... Wow.. There's a first for everything I guess.
That totall sucks! I've never heard of that happening (possibly because I don't know the name of that part)--what could cause that to happen?
Actually, I made a nice little drawing for my friends up north so all the text is in french... basically, it says what I just said in my previous post.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/oktayy/prob.jpg
96SEChick
03-05-2003, 09:46 PM
Too bad I don't know French :( Good illustration though!
Actually, I was saying that there was 2 ways I thought I could get it fixed.
1. Get a part machined from scratch without the grove or fill the groove.
2. Grind the groove in an angle so that when the clutch is release, the part will slide back on the shaft.
In any case, it's the first time i see that kind of problem in my life... It's a first in Montreal anyways... (for the SR swaps I mean).
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