Re: [DMCForum] Clutch woes

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I posted the photo last night...

Where?? I can't find it...

> Is it possible you installed the clutch fork wrong??
> Did you put that little clip behind the pall pivot, or
> in front?

The clutch fork is an interesting story. When I pulled it, the little
clip just broke in half. It was old and stressed and had some rust on
it and just fell apart in my hands. I sandblasted the clutch fork
itself and put a coat of primer on it. Then I modified the clip, as
follows:

The "clip" part of the clip was intact and in good condition. I just
had to replace the broken "shaft" of it. So I took a couple pieces of
strapping metal - it's "springy" and returns to it's original position
when you release it - riveted that to the clip and to the clutch fork.
It was darn near an exact replacement and still sprang back when I
pulled on it a bit.

Reinstalling, the clip went behind the pivot thing, "holding" the
clutch fork to it.

-Ryan

On 6/3/05, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I posted the photo last night...
> 
> Is it possible you installed the clutch fork wrong??
> Did you put that little clip behind the pall pivot, or
> in front?
> 
> --- Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately I did not take any pictures; my wife
> > has a few somewhere
> > of the car in pieces, but I know the flywheel won't
> > be in there
> > anywhere because it went from the car straight to
> > the store, then
> > straight back onto the car a day later.
> >
> > So, I bled the clutch tonight. Unfortunately, it
> > didn't make any
> > difference. Also, there's a new noise - sounds like
> > a very slight,
> > difficult to hear metallic scraping. This noise
> > varies with engine RPM
> > and comes from the transmission area. It's so quiet
> > you can't hear it
> > over the exhaust standing at the back of the car,
> > but from within the
> > car it's there; I leaned down next to the car,
> > reached in and pushed
> > on the gas pedal, and I could hear it much better.
> > Definitely coming
> > from the clutch/transmission area.
> >
> > The noise doesn't change whether the clutch is in or
> > out. Doesn't
> > change whether I'm in gear or neutral, moving or
> > stopped. I can
> > vaguely hear it at all speeds. It does go away at
> > idle.
> >
> > The car still moves no problem. I've been driving it
> > to work the last
> > few days and the clutch is not slipping or anything.
> > I've driven cars
> > with clutches so bad you had to feather the engine
> > to keep moving -
> > clutches that had literally only a couple of miles
> > left before you
> > were stranded - so I know what that feels like, and
> > my car isn't in
> > that situation (yet?).
> >
> > Any more ideas? I mean, I can pull the transmission
> > again, but I don't
> > know what I'd be looking for other than checking the
> > flywheel (let me
> > know when you can get that picture, Marc - that
> > would really help).
> > I've got half a mind to just take it to someone else
> > and let them fix
> > it. I don't really want to deal with it again
> > myself. 'course, I might
> > not get the car back in one piece... that's my real
> > worry.
> >
> > On top of all this I still have to fix that stupid
> > "glug glug" noise;
> > I've got a lot of great ideas from a lot of people,
> > but I don't know
> > enough about the fuel injection system to put most
> > of them into
> > practice. I really wish I lived close to a good
> > DeLorean mechanic in
> > times like these... somewhere I could drop my car
> > off for repair when
> > I get tired of fixing it myself.
> >
> > -Ryan
> 
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