The problem is not the fact that the clutch line is plastic, its the fact that the clutch line runs along side of one of the coolant pipes. The heat from the coolant softens the plastic and the clutch fluid will then expand (diameter) the tube rather than push the clutch slave piston to actuate the clutch. Scott Mueller 002981 RNDOLA -----Original Message----- From: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:13 PM To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Clutch line and vac leaks Everybody poo poo's plastic clutch line, but my truck's been running one for 196,000 miles... I'd suspect master or slave cylinder walls pitted while car sat (are just made of white metal), then scored piston seals when you started moving them again. Seals actually have very small contact surface with cylinder walls. Moreover, only thing lubricating them is brake fluid in system (cylinder walls were bone dry when pistons started moving again). My AMC uses Girling clutch htdraulics, and they have been neverending source of problems. Good to go for a year or two, then it's time for new seals. Fortunately I can buy for $15. Pump clutch pedal several times before every shift, and double clutch. You'll loose a lot of fluid, but it'll get you home. Remember car can be slam shifted too (name sounds terrible, but if you find sweet spots will slip into gears as easy as can be. Is a good thing to practice before you need it). One Christmas Eve, in Christmas Eve traffic, slam shifted AMC home from post office with clutch pedal unwelded from connecting rod, including several stop lights. If you know car well enough can start it in gear with extremely little bucking & jerking. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > I had my car running pretty well today considering I still have 6 > injector seal leaks. > > Just when I was taking it around the lot for a test drive, the clutch > went soft. I still have the old plastic line. I already intend to > replace it with the braided stainless one. > > My question: Is this one of those "seperate the body from the frame" > projects?, or can you run it without doing that? > > Mike C is bringing my seals and O-ring by tomorrow which is good. The > car is still back-firing or doing these tiny but sharp "sneezes" out > the exhaust pipe and/or back through the fuel/air mixture control > unit. It happens less as the engine gets hotter. > > Is this a product of vacuum leaks, or should I be looking elsewhere? > > Rich > #5335 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259538.3705203.4965331.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 62 15:HM/A=1712983/R=0/SIG=11u38u3s2/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit?page =1 374-105951838331032> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3705203.4965331.1261774/D=egroupm ai l/S=:HM/A=1712983/rand=199129991> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1693352/R=0/SIG=11tralmvc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0178293&partid=3170658> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1693352/rand=771496797> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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