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Clutch adjustment I hope?
having gotten my 911 almost road worthy for the first time in almost a year I've discovered that it has developed a problem. Firstly the clutch has WAY to much travel before it engages. I have to pull my foot almost completely up before it even starts to grab.
Secondly, and hopefully related is that the gear grind everytime I shift. The clutch is all the way to the floor and yes, I know how to drive a stick.  I didn't exhibit this behavior before (the grinding, the clutch travel has always been a LITTLE extreme, it does seem worse now though) and I'd like to track down the cause and fix it before I take it onto the open highway with lots of shifting and grind my poor tranny gears to death. Is this something as simple as adjusting the clutch? |
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06-11-2003, 01:17 PM
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What year is the 911?
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06-11-2003, 01:20 PM
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it's a 1970. Sorry, that would be an important bit of info, eh? It's hard for me to drive it for extended periods because it has leaked oil onto the heat exchangers for months and is blowing burning oil back into the cabin. It did that when I first bought it to. It goes away when all the oil is burned off, but makes it hard to do alot of test driving!
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06-11-2003, 01:21 PM
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What year is the 911? How many miles?
Could be an adjustment issue, or combo between the clutch and shift linkage coupler. Need more details...
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06-11-2003, 01:22 PM
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Sorry for my goofy double post there...
I'm not familiar with that year's setup, but others will be. My '84 had excessive travel, and the clutch adjustment procedure corrected that. I still had a shuddering problem though, and it turned out that my clutch was toast. If your car is so tough to shift, it almost sounds like the clutch isn't disengaging from the flywheel...could be a cable problem...hopefully others will chime in... -BG
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06-11-2003, 01:24 PM
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I adjusted the shift linkage before I parked it, I wouldn't think it would go out of adjustment sitting there, but the same could be said of the clutch. The motor has 20,000+ miles on it, the car's odometer reads 104,000 but it has certainly been rolled over at least once.
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