Plz dont tell me my friend screwed something up.....

[tmwnn]

I have a quick question,

when refilling the transmission, I know a lot of people do it through the shifter hole right? What happens if oil is spilled not inside the hole but outside?

I was below the car looking for when oil started coming out of the fill plug, and 1 quart later I realized my friend was just dumping it, so a lot of it spilled outside the little hole where the shifter shaft goes into...

is this bad? If so how can I fix it?

[Space Monkey]

Are you trying to say he poured the transmission fluid all over the OUT SIDE of the transmission? If so, they you now have a huge mess under the car and all over your transmission. It wont hurt your car any, but it's really dirty now... still need to fill the transmission to the fill point, so go buy some more fluid

[DruidAT]

ROFL bukkake transmission.

[tmwnn]

LOL

ok, allow me to illustrate. I don't even know if it matters but I just want to get this damn thing over with so I can drive my car again....

[jr_ss]

Dude, those both lead to the inside of the trans... You're only suppose to fill up to the bottom of the fill hole anyway.

Need to educate yourself on working on cars, before you actually work on it.

[Hijacker]

The part you labeled in red is nothing more than a receiver for the gear shift. It has no oil galleys and any oil poured in there would amount to about a capfull before it would overflow into the yellow portion that your friend poured into anyways.

[tmwnn]

Dude, those both lead to the inside of the trans... You're only suppose to fill up to the bottom of the fill hole anyway.

Need to educate yourself on working on cars, before you actually work on it.

The part you labeled in red is nothing more than a receiver for the gear shift. It has no oil galleys and any oil poured in there would amount to about a capfull before it would overflow into the yellow portion that your friend poured into anyways.

Thanks for clearing that up . But actually the receiver hole took all the oil and it didn't overflow.....I used about 2.5 quarts of MT-90 until oil started coming out of fill plug.

Yeah I definitely have a lot to learn, but the only way to learn is by doing it and I have no one to turn to since I have to do everything by myself. Theres only so much I can learn by reading online guides or the FSM.....hands on experience is a different thing. When I was in high school I didn't know what "V8" meant or what a torque wrench was....but today I finished installing my first clutch (now I just pray I did it right )

thanks again
Modified by tmwnn at 7:21 PM 6/15/2009

[AZ89two4Tsx]

No problem man. Glad I could help.

[fun240]

When I was in high school I didn't know what "V8" meant or what a torque wrench was....but today I finished installing my first clutch (now I just pray I did it right ) Modified by tmwnn at 7:21 PM 6/15/2009

OH NOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You'll know if you did it right, whenever you push the clutch in

Hope everything works out for ya, and anything on a car is easy bro... goes back together just like it came apart

[Space Monkey]

That awesome man. Doing the work is much more eventful and educating than reading the FSM i agree, but some time you need to read then do. Good job on the clutch though! i haven't done that one yet. Still building the engine. I would suggest opening the fill hole and let it drain until it stops then you wont be over full.

[tmwnn]

Well f*** me. Clutch pedal goes all the way to the floor and doesnt return. Yay me. I tried, and failed. Lesson learned

Modified by tmwnn at 7:57 PM 6/15/2009
Modified by tmwnn at 8:14 PM 6/15/2009

[AZ89two4Tsx]

My clutch pedal goes to the floor.

[MastaYu]

maybe a bad clutch master cylinder

[tmwnn]

maybe a bad clutch master cylinder

but it was working until I dropped the transmission to switch the clutch so its probably something else...

[E7-S14]

it can only be so many things that could cause that.

considering you didnt mess with either?

am i getting you swapped out your clutch?if so.blead the clutch until there is absolulty no more air. with dampener box takes forever

if you didnt touch the clutch..you sir fail.cuz idk why your pedal wont return..

[E7-S14]

bleed your clutch some more.any air in the system will cause this.

unlike the break system where a bit of air will give you a spongy pedalthe clutch system is smaller. so any air will cause your symptom.

but it could be you fu*ked up your slave cylinder in the process...

you sure you put the clutch fork back together correctly??it can be a bi*ch to get back right sometimes..

[tmwnn]

hmm ok...I haven't tried bleeding it at all. I thought it wasn't needed since I didn't open any lines? And yes, I did swap the clutch. I was careful with the slave cylinder, I suspended it from the strut so as not to place any stress on the line.

Im scared s***less thinking it might be the clutch fork...cause that would mean everything I did was for nothing. But I *think* I got it right...I lubed and checked that it slid correctly by hand before installing the transmission.

[sldewyz]

did you make sure you put the clip in the right way behind the sleeve that connects to the throw out bearing?

[E7-S14]

i so bet it was the clutch fork..

fail.gonna have to drop the transmission again.

[sldewyz]

i so bet it was the clutch fork..

fail.gonna have to drop the transmission again.

if so that blows. and while your down there you might as well delete the dampener box that goes to the slave cylinder. much better clutch feel and reaction. 10 times easier bleeding it too.

[tmwnn]

did you make sure you put the clip in the right way behind the sleeve that connects to the throw out bearing?

i so bet it was the clutch fork..fail.gonna have to drop the transmission again.

f*** me....that means waiting who knows how long to raise $200 to take it to a mechanic and getting a tow truck, and accepting complete defeat and never working on my car ever again.

I installed it with the hooks of the clips pointing up...and believed me I followed the FSM and spent hours online to make sure I was doing it right because I hadn't anticipated that the clutch fork could be such a potential problem. How does one know if its installed correctly? It snapped in place and seemed to work fine when I pressed the clutch fork lever by hand. It would slide back and forth easily and didn't get stuck.

The symptoms are that when I press the clutch, it stays down and I need to bring it up with my foot. If I move the clutch fork by hand it presses down on the slave cylinder, but its like the slave pushrod can't push it back on its own, it just stays down.

Modified by tmwnn at 11:39 PM 6/15/2009
Modified by tmwnn at 11:47 PM 6/15/2009

[TheRealNap0le0n]

ill trade u my auto for your stick!.... you wont have to change a clutch ever again

[tmwnn]

ill trade u my auto for your stick!.... you wont have to change a clutch ever again

Vade retro! Ipse venea bibas!!!

[tmwnn]

Ha! for all you vultures and unbelievers, the solution was simple :

Adjust the clutch pedal. Thats it.... no bleeding, no throw out bearing, no problem with the clutch damper or cylinders. Just turn a screw a couple of turns and bingo.

thanks for all your help guys ....but dont become like the mechanics who start with the most expensive/unlikely repairs and overlook the simple things that should be checked out first

I can't believe i swapped my clutch and it worked....now I just gotta see how it holds up

[sldewyz]

congrats man..good job.

on mine and E7-S14's defense we didnt state that u had to bring it to a shop to fix it if it were messed up, i believe me and him were assuming you were gonna pull it down and fix it in ur garage or w/e u worked on it.

either way good job on doing it right and doing your homework first not just diving in and getting halfway there and being like