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[JETURBO]

the save cylinder is right by the input shaft and it has the clutch fluid pumped into it ( the slave does the job of the old fork) so if it has poped a seal and everytime uve pressed the clutch pedal it would of pumped clutch fluid into the belhousing area and depending on the situation in may of even sprayed fluid directley onto the clutch plates.

now if we take a second to say the slave cylinder doesnt work anymore it essentially isnt disengaging the clutch plates ( same as snapping a clutch cable in a old car) so say u might be able to grab one gear or even if your good enough drive it with out the clutch at all ( used to beable to do this on older style cars easy)

but because u say it wont "jolt " at all when u try to start it could of been that the oil has bathed the plates and then this is the same principal as it just slipping hard or lets just say u got your foot on the clutch no matted how hard u try the plates just arent gripping against the flywheel to move the car.

if this is the case u should expect smoke quite quickley( and smell) each time u rev it ( gear leaver in a gear) maybe some shuttering and groaning aswell.

( if uve tyred to start the car with it in gear it it shouldnt let u as it has a clutch switch on the t56 I believe)

try and tel me what your car is doing exactly

Edited 12/06/12 07:17 AM by JETSNOT

[JETURBO]

ok haydog I should refer to the item in question as a throw out disk not the slave cylinder (old habbits)

this is the throw out disk

and in this pic u can see where it sits

just for clarity these are for ls1. same same though

all iam saying this may be the culprate

[Haydog09]

Ok ill tell you what happened.

I had this wierd smell coming through the aircon for the past week. It smelt like some kind of burning. So I called Bruce and let him know and asked him "Bruce earlier last week my coolant pipe cracked and pissed coolant onto my bonnet mat, is the coolant heating up on the bonnet mat and making this wierd smell come through the aircon?"

Bruce said most likely you will experience a coolant smell for awhile becuase it has saturated into the mat. So I was like no worries thanks.

Then on Friday night I went to the movies and car was smelling bad still probably worse than normal but I thought it was the coolant and I was ok. But on the way home from movies I pulled up to a set of lights and felt the car not wanting to go into gear! It was so hard to get Into gear I had to miss the green light and wait for the next one!

Once I got going I felt the car just not pulling like it should be and it smelt really bad and honestly was running like sh*t. So I pulled over straight away and when I stopped smoke was coming out the bonnet.

I opened the bonnet and saw the smoke coming from the gearbox area or whatever that area is at the back of the engine and underneath it.

Anyway dad came with a tow rope and before we left I tried to put it in gear and drive but it was really hard to get into gear and when I did get into gear the car wouldn't move at all.

That was my awesome night out last weekend

[JETURBO]

id say the item iam talking about is your culprate at a very good guess.

what happens once u get the gear leaver into 1st now?, will it go into 1st?

[Haydog09]

It will go into any gear with a struggle. But once it's in first and you go to drive the revs go up as usual but the car wont go anywhere as you take your foot off the cluth to pull away

[JETURBO]

do u get a little shutter or vibration at all when the engine is running and u take your foot off the clutch (release it)?

Edited 12/06/12 08:21 AM by JETSNOT

[Haydog09]

Yer it does a bit

[JETURBO]

well its fair to say theres some kind of engagement so the clutch plates are coated in oil and are slipping hard or the clutch is totally cactus , id think its the first of the 2 time to get her up on the hoist bud

[ford_boy4l]

haydog have you lost any pressure on the clutch? it would normally have a fair bit of resistance as you depress the clutch and the hydraulic fluid pressure builds up. if you have busted a seal as jet is suggesting, two key indicators would be little or no resistance from the clutch pedal as it will be running out of hydraulic fluid, and the other indicator will be if you have lost any hydraulic fluid from the clutch reservior. I suspect you may be burning your clutch out (as in it has had too much wear and has is now spinning freely) which would explain the smoke, not being able to effectively put it in gear and the car not moving when clutch is engaged. does the smoke you talk about have a sickly smell too it like burning brakes?

[ford_boy4l]

personally I suspect you may be up for a new clutch