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Message: You might also want to check the clutch hydraulic lines
Changed By: Red_Lightnin!
Change Date: December 03, 2010 12:55PM
You might also want to check the clutch hydraulic lines
Change Date: December 03, 2010 12:55PM
You might also want to check the clutch hydraulic lines
On the 986, there is a plastic line that runs from the clutch master cyinder in the front back to the slave on the side of the tranny in the back.
IIRC, the plastic line is blue and connects to what is basically a flexible brake line that then connects to a metal line that looks like a steel curly-fry that connects to the slave in the tranny.
The plastic line is connected to the brake line using a brass pressure fitting - it is near the passenger rear wheel well - should be just inboard of the chassis seam and ahead of the half-shaft. This fittings have a tendency to go and leak hydraulic fluid, which can cause the clutch to drop.
If you are driving the car, I am guessing it is probably the return spring as grant and extanker diagnosed, but you may also want to jack up the corner of the car (USE JACKSTANDS!) and check the fitting to see if it is failing and leaking fluid, since once it goes you cannot operate the clutch, and thus the car. It is an easy thing to check and worth the piece of mind.
IIRC, the plastic line is blue and connects to what is basically a flexible brake line that then connects to a metal line that looks like a steel curly-fry that connects to the slave in the tranny.
The plastic line is connected to the brake line using a brass pressure fitting - it is near the passenger rear wheel well - should be just inboard of the chassis seam and ahead of the half-shaft. This fittings have a tendency to go and leak hydraulic fluid, which can cause the clutch to drop.
If you are driving the car, I am guessing it is probably the return spring as grant and extanker diagnosed, but you may also want to jack up the corner of the car (USE JACKSTANDS!) and check the fitting to see if it is failing and leaking fluid, since once it goes you cannot operate the clutch, and thus the car. It is an easy thing to check and worth the piece of mind.
Original Message
Author: Red_Lightnin!Date: December 03, 2010 12:51PM
You might also want to check the clutch hydraulic lines
On the 986, there is a plastic line that runs from the clutch master cyinder in the front back to the slave on the side of the tranny in the back.
IIRC, the plastic line is blue and connects to what is basically a flexible brake line that then connects to a metal line that looks like a steel curly-fry that connects to the slave in the tranny.
The plastic line is connected to the brake line using a brass pressure fitting - it is near the passenger rear wheel well - should be just inboard of the chassis seam and ahead of the half-shaft. This fittings have a tendency to go and leak hydraulic fluid, which can cause the clutch to drop.
If you are driving the car, I am guessing it is probably the return spring as extanker diagnosed, but you may also want to jack up the corner of the car (USE JACKSTANDS!) and check the fitting to see if it is failing and leaking fluid, since once it goes you cannot operate the clutch, and thus the car. It is an easy thing to check and worth the piece of mind.
IIRC, the plastic line is blue and connects to what is basically a flexible brake line that then connects to a metal line that looks like a steel curly-fry that connects to the slave in the tranny.
The plastic line is connected to the brake line using a brass pressure fitting - it is near the passenger rear wheel well - should be just inboard of the chassis seam and ahead of the half-shaft. This fittings have a tendency to go and leak hydraulic fluid, which can cause the clutch to drop.
If you are driving the car, I am guessing it is probably the return spring as extanker diagnosed, but you may also want to jack up the corner of the car (USE JACKSTANDS!) and check the fitting to see if it is failing and leaking fluid, since once it goes you cannot operate the clutch, and thus the car. It is an easy thing to check and worth the piece of mind.