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BretM (Bretm)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 7:35 pm: | |
Good to see you solved it. It's interesting how that problem had those symptoms. |
Frank Foster (Sparta49)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2001 - 7:09 pm: | |
It seems the problem was ignition. the front bank of cylinders was not firing. I replaced both ignition coils, and one of the ignition modules and the car is running fine. |
Frank Foster (Sparta49)
| | Posted on Monday, March 19, 2001 - 3:48 pm: | |
finally got the car to the exhaust shop and transmission shop. it looks like we have ruled out the catalytic converter and a slipping clutch. I've had suggestions of fuel injection or ignition problems. Any ideas? |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 3:13 am: | |
Frank, when (and if) you get this clutch out, take some photos so we can see. Especially for me, that we can compare the photos of my clutch with yours (you can see mine in this Tech Q&A page under "Fried clutch/flywheel?". |
David Prall (Davidpra)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2001 - 9:01 pm: | |
With the car parked and not running, reach under the bell housing (Driver's side, just ahead of the rear wheel) give a tug on the clutch cable --- there should be a bit of deflection. If not, you're snagged somewhere, and the clutch is not fully released.
If that checks out, I'm sorry to say it sounds like your clutch is fried... |
Frank Foster (Sparta49)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2001 - 7:09 pm: | |
I take my foot off the clutch when I am at a light, the clutch cable and pedal do not seem to be hanging up on anything the mat and carpeting are clear of the pedals |
BretM (Bretm)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2001 - 5:45 pm: | |
Yeah because if you think about it, no matter what resistance, because of the direct mechanical relationship between the rpm and the gear ratio he would have to be going a particular speed. Even if the cat was clogged or the brake locked up, 5000 rpm is 5000 rpm and would turn the wheels at the normal speed that they should. It must be a clutch slippage. |
David Prall (Davidpra)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2001 - 4:32 pm: | |
Whoa! We're all missing the key clue here -- car in gear, engine at 5000RPM, and barely moving forward.
Herbert's got the bingo --- clutch slippage.
If the brakes were partially seized, the cats clogged, or some other constraint, the car wouldn't hit 5 grand while it was in gear. (unless only the front brakes were dragging, and the rear tires were lit up).
If the problem just suddenly appeared, try checking to see that your clutch cable or clutch pedal are not getting hung up and preventing the clutch from fully re-engaging. I've even seen floor mats hang up the pedal sometimes.
If everything checks out, get the car up to about 35-40 mph, drop it into 4th and punch the accelerator -- if your clutch is slipping, you'll know!! (be careful not to over-rev if slipping occurs) |
Larry (Larry)
| | Posted on Monday, March 05, 2001 - 9:48 pm: | |
Frank, do you ever sit at a long traffic light or, every traffic light for that matter, w/your foot down on the clutch? |
Frank Foster (Sparta49)
| | Posted on Monday, March 05, 2001 - 7:57 pm: | |
The car is not pulling and my first thought was the parking brake but it had been off for quite a while and it was driving with no problems. It remains sluggins through all gears not just first |
Trent Carter (Tcarte04)
| | Posted on Monday, March 05, 2001 - 8:01 am: | |
My 81 308 had the parking brake seize, and it had the same feel, I quickly found the problem by feeling the calipers, the rear ones were steaming. |
Gary van Hartogh (Garyvh)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2001 - 3:36 pm: | |
It sound like I am suffering a similar fate. I have not run my 83 308QV for a number of months, being from Pittsburgh this is not abnormal, and upon starting it the same thing occurred. Everything works fine except there is no power and stalls when I take my foot off the gas. I initially thought it was a distributor problem, possibly firing only on one bank of cylinders. However checking the wires, taking off one wire from the coil to the distributor at a time, did not reveal any change. Could it possible be a vacuum problem? How about a cat problem? I know there is an expert out there that knows the answer. |
William H (Countachxx)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2001 - 1:54 pm: | |
When my clutch in my 308 started slipping I noticed it while I was driving about 70mph, thhe engine would rev higher but the car wouldnt accelerate. This sounds too sudden for a clutch, unless they go like that sometimes
The cats packed up in my Countach &the engine ran well but the car barely moved |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2001 - 1:26 am: | |
Possible that brake pistons seizing up would cause that, but I'm sure it wouldn't be perfectly even so the car would pull to one side as it moved away. Does this happen Frank? But yes, more than likely it is a slipping clutch. It should be doing this though in all the gears though (does this happen too Frank?). |
Warren E. Smith (Magoo)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 8:54 pm: | |
Frank, I know this sounds crazy, but are you sure that your brake master cylnder is'nt backing up on you when you have run the car for a distance? Had work done on the brakes lately? Just a thought. MAGOO |
Frank Foster (Sparta49)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 5:28 pm: | |
Craig It was having trouble getting to 30 mph. Yes it does have catalytic converters and California Emissions |
William H (Countachxx)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 4:42 pm: | |
I suspect the cats even more now, does your car have cats ? |
Herbert E. Gault (Irfgt)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 3:47 pm: | |
Sounds like your clutch is slipping. |
Craig Dewey (Craigfl)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 3:32 pm: | |
I'm unclear about the "5000RPM and moving at a crawl". That should be about 30mph. We you having trouble getting to 30mph in first gear even though the engine was revving? |
William H (Countachxx)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 3:10 pm: | |
water in the gas ? clogged catalytic converters ?
mouse nest in your air filter ? |
Frank Foster (Sparta49)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 03, 2001 - 12:19 pm: | |
This morning after about 15 minutes of driving my 308 felt like it gained 20,000lbs. The car was running fine until I came to a stop. When I went to take off it felt like I was going nowhere. I was in first gear 5,000 RPM and moving at a crawl. It was idling and revving fine. Any suggestion on where to start would be appreciated |
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