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Well on Saturday night the worst thing that could happen...had to happen to me. Thats right the clutch gave way and had to tow my baby to get fixed. Worst thing is that it's about $400 for a clutch kit....shattered
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Gee mate, thats tough. Good thing your battery didnt go dead or it may have been the end.
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Thats on it's way out as well
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Time to upgrade... to an XR5T!
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Could have been worse though.. could have been a "my girlfirend left me and now I am stalking her thread"  :Hope its back on the road soon, just messing with you. :eclipsee_
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24-07-2006, 01:26 PM
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LOL thanks Casper. Always good to look on the bright side of things
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24-07-2006, 01:59 PM
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Adam,
Sorry to hear about this. I've had PLENTY of experience with my previous car i.e. on the back of a towtruck! BTW I'm still planning on coming down for the Rally of Melbourne. PM me and I'll tell you more about this.
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ROFL if thats the worst thing to ever happen to you then go buy some lotto tickets!!!
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24-07-2006, 03:22 PM
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Going by the thread title I thought you meant those taillights Adam
:.Just kidding, I know how much it sucks to be without a car. The alternator drama still makes me shudder. Thank god it was fixed and fixed well!
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i thought you wrote it off or something.. abit of an anti-climax really!
as mentioned above, go buy some damn lotto tickets :Uni/. |
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24-07-2006, 07:18 PM
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And the best bit? The next day he got chauffered around in a 3 door Machine silver Zetec with me as the driver. Lucky bugger...
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24-07-2006, 08:05 PM
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It definately sucks seeing your own car on the back of a truck.......
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24-07-2006, 08:43 PM
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Well good news and bad news on my front. Ordered the clutch kit today and it will be arriving tomorrow. Bad news is that I need a new thrust bearing but it doesn't come in the clutch kit so might have to wait another day. Took a few not so happy snaps for you all to see
 Clutch and bellhousing on the floor waiting  Clutch and pressure plate with the clutch plate missing the one of the four springs.
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24-07-2006, 08:47 PM
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Cool pics mate, glad to hear it's solved though. Hope it all gets back together smoothly and you're up and running again soon.
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24-07-2006, 08:53 PM
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Sorry for **** quality photo's it is night and a camera phone
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Maybe get your flywheel lightened whilst your at it.
Did you get a better clutch? or the stock ford item again? 400 bucks, pretty cheap. I hope that if anything ever does go wrong with my car i can get away paying as little as that.
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25-07-2006, 03:23 PM
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I just got the stock clutch again didn't want to wait around waiting for a new clutch to be made no aftermarket clutches around. It was $300 for the clutch kit and $135 for a new thrust bearing....so $435, can't complain much. Oh and $50 for the towing lol
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25-07-2006, 05:31 PM
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Well got my clutch kit today minus the thrust bearing, that is coming in tomorrow. Thought I would take pics for everyone. Most know what these things are.
Pressure plate on the left and clutch plate on the right 
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25-07-2006, 11:07 PM
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Nice tennis shoes.
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the clutch in my Zetec went @ 4,000km....replaced under warranty so no issues there for me fortunately...
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Now that is over. I got my new thrust bearing. So tonight its time to start putting my car back together. It's like a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle 
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Good luck mate. Keep us posted.
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Nice Wooden floor.
Has a nice straight grain.
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Yes but you didn't notice the thing in the top left hand corner :P
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Ahh yes sorry that i missed it.
The join from the floor to the wall is quite neat indeed. Good tradesman you hired there ! !
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mitch your wrong buddy sorry keep trying.
Also got my car back. Had a bit of a scare couldn't get it into 4th or reverse but found wires caught on the linkages and fixed it all up and now she drives like a dream
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Good to hear,
Now take it easy on that poor little clutch till it beds in again. I bet your engine and gearbox are nice and quiet when its idling now. Trust bearings make weird noises if you let your car idle for a long time :P
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