A rare issue with a T-45

[xtr3m3]

Gah! is all I have to say... My car has been in the shop for 1 week now for a clutch replacement

Heres the Story..........


A few weeks ago I started up my car and started to move an it seemed my clutch was not letting go as it was 50/50 engaged.. So I had to give it more gas to get it to move.. I was like clutch is done for..

Well I couldnt just take it to the shop I had to finish work for the week.. Well I continued to drive the car and it seemed to get worse if I punched the gas the RPM's would jump up an the car wouldnt move until the RPM's dropped back down a bit...

Now I was certain the clutch was done and needed to be replaced

I continued to drive it until Friday last day of work.. An the Car would hardly move I had it in first and have to Rev it to make it move a little bit.. then it finally didnt move anymore.. If i gave it gas with the clutch not pressed in and also in 1st gear the car just did not move

-So I called a performance shop that deals with nothing but mustangs..

Gave them My issue they said its more or less the clutch is scorched

They called me today and told me this


Hey Dan... We just finished your car and its on the ground but we seem to have a problem.. "Thinking Not More problems!!"

.... We started your car put it in first gear and its not moving at all
"Your clutch we took out was perfectly fine also"

We are not sure what it could be we did a trans flush and the fluid looked fine with a little material in it but nothing strange..

-We think it might be something to do with the transmission but there is nothing we can smell or hear that my be the issue

-They are taking my motor/trans out tomarrow and inspecting it to see the issue

Has anyone had this problem before if so what do you think it could be


"Again the transmission is spinning they can feel it.. an its not making any wierd noises everything seems fine"


Again if you have seen this issue or have an idea of what it could be let me know!!!

This mustang is the biggest issue ever lol..


Thanks

 

[SeventyMach1]

Does sound a lil like a tranny problem. It is hard to tell. One of those things you have to tear apart seeing for yourself to diagnose. Good luck with it ... and be careful ... don't let the shop mess with you.


BTW, your tranny should be a T-5.

 

[bill302]

input shaft gears or cluster shaft gears may be stripped. that is if the shop knows what there doing the," Your clutch we took out was perfectly fine" statement should have told them something so why did the continue with the installation of a new clutch?????

 

[SeventyMach1]

" Your clutch we took out was perfectly fine" statement should have told them something so why did the continue with the installation of a new clutch?????

My thoughts exactly ....

 

[xtr3m3]

Ahh true.. Well figures im sick of ford im sick of chevy honda an the rest.. all money pits im going to buy a moped LOL..

 

[xtr3m3]

Eh I was also thinking maybe a C-clip or a spring

 

[igotyofire]

my friends dodge srt4 just behaved similiar but a lil different, with clutch in car would still move, he had to shut it off at intersections,lol. guy took out clutch and said it was fine, later took out clutch again sent it off to go get rebuilt, its a servicable race clutch, and the manufactures said it was fine....this time metal peices were in there, which probably didn't let it disengage and the pressure plate spring teeth were no longer all equal thickness and worn. car drives back to normal now with new clutch....

i know this isn't really helpful, but just thought id share, maybe your tranny needs to be sent out to a tranny shop, shops that specialize in transmissions were they will catch somthing the general mechanic might overlook or just not see, usually they will not miss somthing if they deal with these kinda things everyday. and luckly for you the T5 is common and so most places should be familier with it......just my input