cable came undone from clutch pedal....help

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alright im sooooo close to getting my car up and running again but my clutch cable came unhooked from the top of the cable. how do i get it hooked back on?? anyones input would be great help, im sooooo close!

 

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jmd2914 said:

alright im sooooo close to getting my car up and running again but my clutch cable came unhooked from the top of the cable. how do i get it hooked back on?? anyones input would be great help, im sooooo close!

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The cable came undone from the quadrant? If so, you need to rehook it up and tighten the cable more. Adjusting it from under the car, you can use your finger to feel when you have removed the slack (the cable is exposed a little as it leaves the sheath and goes into the clutch fork). Set it so there is zero slack for right now.

Good luck.

 

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BTW, my hat is off to ya for burning the midnight oil to get this done.

 

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thanks for the hats off, i miss driving my car lol. how do i get it re-hooked on the quadrant? i can adjust it like you said from the bottom, i just need to get it rehooked, how do i go about doing that?

 

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I cant remember but I think you have an aftermarket quadrant? If so, slacken the cable (or just slacken it and pop it out of the clutch fork. THat is what I would do) so you can get it put back on the quadrant. This happened to me while I was farting around with mine and since I have a single hook quadrant, I was able to get the cable back on with the quadrant still attached to the clutch pedal. From below the car, you can push the cable up the sheath so you have some extra cable in the car.

Otherwise, pull those two hitch pins (by hand or with needle nose pliers) and slide the quadrant back off. Install the cable on the catch and put the quad back on. PUll the cable tight at the firewall so it does not come back off the quad. Then get under and reattach the cable at the fork. Sounds like a pain but it takes 1-5 minutes.

Then get the cable unslacked as you make your adjustment with the nut at the fork (if you dont, your TOB will probably make noise as it slides around on the retainer anyhow. Mine did atleast). Get zero freeplay and see how it feels.

Good luck.

 

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i have a stock quadrant. but i dont know how to get to it, i cant really see it when im looking under the dash, unless im looking at the wrong thing, how far up is it?

 

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its above the accelerator and its hidden quite a ways up there, if you know what you're looking for then it shouldn't be a problem

i believe stock ones are plastic and white right?

 

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yeah its plastic and white, so can i see it by just laying with my head down by where the pedals are?

 

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precisely, use a flashlight and you should see it fairly easily. its on a shaft that runs across the top of the pedals and connects to teh clutch pedal (obviously).

 

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Courtesy of Jeremy Thompson are these two pics of the stock quadrant and pawl:

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you beat me to the pic posting!!! That pedal assembly quadrant has one broken hook (you can see it in the pic) but it doesn't really look different than that pic.

 

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v8only said:

you beat me to the pic posting!!! That pedal assembly quadrant has one broken hook (you can see it in the pic) but it doesn't really look different than that pic.

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I figured you were busy with the new motor.

BTW, FYI, some dude on here was look for you last night. EDIT: NM, you found him.

 

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dude, that motor blows, I can't get it to run right. I'm gonna pull my upper/lower intake off and drill it the right way for act and egr coolant, then hook up ALL of the smog properly and troubleshoot from there.

 

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v8only said:

dude, that motor blows, I can't get it to run right. I'm gonna pull my upper/lower intake off and drill it the right way for act and egr coolant, then hook up ALL of the smog properly and troubleshoot from there.

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Sorry to hear that Jeremy. I figured you had that thing up and running by now - I know how little things take a bit to get ironed out though. Best of luck with it.