HELP! car broke down on side of road

DCjuggalo

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i think its the clutch, when i start the car and the clutch is down to the floor, it makes no noise, then when i let off the clutch it makes a bad grinding type of sound. when i tried to go forward it bucked up and wouldnt go.. can anyone tell me what this is?.. thanx

 

88stangmangt

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bad throw out bearing.

 

DCjuggalo

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is it hard to fix the throw out bearing?

 

91LX302

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well since you have to take the tranny out to get at it, yes it's hard

 

DCjuggalo

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how much does a new throw out bearing cost ?

 

voodoo

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If I was you I would try to find a ford racing clutch kit on ebay for around 150.00 it will come witha a new clutch pressure plate and throw out bearing. I put one in my 93 and my 94 and love the firm feel. I had a shop install the one for the 94 and it cost me around 100 bucks. Good luck, I would much rather seea cumarrrow on the side of the road!!!

 

88stangmangt

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they are pretty cheap i would put a spec clutch in it also.

 

a_turbo_stang

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Yea you can get a throwout bearing for around 20 bucks. But while you have the tranny out you might as well install a good clutch.

 

91LX302

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SPEC

 

IndyBlk5.0

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i would recommend spec clutch and centerforce t/o bearing, you wont have any problems...

 

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Found
On
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Dead

 

DCjuggalo

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ahh... i took it to the transmission place up the street and they called me back and said it needed a new transmission or rebuilt and would cost 1200... (((((((

 

FceDncr

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DCjuggalo said:

ahh... i took it to the transmission place up the street and they called me back and said it needed a new transmission or rebuilt and would cost 1200... (((((((

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Get a second opinion. I don't mean to be insulting, but from reading your post and subsequent comments, you don't seem to know much about cars, and I suspect the shop smelled fresh roadkill. Hook up with a buddy and get the right skinny. This shop didn't diagnose a bad tranny without a teardown.