lukeytheduke

hi all please help. Was driving along in 5th put my foot down slightly and sounded like i had full boost like in 5th gear.

Then booted it a bit and had no clutch, think its fucked as cant select gears.

Opened up bonnet while waiting for aa and manifold behind turbo was glowing red. Engine sounds fine though. Any ideas? I know clutch is fucked and engine sounds sweet still but why would it glow bright red, i think it slightly melted red pipe too.
Its a 2wd cossie btw

Paul_RS

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Booted it in 5th could explain the glowing manifold

lukeytheduke

what?? Only for about 2mins before the clutch went. Its never glown red before

cossie4i+

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Sounds like you have melted the clutch cable

Steve

MO' BENT RIMS

yup sounds like yu melted the cable but the glowing manifold hmmm how long did yu floor it for

lukeytheduke

Steve if i melted the clutch cable i can just replace the cable itself cant i.

Question is though why did it melt, i wasnt even driving hard?

lukeytheduke

2mins before the clutch fucked

MO' BENT RIMS

was there anything rubbing against the cable mate?????

lukeytheduke

Not that i know of. The only thing i changed was put a 500 cooler in and alloy radiator, with its own relay direct to battery but thats the front end so cant think of what could be rubbing it or why it was glowing

Rsmat

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Ive had them glow right the way down and slightley under the bulk head...

Dicko&Vacant

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mate the cables are so so common for melting lol as for glowing red how many times do you give it some for 2 mins then get out and open the bonnet to see?

flannigan

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melted clutch cable luke do you have a turbo heat shield on ?

lukeytheduke

would it fuck turbo? It was still spinning fine. In fact i think i had to much boost in 5th as i couldnt get traction or would that have something to do with clutch fucking up?

Phil2002

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Do you have a turbo heat sheild? If not that may explain why you melted the clutch cable.

Phil

lukeytheduke

Yer mate standard heat shield

flannigan

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could not get traction or was it clutch slip ?

flannigan

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check to see if the cable is touching the exhaust manifold anywhere mate and it sounds like cable to me but you may have shredded the clutch friction plate in the process

lukeytheduke

i seemed to get no traction when i feathered the throttle, when i booted it though i got traction eventually. Its only stage one but felt like to much boost in one go rather than steady supply if that makes sense

lukeytheduke

Thats a good point mate. Can u get uprated cables?

Aa mans here

flannigan

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get a std ford cable and have a new clutch fitted mate and it will cure youre problem

mr noisy

Vacume pipe popped off so running unlimited boost ?? as to much boost with wrong map will make it glow like a mother f**ker

That will also make the clutch cable die due to the heat

Phil2002

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go hydraulic it is about as uprated as you can get.

ontheway

This might be completely irrelevant as i don't own a cossie but in fast ford a couple of months ago (the feature comparing track and road escorts) they were saying that because the timing was two advanced it was sending the combustion through the exhaust ports, reducing power and making the manifold glow

martysmartie

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The clutch cable runs alongside the turbo, normally there isn't a problem, assuming you have the heatshield in place and it's in good order?

What do you define by "No clutch", if the cables gone you will know as there will be no resistance on the pedal what so ever and it will go straight to the floor?

To answer your question there is nothing you can do until you get another cable, at least under the cars own steam (Pardon the pun), UNLESS you are near home and not near busy roads etc you can try starting the car in gear and driving it home slowly (As obviously your stuck in that one low gear) but I woulden't advise unless desperate and distance and conditions allow!

Martin

lukeytheduke

i got towed back. Turns out the aa man own a 3 door!!

He said clutch defo burnt out aswell as cable.

What price am i looking at for ford new clutch then? Only stage 1 so nothing special please.
Cheers luke

lukeytheduke

Sorry mate when i said loadsa boost the boost gauge still only read 14 so it didnt go above what it should just seemed like it arrived in one lump sum but i think that was due to clutch slipping.

I've never had this problem before so didnt know it was clutch slip. Aa man reckoned i need a whole new kit, he could tell by the smell apparently

Alvyn

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weather is alot colder now at night so the boost ur running will be more punchy and youve also added a bigger cooler! get a full 6 plate kit with a standard cover as that will do up to stage 3 imo!

lukeytheduke

Sorry for my ignorance as i know nothing about clutches but wont the ap kit come with an uprated cover as its a "kit"

Cheers luke

lukeytheduke

p.s with the new cooler on i cant believe how quick it picks up in 5th

Rob Virgo

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Did I catch ya right, stage one and you couldn't get traction in fifth gear on boost (over 3k .) What speed was this at ...?..

What power you imagine you have,what tyres you running more importantly......

zetec-Sam

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It was clearly clutch slip mate, no need to take the piss out of the lad.

anglia105e hinson

Yeah clearly this lad doesn't know to much about his car, that's why he's asked on here.
We are all here to help .
If he has never experienced a clutch slipping before he wouldn't know what it feels like. So taking the piss ain't really needed.

lukeytheduke

clutch slip- revs rise rapidly but not an increase in speed.
Wheel spining while on the move- revs rise quickly but no increase in speed

Whats the fucking difference

And as said above why would i know its clutch slip if i've never had a car with that problem!

lukeytheduke

Its 280 burton power stage 1 and the problem arise from 0mph to 135when clutch finally went. I know its only stage one but its so responsive for a stage 1.

It used to wheel spin in 3rd and 4th but never in 5th thats when i thought somethings up.

Wheels are white comp mo et35's and rubber is goodyear eagle f1 asymetrics so best all round tyres out there

mechanic28

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if you going to keep her at srage one just got a standard one from ford along with the cable,if u good with spanners do it yaself 2wd clutchs easy