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| The Red Baron; Restoration of a 1993 Geo Metro XFi | |
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| Coche Blanco | Aug 22 2013, 12:17 PM Post #151 |
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The crunch the in reverse is one of two things, you are not waiting long enough to shift, or your clutch cable isn't adjusted right. At least that has been my experience.
Edited by Coche Blanco, Aug 22 2013, 05:09 PM.
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| Hydrojim | Aug 22 2013, 12:31 PM Post #152 |
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I'll play with it a little more |
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| unplugged5150 | Aug 22 2013, 01:18 PM Post #153 |
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Nice work kiddo. That ride was hideous when you bought it, now it looks great. Keep up the good work.
Edited by unplugged5150, Aug 22 2013, 01:18 PM.
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| MR Bill | Aug 22 2013, 03:40 PM Post #154 |
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You did a great job on the car, thanks for sharing. |
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| geo pet | Aug 22 2013, 03:58 PM Post #155 |
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" my strange addiction "
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nice job youngen . what's next ? |
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| evmetro | Aug 22 2013, 10:43 PM Post #156 |
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You need to stand back a little with you hands on your hips, and say "I built that". That was a lot of work, and you should be proud of yourself. Congrats! |
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| Mythstae | Aug 22 2013, 10:48 PM Post #157 |
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So...? Did you get the lock fixed? |
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| Nathanatfork | Aug 23 2013, 11:09 AM Post #158 |
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Very nice! NOW, go start another one so we can follow along again. |
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| Hydrojim | Aug 23 2013, 03:03 PM Post #159 |
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. They put a picture of me on the hall of fame here at the tire shop. It's a signed picture of me and the car along with signed pictures of a bunch of famous people who get their tires done here. Pretty cool Mythstae- yep I got it fixed. Rods were just bent a little. It doesn't quite have that right "click" but the door opens without trouble. Just doesn't feel normal. Can anybody help with my clutch adjustment? I've got a brand new clutch in the car and it's at the top of the travel. The clutch cable adjustment nut is about halfway on the cable. And my pedal free play seems to be in spec. I don't think I'm doing something right. I've read the FSM and some threads on here. Nothing really seems to make sense to me. I've read that the adjustment nut should have some play but if I back the nut off enough to have play, then all of my pedal stroke is just freeplay. Hope this makes sense. Edited by Hydrojim, Aug 23 2013, 03:04 PM.
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| dayle1960 | Aug 23 2013, 03:15 PM Post #160 |
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You put a 1.3L clutch plare disc in there , right? Might be a little fatter/ thicker than a 1.0L disc. You might be out of clutch cable length because of the fatter disc. |
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| Hydrojim | Aug 23 2013, 03:22 PM Post #161 |
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I think I just misunderstood where the freeplay was supposed to be. I read this and it all came together for me:
Now that makes sense! I adjusted the cable so I'll see how it is. I'm thinking that having a resurfaced G13 flywheel means that the clutch disc won't make contact until your pedal is closer to the top? Clutches always seem counter intuitive to me. |
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| Hydrojim | Aug 24 2013, 09:21 AM Post #162 |
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I also calibrated my TPS today so I'll see if the car drives a little better now. I was experiencing a bucking at certain throttle positions. Seemed like the computer couldn't decide between enrichment and fuel cutoff so the car was just bouncing back and forth on the clutch springs. We'll see how she drives today. I leave for Cleveland tomorrow morning so hopefully I make it in without any issues. |
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| PTA2PTB | Aug 24 2013, 12:03 PM Post #163 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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Huh? WTF? Where did you that? Sounds like a steaming pile of , to me.Theoretically, as your clutch wears down, you may need to tighten the adjustment nut, ever so slightly, lest your position of depressing the clutch pedal to achieve complete clutch disengagement, creep ever closer toward your floorboard. |
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| Woodie | Aug 25 2013, 05:11 AM Post #164 |
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It may sound like but that's the way it works.As the friction material on the disk wears, the pressure plate fingers will come closer to the throwout bearing, eliminating the freeplay you adjusted to at the cable end nut. Also reducing the freeplay at the top of the pedal. If you adjusted the freeplay to minimum at installation and did no further adjustments, it would eventually wear until the clutch starts to slip without your foot on the pedal at all. To compensate for wear, you need to loosen the adjusting nut on the end of the cable. |
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| Nappers | Aug 25 2013, 06:51 AM Post #165 |
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awesome job on that Metro! I just read the whole thread, wow! A lot of work! Kuddos! |
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