http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=2006 If you have a blown clutch your car will continue to run. If your clutch is still good it'll pop and kill the engine like a good little manual should. Simple. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Mercy General Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:38:16 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=2006 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1998 Not that I am basing this on in depth research or anything, but I think even 50-60K sounds pretty low for this sort of thing. My old Subbie went a loooong time without having the clutch replaced; way more than 50-60K. And my Honda is the same. CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:47:02 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1998 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1997 or like teaching someone how to drive manual. my stepdad apparently had to replace his clutch on his old old subbie after he spent a few hours trying to teach me how to drive it. (his method of teaching really was not resonating even the slightest.) CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:45:35 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1997 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1996 wait, what? how would it now die if you let out the clutch without pressing on the gas? CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:43:53 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1996 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1909 As I often tell Josh: you win! Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:39:12 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1909 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1900 I always like the CarTalk method of testing your clutch. Park against a tree and see if your car dies when you let out the clutch. A nice big stout tree. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:22:20 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1900 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1899 driving hard and/or amateur usage of a manual transmission. Like my F1 style driving. Like my dad trying to pull the boat out of the river when he didn't know how to use a manual transmission with an increased load. I ARE SO SMOOOOOOOOF kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:37:32 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1899 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1898 What would cause the increased degradation of the clutch? kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:34:24 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1898 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1897 also: this is usually a 50,000-60,000 mile thing, not 33,000. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:33:13 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1897 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1896 it had a very difficult time shifting. Nissan said the mechanic thought it was a miracle I was able to drive it into the shop. when a clutch blows all the way, you can move the pedal anywhere you want, and the shifter anywhere you want, but it the engine won't engage the transmission. it'd be as if you were giving the engine gas with the shifter in the neutral position. one way to gauge how much the clutch has worn is at what point in the motion of the clutch pedal the engine/transmission engages. new vehicles should engage the engine/transmission near the bottom of the pedal motion, and a blown clutch engages immediately the moment you press it, if at all. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:32:06 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1896 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1895 How is it "blown?" kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:07:26 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1895 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1891 blew the clutch on my truck in ~33,000 miles. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Mercy General Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:44:34 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=1891&msg_id=1891