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just like the title says.
i picked her up yesterday and everything is perfect on her. 73,500 miles. 1998.5 black CSVT.
today i was driving her all day, and i went to take a U turn, i geuess i brought the rpms too high, let it out and nothing but a racing engine went off.
so i tried 2nd. nothing. 3rd nothing. i was able to coast all the way into a parking lot. i thought if i let it cool down for a bit it might catch again. (sometimes hot clutches can do that)
so while i waited, my friend and i waxed her, (shes gorgeous).
so, whats the damage guys? blown clutch for an OEM replacement by the book im hearing 4 to 6 hours labor.
so around 500 to 600 for labor and parts.
let me know.
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With a little good luck, it may not be the clutch. Check your CV joints and shafts.
With a bad luck, it may be the diff.
I hope your luck is running good. A clutch or the diff (inside the trans) is not a cheap repair.
Jim Johnson
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03 Escape Limited
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If it's a clutch, check here for a new SVT clutch for $300. Otherwise, check out www.specclutch.com for a Stage 1 clutch. A blown diff is big $$$$$. Mark
2000 Black CSVT
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Possibly a shift tower bolt, which wouldn't be NEAR as expensive.
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Yeah, as stated above, there a few different possible problems.
Maybe you can meet up with one of us in NE-CEG and see what they say after looking in person.
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Oh yeah, noticed one more thing. On your sig is says "soon to come Bosch 4 plat's......DON'T DO IT! Stick with autolite/motocraft double plats...these cars are a big hit or miss with anything else.
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Did you wax your car in some random parking lot?? I would of been a lot more worried about getting my car back on the road... O yeah and DO NOT waste your money on Bosch Platinum 4's. They are expensive and really not worth it at all! Hit or miss!
Midnight Red 95 Contour SE 5 speed, fully loaded. kkm M.A.F. adapter w/ K&N ru-3530, single Magnaflow muffler w/ no res. 2.25" custom catback exhaust, grafite painted stock 95 SE rims on bfgoodrich touring T/A's, 35% window tint around.
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Originally posted by Daves95Contour:
Did you wax your car in some random parking lot?? I would of been a lot more worried about getting my car back on the road... O yeah and DO NOT waste your money on Bosch Platinum 4's. They are expensive and really not worth it at all! Hit or miss!
It wasn't just some random parking lot. it was during the day, and it was hot and i just so have pulled into a starbucks parking lot.. and what could i have done about the car? i didnt want to get worked up about it, we were waiting for the flat bed, so me and my buddy waxed the car.
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you waxed your car at starbuck... hum.. never heard about somebody doing this hehe.
btw im having the same problem with my tranny but i havent repair it yet and i still dont know what the problem... the thing is i got a spec stage one that i put in around 6000km ago when something a bit similar happen
hope its not the clutch again... do somebody know what the warrenty of spec clutch ??
1998.5 Toreador Red/Midnight Blue Contour SVT - #5912/6535 - DOB - 05/11/1998 -
RU-3530/CTA Intake Pipe
MSDS Heaser/Y-Pipe
Magnaflow #10435
9mm Ford racing
SPEC Stage one/Spec Alum. Flywheel
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can you feel every gear still?
my shift tower bolt came out, and it was in neutral, just wouldnt go into a gear. if you can put it in every gear and you still feel the guides (put it in first, if you cant go directly sideways into 5th its still in.) then you are in trouble. i hear that a blown diff will make the car clunk when you try to move it, not sure though. a blown clutch would usually grab to some extent, so you would be able to make it move. if you can take the shifter and move it in a circle, then the gear selector shaft bolt is laying in the bottom of your tranny.
1998 CSVT
NX stage 1 ford EFI kit
MSD dis-4
B&M short throw
K&N short ram intake
Fsvt Euro 17's
Trubendz 2.5" exhaust
Spec stage 3
249.9 HP 258.2 TRQ clutch slipping the whole time
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