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 Total loss of drive (my own fault)
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Wolf
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Joined: 06 Dec 2004
Posts: 34

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:38 am

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Whilst driving around a particularly slippery corner one night I spun the front wheels went to change up a gear & all of a sudden mid wheelspin I completely lost all drive . No bang or grinding noise just high revs & no momentum.
I am thinking
1/ Clutch
2/ Gearbox
3/ Driveshafts

When you put the car in any gear from 1 to 5 the speedo wobbles as expected (reads up to 30 - 40 mph ) there is no noise whether you use the clutch or not but when you try reverse it gives a grinding noise without the clutch but no attempt at movement & silent with the clutch

The car is too good & too much fun to scrap so I want to repair it , any suggestions what I should be looking at first?
Confused Embarassed Confused
Chris H
Forum Moderator

Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:44 am

diff circlip its in the knowledge base
Wolf
Level 1 User

Joined: 06 Dec 2004
Posts: 34

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:35 am

Surprised Shocked
Went to renault dealer (con artists with xray vision when it comes to your wallet) & got the washer & circlip, as I have to fit new shocks & lower arms anyway I will get on to this on sat am.
Thanks for the help & will let y'all know how much hassle it was

wish me luck

D
Wolf
Level 1 User

Joined: 06 Dec 2004
Posts: 34

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:02 am

O.M.G. It went so easy, removed front corner (shocks etc) to create room to move & then 15 mins later we were tightening the inner gator plate. Thanks for the help evry1 , only problem was 2 hours later whilst out testing my toy it decided to spit a sparkplug out of cyl1 completely taking the thread with it . (expletive deleted.expletive deleted)

Oh well here we go again. Shocked Confused Surprised
Neal
Forum Moderator

Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:13 am

spark plug thread was probably crossthreaded and stripped before you got it, and the person who did it just ragged the plug in as best he could and flogged the car on.

Anyway, get a helicoil in there. Not ideal but itll do the job.
Wolf
Level 1 User

Joined: 06 Dec 2004
Posts: 34

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:43 am

wahay I have found a guy that will come to me & do the job for £90 +vat
or £40 if I take it to him but not gonna tow it to brighton from home (40miles) so gonna pay da max. (at least I'll have the toy on the road again)
Neal
Forum Moderator

Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 7432

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:48 am

I guess he's going to do it with the head on the car then, nice.
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