tracedog67 Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Ok fellow subies, I have a '97 OBW with 235k miles , 5 MT. I bought the car 26 months ago at 181k miles. The original owner drove 150 miles highway each day to work so the high mileage and I am assuming the original transmission and clutch. this morning while getting on the highway in 5th gear I was going about 60 mph and accelerated and the rpm's jumped more than usual and quickly settled back down. This appears to be the clutch flaring and hopefully not slipping. I had an '88 thunderbird turbocoupe with a 5 speed that did this shortly before the clutch went out. Am I looking at the same thing with this symptom? The clutch is hydraulic so I am not familiar with this kind. We just got the transmission rebuilt on our '92 SVX so I don't want another high bill at this time of year. Any suggestions appreciated. thanks Tdog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Dead clutch is my guess. Can you replace a clutch yourself, or do you need a shop to do it? Before running off to the tranny shop, check the clutch fluid resivoir to see that you are not low on fluid. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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