So, the wife been driving my 91 3.9L 5 speed manual &
I get it back..now after starting I can't get it in gear.
If I do get it to shift when I shut it off I'm locked out again.
If I start it in gear even with clutch depressed I'm moving.
What's ballpark for a new clutch & would this maybe be anything
(throwout bearing / pressure plate / adjustment) that would be cheaper?
Thanx
Dave

 

I got a new clutch kit (lifetime waranty) at O'Reilly autoparts. Im not 100% sure but I think it was around $180. It had clutch, pressure plate, and throw out bearing, and it also came with the alignment tool. Also you could keep in mind the slave cylinder.

 

I am 99% sure there is nothing wrong with your clutch. You need to replace the hydraulic system. The hydraulics come as a non-servicable assembly pre-bled with the master, slave and all the lines.

But clutches don't cause "no disengagment" problems. If a clutch is bad, it won't engage. Bad hydraulic systems or bad pressure plates cause "no disengagment" problems. Of course, if it is the pressure plate, you should replace the whole clutch kit, but based on past posts on here, I'm still leaning toward hydraulic problems.

 

actualy i had a 97 eclipse that had a clutch go bad and it would not disengage i to thaut it could not be the clutch and rebuilt the trany had the same problem did a clutch and it was good

 

did you check the fluid in the clutch master cylinder?

 

Sorry, but I don't believe that it was the clutch. All the clutch is is a friction disc... it can't control whether or not it is engaged or disengaged until it gets too worn out to engage, then it just slips. I'm confident in saying you probably replaced the pressure plate with the clutch and that solved your problem. When the fingers on the pressure plate get fatigued, they won't handle the force required to disengage the clutch... they will just bend.

 

It was either tow or go.
master cylinder fluid = full
Drove about 8 miles from work & shifted fine...same thing today.
Am I correct in assuming that if pressure plate / clutch , something mechanical , was shot...it would be shot today too ? Does this confirm hydraulic's ?
Thanx for all the input.
Dave

 

Hydraulic problems will be more erratic than mechanical problems, so if the problem is inconsistent, I'm going to say its a hydraulic issue.

Even if the hydraulic system is full, fluid can leak internally by seeping past the master cylinder's piston which would cause dissengagement problems. Then when you release the pedal, the fluid seeps back to the right side again.

 

Thanx...I know a little more now then i knew before. Dave