Greetings,
I am new to this forum so I don't know where everything is yet. I am hoping to get some troubleshooting help with my Stratus. It has been my dream car for the last five years, no trouble, just fun.

A couple of days ago I started having trouble getting from one gear to the next, and that problem would come and go. It worked ok for one trip and got difficult the next. Then yesterday, it gave out all together. The clutch pedal goes too easily to the floor and does not engage, so the only way to get into gear is to match the revolutions or jump start in gear. Not good.

There was no odd noises and no leaking fluids. I am not up on hydraulic clutches so I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have a Haynes manual but it is not clear to me where all the parts are located from the pictures, or even what could be wrong.

Sorry to be so wordy. Any help with this puzzle would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Tammyjean

 

Welcome to DF
Here is what you do. Have someone push down on the clutch pedal and watch the shift fork lever. Does it move when you push down the pedal? If it does, Then the problem is inside the transmission. ( Clutch Disc ).

 

More than likely its the slave cylinder. Its usually baby blue in color, and the seal goes bad. You will need a friend to help you bleed the line when you get a new one (less than $100) but its pretty simple to install. It will be on the front of the transmission , and will have one steel line going to it.

Small picture, but this is what it looks like. OEM and the one I bought to replace mine a while ago is blue.

 

Thanks guys for the responses. This is a great help. I will check out your suggestions and let you know how it all works out.

Regards,
Tammyjean

 

OK, got the new slave cylinder and installed it. Pretty easy. Works great. All is well. Cost $60 including bottle of brake fluid.

Thanks all for your help. This is a great forum.

tammyjeam

 

Eibach Sportline Springs, KYB GR-2 struts, Muffler delete, CAI, Short throw shifter, All chrome 2.5g wheels, Rear Disc Conversion, Eclipse Spoiler and Fuel door, Blacked out headlights, OEM foglights, Redline tuning hood struts and a little bit more.

Beautiful car. Thanks for posting the picture


REAR DISC CONVERSION!! Can you point me to a thread on HOW TO do a rear disc conversion?

Thanks

 

Thanks

Sure, heres the how-to I made a few years ago.
http://www.2gstratus.org/forums/inde...opic=34196&hl=

 

I am new to this forum, so please have patience. I recently purchased an '02 dodge r/t stratus, 3.0 5-speed. It has a ne clutch, pressure plate, throw-out bearing, slave and master cylinders. The ave is constantlylosing uid and the car has also developed a serious vibration problem. At 1500, the vibration is at its worse, no-load; under load, it is not AS bad. This is the st time I have owned a small car such as this and hope someone may have some experence with this issue. Thanks.

 

Welcome to DF
If the car is loosing fluid, We need to know what type of fluid you are loosing. I'm going to guess maybe a water pump, But is just a guess. I do need more information.