charlton Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Sods law after many trouble free years of the Supe it has started to fail in the lead up to winter... If I try to pull away the revs rise quickly and the Supe pulls away but not as quickly as it should. If I stop trying to accelerate the revs drop and the Supe almost jolts as if it was stopping accelerating hard. This happens in all gears except for first - or at least it is less noticeable. Sometimes there is a smell but it is not the smell of a clutch burning. I'm not the best with mechanics so I don't know what it could be or want to throw loads of money at it when I really want to put the money towards a TT - Any ideas on what to check or what it could be? It's an NA 5 speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 (edited) Sounds like a slipping clutch: how old is the clutch? Not sure about the smell or the deceleration bits. What kind of smell is it? Burning? Solvent? Farts? Edited November 16, 2010 by stevie_b (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 It needs a new clutch assembly, it'll need a new flywheel as well, if you continue to use it with a slipping clutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thanks for the replies guys, I was thinking it was going to be something along those lines - thankfully I have access to another car so I do not have to use it anymore. Any ideas on a rough cost to fix it? I need to sum up if it is going to be worth it in the long run when I want to upgrade to either a new Supra or dropping in a TT engine (+ the upgrades required) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 It's the price of a new clutch + labour: complete guess... £100 parts + £100 independent labour? I might be off the mark though. I would just do it if I were you, unless you're serious about going NA-TT. If you want to sell the NA it'll be hard to sell with a slipping clutch (or you'll get hammered on the price). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thats not bad though, was expecting a fair whack more! I'm in a dilemma over what I want to do so I wont bore you! Thanks again for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Don't take my word for it, I'd get a couple of quotes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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