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Car Forum / Acura Cars / July 2005Clutch Problem
I have a 91 integra and just the other day while driving home from work I was trying to change from 3rd gear to 4th gear but I couldn’t. I pulled over to the side, put my shifter to neutral, restarted the car and tried to put it in 1st gear but couldn’t. As a matter of fact I couldn’t get it into any of the gears. I turned the engine off, tried to put it into gear and it works. I started the car in 1st gear and it works but I couldn’t shift it to neutral or any of the gears, the shifter was locked......can someone tell me what the problem might be? Thanks >I have a 91 integra and just the other day while driving home from >work I was trying to change from 3rd gear to 4th gear but I couldnt. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Thanks Emergency driving to the garage: Twice the cable clutch of my Porsche broke and I was able to drive the car to the garage by starting the engine in first gear and change gears without clutching. Once the speed of the car matches the rpm of the engine we can change gears without any problem.Before stopping at the lights we must change to neutral and start the car in first gear again. Vlad >>I have a 91 integra and just the other day while driving home from >>work I was trying to change from 3rd gear to 4th gear but I couldn’t. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Vlad How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch?  SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net >How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch? You crank the starter with it already in first gear. It's a standard 'get you home' for when the clutch cable snaps. SignatureDan. >>How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch? > > You crank the starter with it already in first gear. It's a standard > 'get you home' for when the clutch cable snaps. The clutch safety switch normally watches the pedal, so it doesn't interfere with starting in gear - just press the useless clutch pedal and start away. I once drove a load of Boy Scouts over 100 miles home from a hike with a broken clutch cable. Thank God for freeways! Mike >>>How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch? >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Mike What he was doing was TURNING OFF the engine at each stop,and restarting while in gear,again and again and again..... Seems rough on the car,I think I'd rather call for a tow. SignatureJim Yanik jyanik at kua.net >>>>How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch? >>> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > while in gear,again and again and again..... > Seems rough on the car,I think I'd rather call for a tow. That's exactly it - stopping is not good. But with careful planning it is possible to minimize the number of starts. I only had to do it twice on the 100 mile trip - the first time and once more when we reached a congested intersection with a long light. Once in Phoenix I was able to keep to the right lane and time my approach to the lights. It really isn't as bad as it sounds. Mike >>>>>How do you change from neutral to 1st gear without the clutch? >>>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Mike It was the standard way of starting a Jeep in the army and changing gears with the car moving, the passengers don't even notice. Another interesting thing if you want maximum power when changing gears is to place the accelerator pedal on the floor and then changing gears without lifting the accelerator pedal. I tried this on my Integra 91 but the clutch didn't engage. The engine just revved up to 8000 rpm , in gear and with the clutch pedal, up. It use to work on my previous cars Vlad "" wrote: > > On 28 Jul 2005 00:22:41 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov.> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Mike The clutch safety switch normally watches the pedal, so it doesn’t interfere with starting in gear exactly right..... but yea, any shift afterwards is pretty much a "power" shift, and depending... it can get ugly... my car just barely made it into the shop... and my breaks failed while I was driving my car this way, talk about a nightmare... can’t believe i’m alive.
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