 
Main Menu
|
|
Nevada Classics
|
|
Advertise at CC
|
|
November 2025
|
| S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
| 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
| 30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CC Advertisers
|
|
12-16-2002, 08:21 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Augusta, GA,
Posts: 253
|
|
Not Ranked
My Cobra is Broken!!!
I was running down the road today (68deg  ) and downshifting when the clutch went to the floor. It came back up but the car was stuck in first gear. I limped into my Mom's driveway, I was going to visit, and got out to see what was wrong. Called for some tech support (thanks Don Scott, Minnisota Motorsports) and discovered that the clutch slave cylinder was only moving about 3/4".
I hated to but had to leave it at her house overnight. In the cold, without a cover, without a babysitter, not within MY view  .
I am a nervous wreck, I hope I can sleep tonight. Going to go bleed the clutch tomorrow and hope thats it. Don talked about ball joints breaking, throw out bearings going and other things that are way beyond my abilities. .  Wish me luck |
-
Advertising
12-16-2002, 09:06 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: rocky river,
Oh
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 289FIA / SA 351W / a truly glorious machine
Posts: 3,949
|
|
Not Ranked
I can relate, today I installed an infrared garage heater for mine. It's going down to 16 degrees tonight. It was just too cold in that garage for that little Unique.
|
12-16-2002, 09:18 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Olympia/Lacey,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast. 514 / 6 speed Richmond overdrive
Posts: 1,981
|
|
Not Ranked
Why not just call a tow truck?
You will sleep better
__________________
James Madison, father of the Constitution, said, "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." He also said, "No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.standdown.net/index.htm
|
12-16-2002, 10:32 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Chicago,
IL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 454 S.O.
Posts: 1,684
|
|
Not Ranked
Mine to.
__________________
Jeff
“If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower.”
Mark Donahue
|
12-17-2002, 11:01 AM
|
 |
(An All-Around Nice Guy)
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Camden,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique Motorcars (sold)
Posts: 1,582
|
|
Not Ranked
Sorry to hear about that, John. Hope you can fix it easily and cheaply. It was pretty darn nice yesterday, wasn't it? I couldn't help but take mine out for a spin as well (I guess 80 miles is more than just a spin, huh?).
Keith
__________________
Keith
Former Unique owner.
|
12-17-2002, 01:14 PM
|
|
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Augusta, GA,
Posts: 253
|
|
Not Ranked
Well, bleeding the clutch didn't help. Its almost like something has come loose between the clutch fork and inside the clutch housing. Is the arm that the clutch slave cylinder supposed to be so loose? If you take the return spring loose the arm just wobbles around.
|
12-17-2002, 03:19 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sauk Centre,
MN
Cobra Make, Engine: Owner, Classic Roadsters II
Posts: 1,347
|
|
Not Ranked
j, sounds like the pivot ball may have come loose and fell out . The fork will have a little play front to back but definitley not up and down. At the opposite end of the fork you will see 2 spring clips that slide over the pivot ball. If the fork has come off or the ball fell out then this would cause the problem. The only other attachment on the fork is to the throwout bearing. If the bearing broke you would have heard lots of noise. More than likely the ball.
Don
|
12-17-2002, 05:09 PM
|
 |
CC Member
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: so cal,
Cal
Cobra Make, Engine: I used to fix them for a living
Posts: 2,563
|
|
Not Ranked
I second DSCOTT's recommendation on the pivot ball. Also check to make sure the pressure plate is not loose, along with the bellhousing and the tranny to bellhousing bolts.
__________________
In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:27 AM.
|
Linear Mode
