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Scotty Kilmer hey man I have 93 civic then I put h22 prelude engine in to it Turbo charged its keep over heating has new water pump, timing belt thermostat do you know what's could be please and thank you
Quick question. Have issues with clutch function intermittently. Slpwly gotten worse. Now it doesnt want to go into any gear whatsoever when on yet when pff has no problem getting into gear. If i start the car in gear it starts to roll and if i can get it going i have to slam into next gear. Could this be a hydraulic issue? Im hoping its not the clutch itself but im not seeing any visible leaks from clutch master cylinder or slave cylinder and the fluid has not changed its level.
Scotty Kilmer hello I have a question what does it mean when my Manual gear shift is in 1or 2 gear and pops out , some say it’s the clutch can you help me out on this issue thank you
Everyone knows it's a big job. Scotty does not want to waste our time here so sums it up very nicely in under 5 minutes. Excellent video that gives a good idea of what's involved in this repair. Thanks Scotty.
+murfad I feel yah there, I replaced the clutch and pressure plate on my 1990 300zx, the job took me 21 hours... The hardest and longest part was just trying to line up the transmission to the engine perfectly, Hell, that took a solid 4 hours....
+krauser427 Funny. The one and only clutch I've replaced was an 88 300z. What a pain in the ass. My buddy knew how to do it, and we had a shop with every tool you can think of, but it still took forever. He said it's the car, and he's done many before that didn't take half as long. needless to say, I'll never do it again. Some shit needs to be left to the pros.
+Peachride EightyNine i know exactly how to change a clutch in my mustang i got all the tools but i know how long and hard this job is. ill gladly pay the $400 i got quoted
There's several reasons for going to a good mechanic..... besides the tools he has which likely you don't, he's got experience and skill in making these fixes look easy. Plus a good mechanic is capable of diagnosing problems that could help you save time and money
First time ever replacing one in my car and it was done in 2 1/2 hours and saved ~500+$ in labor cost. It is well worth it to me to learn how to fix your own car and not be dependent on a shop that might bend you over.
Marush Denchev I have done it before. When the mechanic says 500 to replace it. You'll figure it out. Not gonna lie first time me and my husband removed the transmission housing and screwed it up. Replaced both transmission and clutch and my car is now going 233000 miles strong. I messaged Scotty and he replies with advice. Good experience.
A few years back my clutch blew and needed to get it fixed for work. Didn't have another car and needed it fixed within few days. I don't have friends that can help out with this and didn't want to take car apart. Took to local shop and spent the money to fix it at the time. Glad I did because other things were wrong with it. Going back if I can take the time off I'd replace it myself. I do love learning and doing stuff like this myself.
Scotty you make it look EASY. Replaced a clutch a year ago and for a first timer like myself I found this repair to be up there as one of the more complicated pain in the butt repair. keep up the awesome videos!
every changed it on a modern front wheel drive ? May even take you 2-3 weekends.. usually the whole subframe incl steering rack and front axle has to come off and you have to work 1 day before you get even close to removing the transmission...no chance without a lift and many special tools....
Scotty, Thanks for making these videos. Even though I don't need to make all of the repairs you showcase, I can't help but watch them all. Really good job!
wow! thanks for the tutorial its very helpful and saves me alot of money. changing a worn out clutch is much easier than changing a windscreen wiper. infact it was so very easy i did it outside the church car park while waiting for a friend church wedding to start.
@@ledzeppelin1212 makes sense. In Fwd car, all of the major components that makes a car go (engine, transmission, axle shafts) are crammed into 1 tight spot. The axle shaft acts as a drive shaft and suspension for front wheel drive car, so you have to remove the wheels and axle shaft to remove the transmission. In rwd cars, the engine, transmission, and drive shaft all occupy their own space (front, middle, rear, respectively) and once you remove the exhaust, starter, and some wires, you can drop the transmission.
It’s these videos why Scotty is the goat. Quick 4 minute tutorial changing the clutch on jack stands in the driveway. Can’t get anymore real than that.
Is it true that you should never get any oil or any dirt from your fingers or other sources on the clutch pad? My mechanic buddy said it was important it stays clean during the install.
that's what keeps people going forever. You stop moving, you fall apart. My grandfather was a mechanic at 80 and when my father shut down the garage, he was dead within a year from doing nothing.
Scotty, you're my hero. I was waiting for a good video explaining this topic. Awesome coincidence you did it on a miata as well, since I drive a miata :D Thanks a lot Scotty, love your videos!
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"They are pretty heavy". heh. half my life ago now, I remember working in a shop and we dropped a tranny in a jeep. We had it on the lift with a tall platform jack thingy I can't remember the name of to hold the transmission in place... It fell off. I caught it before it hit the ground and pulled my groin. I was back in 2 days though all good. 16 years later, I'm watching you make it look so freakin' simple and easy. I wish I had stayed in the mechanic field. I miss it.
Honestly you are the best mechanic I have ever seen . I wish you live in my country because if anything bad happened to my car, absolutely I will take it to your garage
Duuude, Your videos are AWESOME! I find them very interesting especially with all the time you use to film the process. Super! :) This is the fifth random video I'm seeing and every single one is amazing; with all the tips and honest ideas you give. 10/10* Btw, you look alike with the German singer "Fancy"...
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4.40 with intro to change a clutch! Wish it was that quick!, Very nice videos, Im a first year mechanic my self and I enjoy watching your videos, I watch them to see some new tip/tricks that I could use at work for myself, Very enjoyable to watch unlike some other mechanics that have youtube channels, Keep it up definitely be watching more to see what else I can use at work.. What laws in america stops you from having a hoist? I very fondly hate working on the ground
Ah, you can see many older mechanics with big fat guts using lifts. I don't have one to help keep in shape, getting up and down all the time. And, If you like my car help, be sure to watch my live car talk show every Saturday morning at 10 AM CST on RU-vid. I answer your car questions LIVE there. Just check it out at How To Ask A Live Mechanic Car Questions Free On RU-vid . And remember, every TUESDAY I upload a new video, so don’t miss them.
yeah but does it really help considering back problems, vertigo, neck spasm, and dirt falling over. I think you gotta have some sort of a lift. I hated working underneath.
Love the ending to your clips, how ya make it that much more fun to sign off then just a catch phrase Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with all us DIYers
He makes it look so easy. Reminds me of when a friend of mine and I replaced the clutch in my VW golf. We probably spent 2 hours trying to get the transmission back on with a transmission Jack. My father gets home and has the damn thing on in ten seconds without the jack.
2 important things to know so you dont kill a new clutch. Don't slam the pressure plate levers with the gearbox shaft as you you hurl the gearbox in, and resting on them isn't so good either, if one of those get bent you'll have clutch shudder. And once you decide to slip the spline in from the gearbox there is no stopping till it all the way in and secured by bolt or at least on the dowels, if you stop and accidentally let the weight of the box on the spline shaft it'll bend the hob is the friction plate and that's probably going to shudder or have a long take up.
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i was like theres no fucking way you only take off the drive shaft and remove a couple bolts and boom your ready to move the clutch. The clutch he removed was from a miata and thats what a drive so I was like OMG it looks easy than I realized that he probably cut aloooooot of shit out to make it a quick and easy video but it just ended up getting my hopes up because I m pretty sure there is other stuff on a miata that you do have to replace in order to get to the transmission I really dont think its thaaaaat easy. My friend replaced his clutch on his truck and I believe it took him overall 3 days to replace it. In a very brutal grueling process that he doesnt probably ever want to go through again But, I am a patient person so I might find it really teidious but would be able to deal with how teidious it could end up being because I know in the end I would be able to figure it out. I just really hope I dont have to replace mine and I can just replace my shifter and it will be fine. Shifting is really loose. It shifts too easily and the pedal feels pretty spongey like its ready to go out again but I have a brand new master cylinder and a brand new slave cylinder and I have bled the system twice because the first time didnt seem like all the air was out of the system and after the second time i ran out of day light but the pedal feels firm every now and then when I drive then goes back to being spongey again so I m very confused on if there is still air in the system or if I do need to replace my clutch entirely. I have also had some grinding issues but I dont know if there are times where its the occassional mishap or my clutch isnt engaging properly and is just rubbing against my fly wheel.
How-To videos like this have to be concise. If Scotty recorded the entire process and uploaded, no one in the right mind would be able to watch and stay focused. He gives you the key points, an overview of the process with some relevant hints which anyone who is capable to do it, should need. Always have the repair manual of the vehicle you are working on to look up details, bolt/wrench sizes, torque specs, etc. They often have pictures capturing the process. So, a repair manual and a short and sweet "overview" video like this is all you really need, provided you are mentally not retarded, have the proper tools and space to do the job. Btw, it took your friend 3 days to do a clutch job? That is way too long unless there was a good reason. Another thing to keep in mind, actual process will be much more time consuming in real life but as you start doing it, most of it is a bit common sense and will make sense while you are following the outlined steps. One thing most instruction videos do not seem to mention or think it is important is, as a shade tree mechanic who might not have done a specific repair on the particular vehicle, always be organized with the parts, label them if applicable and take some photos of the parts before removing them. Case in point, which way the clutch was facing when you took it off, note any notches, markers, arrows, dots, numbers the part may have on it and pay extra attention to put the replacement part in the same way. If a part is installed using multiple bolts and they are not the same length, make a note of it and know where each would goes. Stuff like this will help minimize errors if not completely eliminate them..
This is one of those fixes that Scotty should say "unless you've done this before, just bring it to a shop (unless you don't care how long your car is unusable)".
Hey, there has to be a first time for everything. And really, you don't need any special tools, just normal hand tools and a jack to do it. Patience, yes, but that's free.
I replaced a clutch in a ford pinto in about 3 hours back years ago when I first started driving, and I'd never replaced one before. Even though Pinto's were easy to work on, I barely had any automotive skills, I just asked a 100 questions and used some common sense.
***** they do charge that where I live and it's even more expensive at the dealership. Ok I'll give you that if it takes an experienced mechanic 5-7 it'll probably take me the whole weekend but with prior research I'm sure it's doable even without a lift and just a jack
Yesterday it took my Mechanic friend and I 12 hours on my 350Z. We had to cut rusted bolts to get off the exhaust system and the rear under strut bar. On top of that, what taken more time is that the previous owner used after market flywheel which took forever to remove because how tight it was on and 2 of the pressure plate bolts are stripped when he unscrewed them from being over torqued ... So we had to drive to a Nissan dealership 30 minutes away just for the specific bolts. The 350Z has tons of bolts holding it together more than any car I seen, and now I can see why for a sports car its very durable.
I have a 2001 civic and there is a loud noise when releasing the clutch in parking, checking on the internet I figured out it could be the input shaft bearing, I will try to do it myself and I've been watching many videos like you scotty! thanks, I will try to take out the whole transmission!
May16Joe pray it's just the clutch, cause if it's the input shaft bearing, not easy to tear that whole tranny apart to change it, they are VERY complex inside
Scotty Kilmer Yea I just figured that out. School is about to start and I will probably leave that project for the end of the year, do you think it also could be the clutch? what other symptoms would it give me? It doesn't slip or has hard shifts, seems to run normal except for that noise. Do you think it's best to buy a rebuilt transmission and just swap it?
Ugh, yes. You hit the nail on the head with that. Just helped a friend do this on his Hyundai. We're both experienced with cars (building a rally car together right now), but it still took us 15 hours. Straight.
Not really true.. a Front engined Rear wheel drive is like this.. but what about a rear engined car?.. I did a Matra Murena Clutch replacement once, and that was fairly easy, jacked up the back, took the driveshaft on the left out, removed the suspension arm, and i could slide out the entire gearbox. I Could easily access the clutch right from the left rear wheel well
You're telling me, had to replace the clutch on a early 90's fwd saturn and that was an absolute bitch. My shop teacher told us to remove the whole engine and do it like that, we get about an hour or less of shop time a day and it took around 2 months, if I was to do it again it would take considerably less time because I'd move the transmission, that thing is easier to move out of the way then removing a whole engine.
Wow he makes this look easy, this inst exactly an 'easy' job to drop your tranny on your garage floor. SOO true to buy a whole kit. If you go through the hassle to do all of of this replace everything. 99.9% sure that if the clutch is gone from years of wear everything else should go too. Good test of a reputable mechanic. Sleezy mechanics will just replace the clutch so you have to go back in a few months to replace the throwout bearing.
thanks scotty, actually its my friends car, now with your helpful guides I'm starting slowly a repair shop, tomorrow I'm going to try to fix a 1989 Mitsubishi galant, the owner said when h turns the ignition the wiper also activates even if it is not turn on also the battery keeps draining, thank you so much with your help
My dad and I, (I was 17 at the time) had to replace the clutch on my ranger. Its far more frustrating than this video makes it seem but after a solid day of work and having never changed a clutch before we got it done. I will admit having two sets of arms when lowering the trans really helps and you absolutely need a jack for it. Other than that its fairly straight forward, I bet we could do it again in less than half the time now that we've done it once.
I changed the clutch in my car and it took over 10 hours .. this is best case senecio. I had to remove the fuse box, coolant reservoir, then had to remove the sub frame which included axles, tie rods , sway bar links, steering rack and every bolt was either seized or rusted. It was messy.
Already did ruin it with the amount of grease he put all over everything it’ll be slipping in a bit and they’ll be right back for another maintenance, way to keep the money coming back, smart;)
Scotty Kilmer I didn't know you could buy all those tools for less than $1000, but still, I can't just replace my clutch on the parking lot!? I would need some place where I could work on my car. Lots of people (including me) just don't have access to any place like that. Do you have any advice on that?
And, if anyone has issues with an Eclipse throwout bearing, you must release it by using a screw driver near the fork. My aunt's brother (marriage) was a mechanic for NASCAR. I gave him my last Eclipse clutch job and he took two weeks figuring out how to release the TOB. It is best to use this for an overall guide, and look up your model and make tutorial :)
Scotty, my 2004 Honda Civic did 240,000Km on a single clutch. We all thought it was dead but i could of done 50,000km more without changing it. Insane!
when i see someone that says i ve worked on cars for 40 plus years and changes a clutch and not turn the flywheel it drives me crazy i bet you also just change break pads and dont turn the rotors cause they have no groves lmfao at you sir stay a parts changer and stop saying you are a mechanic !!!!!
+Chad Cohoon Eh, in my experience nobody but bona fide car snobs burn money just for the sake of it. More often than not when I actually observe people taking little shortcuts like that it doesn't realistically harm anything, never mind all the theoretical or hypothetical crap that "mechanics" BS you with to make more commission. Going to the trouble of replacing or surfacing a flywheel that isn't hashed is almost as ridiculous as paying $200 to have valve seats polished when you've already determined that the valve and seat form a good seal, IMO. In a race application? Sure, recondition or replace everything you touch, but the vast majority of drivers don't use their cars hard enough to justify the extra time and money.
+panzerabwerkanone OK bro I didn't say replace it you can have it turned just like a brake rotor that's the right way to do the job I am sure the fly wheel is glazed if the clutch is slipping but what do I know
A guy who is dumb as a door knob watches your videos and decides to follow you and he ends up knowing that he got an AUTO transmission....scotty i really like your videos and i enjoy them cuz i myself have been working under the cars for almost 2 decades so i would like to request you as you are my senior please also mention in your videos that to follow your videos a viewer must have some experience in garage work...love from Australia.
I've been wondering how fed up are those neighbors with Scotty yelling and rewing up his engines like hell years after another? I still love him, he's so nice and funny with his own way and gives us amazing tips how to protect car and save tons of euros or dollars.
this is really helpful for me. i just bought an older miata and at some point it's going to need a new clutch. im not sure how to use the little plastic guide piece though but i can probably figure it out