Can't get into gear... - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

WARP TEN · 07-06-2019

When I first got my '93 in 1994, on a Friday afternoon I took a business trip to Indiana from Chicago across the notorious I-80/94 interstate then down I-65. I started losing my clutch the same way, pedal catching progressively closer and closer to the floor, and it eventually got to the point that I was driving without a clutch. I really didn't want to drive back on the usually horrible Friday afternoon I-80/94 traffic without a properly working clutch, so just by luck I found a small rural Chevrolet dealer just before they closed at 4 PM. They fairly quickly diagnosed the problem as lack of clutch fluid (a slow leak). They fixed it quickly by refiling it for me, and didn't even charge me for it. They were so excited to see a ZR-1--they had never had one at their dealership--that they were happy to do the work for free. Got home safely, then a few days later got a new master and slave cylinder just to be sure. Never a problem after that in 70,000 miles of driving. --Bob

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WARP TEN Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lake Bluff, IL Posts: 2,095	Re: Can't get into gear... When I first got my '93 in 1994, on a Friday afternoon I took a business trip to Indiana from Chicago across the notorious I-80/94 interstate then down I-65. I started losing my clutch the same way, pedal catching progressively closer and closer to the floor, and it eventually got to the point that I was driving without a clutch. I really didn't want to drive back on the usually horrible Friday afternoon I-80/94 traffic without a properly working clutch, so just by luck I found a small rural Chevrolet dealer just before they closed at 4 PM. They fairly quickly diagnosed the problem as lack of clutch fluid (a slow leak). They fixed it quickly by refiling it for me, and didn't even charge me for it. They were so excited to see a ZR-1--they had never had one at their dealership--that they were happy to do the work for free. Got home safely, then a few days later got a new master and slave cylinder just to be sure. Never a problem after that in 70,000 miles of driving. --Bob __________________ 2016 Long Beach Red Z06 #10281 "POPS Z" 1995 Polo Green #409 "WARP TEN"--Haibeck 350/510 package, 4.10s, Hurst, Stock Exhaust with QTP Cutouts --Sold but still running strong 1993 Quasar Blue #161 "HIL KING" --Sold but still running strong, now with more than 120,000 miles 1967 Marlboro Maroon/Saddle Corvette Coupe 300 hp/4-spd --Sold a long time ago ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #95 NCM Lifetime Member Favorite Quote--Attributed to Mickey Thompson: "Too Much Horsepower is Almost Enough" Last edited by WARP TEN; 07-08-2019 at 11:51 AM.