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Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:26 pm
by OceanBlue2000
Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:28 am
Honest and the Porsche gods smiled upon you. Drive the car hard to appease them!!!
Ordered a sub from Jersey Mike's and took the long way home. Car is much easier to drive!
Just for research sake, since I didn't find a ton of info: The clutches in Carreras are hydraulic, very much like a brake system, and in fact share the same fluid reservoir with the brakes (not true in turbos). They also have a master cylinder and slave cylinder, again just like brakes. My issue was with the master slave cylinder, which now seems to be fixed.
My symptoms: at first a "spongey" pedal. The only way to describe it is if there was a spring attached to the clutch pedal, that spring is now bent such that the pedal doesn't have the right resistance when you push it. This, I ignored because I don't trust my own judgement. A mistake. This was followed by an increase in pedal travel, such that the engagement point of the clutch moved closer to the floor, until I could no longer push the pedal far enough to engage reverse. This happened so gradually that I didn't really notice until recently and then it was too late. In any case, pumping the clutch pedal allowed me to get enough pressure in the system to engage reverse and get it out of the garage.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:45 pm
by 32wildbilly
Jersey Mike's...yum! The Big Kahuna?
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:26 pm
Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:28 am
Honest and the Porsche gods smiled upon you. Drive the car hard to appease them!!!
Ordered a sub from Jersey Mike's and took the long way home. Car is much easier to drive!
Just for research sake, since I didn't find a ton of info: The clutches in Carreras are hydraulic, very much like a brake system, and in fact share the same fluid reservoir with the brakes (not true in turbos). They also have a master cylinder and slave cylinder, again just like brakes. My issue was with the master slave cylinder, which now seems to be fixed.
My symptoms: at first a "spongey" pedal. The only way to describe it is if there was a spring attached to the clutch pedal, that spring is now bent such that the pedal doesn't have the right resistance when you push it. This, I ignored because I don't trust my own judgement. A mistake. This was followed by an increase in pedal travel, such that the engagement point of the clutch moved closer to the floor, until I could no longer push the pedal far enough to engage reverse. This happened so gradually that I didn't really notice until recently and then it was too late. In any case, pumping the clutch pedal allowed me to get enough pressure in the system to engage reverse and get it out of the garage.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:00 pm
by OceanBlue2000
32wildbilly wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:45 pm
Jersey Mike's...yum! The Big Kahuna?
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:26 pm
Ordered a sub from Jersey Mike's and took the long way home. Car is much easier to drive!
Just for research sake, since I didn't find a ton of info: The clutches in Carreras are hydraulic, very much like a brake system, and in fact share the same fluid reservoir with the brakes (not true in turbos). They also have a master cylinder and slave cylinder, again just like brakes. My issue was with the master slave cylinder, which now seems to be fixed.
My symptoms: at first a "spongey" pedal. The only way to describe it is if there was a spring attached to the clutch pedal, that spring is now bent such that the pedal doesn't have the right resistance when you push it. This, I ignored because I don't trust my own judgement. A mistake. This was followed by an increase in pedal travel, such that the engagement point of the clutch moved closer to the floor, until I could no longer push the pedal far enough to engage reverse. This happened so gradually that I didn't really notice until recently and then it was too late. In any case, pumping the clutch pedal allowed me to get enough pressure in the system to engage reverse and get it out of the garage.
No, just the number 2. I used to work down in Point Pleasant Beach right near the original Jersey Mike's. I probably met the owner a couple times but I don't remember. Who knew. Now I'm a bennie.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:40 pm
by FRUNKenstein
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:55 am
A small piece of good news, car is done and I got away with just the master. Hmmm. I guess my new indy is honest?
Congrats on dodging a medium-sized bullet. Even if it needed a new clutch, there are worse things . . .
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:25 am
by OceanBlue2000
FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:40 pm
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:55 am
A small piece of good news, car is done and I got away with just the master. Hmmm. I guess my new indy is honest?
Congrats on dodging a medium-sized bullet. Even if it needed a new clutch, there are worse things . . .
Thanks, and damn skippy. I went to the Giants' "Fan Fest" last night with my son and for a second on the highway I wondered why I needed to be in sixth, looked down and I was doing 90.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:43 am
by Dgi 07
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:38 pm
32wildbilly wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 12:43 pm
Either or both is better than an exploded pressure plate/clutch disc.
And I punted on this one because I was lazy. All it took was reading a couple posts about how PITA the slave cylinder was to get in.
Don't feel too bad.
I've been puTting off doing both front axle boots for over a month now.
.
I work on cars for a living.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:35 am
by 32wildbilly
Who would want to work on cars all day then spend their time off working on cars!?
Dgi 07 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:43 am
OceanBlue2000 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:38 pm
And I punted on this one because I was lazy. All it took was reading a couple posts about how PITA the slave cylinder was to get in.
Don't feel too bad.
I've been puTting off doing both front axle boots for over a month now.
.
I work on cars for a living.
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:29 am
by 5chn3ll
I walked past it and took the Jeep to work today. It was hotter than Satan's butthole yesterday, and those flecks of blend door foam that come flying out when the fan is on high stick to sweaty skin.
Pretty sure you could hang meat in the Grand Cherokee w/ the AC on max...
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:18 am
by 32wildbilly
While your humidity was somewhat high yesterday Satan's butthole is much hotter than 82f or so I've been told! We only hit 91f yesterday with similar humidity so I drove the crap out of mine with the windows down and no air on.
Hell! There is a All European car show Saturday and I'm hoping the forecast stays as projected. 84f with 64% humidity...Perfect!
You big pussy!
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:29 am
I walked past it and took the Jeep to work today. It was hotter than Satan's butthole yesterday, and those flecks of blend door foam that come flying out when the fan is on high stick to sweaty skin.
Pretty sure you could hang meat in the Grand Cherokee w/ the AC on max...
Re: What did you do to/with your 996 today?
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 10:41 am
by Dgi 07
32wildbilly wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 7:35 am
Who would want to work on cars all day then spend their time off working on cars!?
Dgi 07 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 6:43 am
Don't feel too bad.
I've been puTting off doing both front axle boots for over a month now.
.
I work on cars for a living.
Man, no truer words have been spoken.
I can open a parts shop out of my basement with all the stuff I have down there.