Cybermonkey
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Bloody clutch cable snapped last night on the way home from picking my girlfriend up from work  What a pain in the arse. There was loads of smoke and thought the engine or gearbox had died on me too. Oh well, getting a neighbour to tow me round to a garage in his jeep, fun 
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Cybermonkey
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Got pulled round to garage tonight by neighbour. Hes got a grand cherokee V8. I cant believe how easily i was getting pulled along by that thing. Tis a monster
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myke
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where did the smoke come from then? 
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Cybermonkey
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engine bay. started pouring out the grill to start with, then just from the bonnet in general.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
Got pulled round to garage tonight by neighbour. Hes got a grand cherokee V8. I cant believe how easily i was getting pulled along by that thing. Tis a monster
My Mum has one of them. Fuck me you know about it when you put your foot down! When you rev the engine up when the cars stationary the whole car rocks to one side!
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R Lee
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my dad had a cherokee. petrol drinking monster that makes a lot of noise when revved 
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Cybermonkey
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yeah they have got monster torque. he pulled away quite sharpish at one point and i thought he was gonna pull the front of my car off 
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Kris TD
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wierd, your first post was at 12.57 pm on the 18th, and your second was at 11.38 pm on the 18th
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ed
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Yea, 4.8 V8's tend to use a lot of fuel...
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Cybermonkey
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especially when its in a 2 tonne vehicle. kris, that is really weird. im scared. apparently because the forum is so big now, lots of problems been popping up all over the place like deleted threads appearing out of the blue
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myke
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quote:
Originally posted by Kris TD
wierd, your first post was at 12.57 pm on the 18th, and your second was at 11.38 pm on the 18th
that is odd.
and i still don't get why a broken clutch cable made loadsa smoke
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Cybermonkey
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im not positive its the clutch cable, but i tried jamming it into reverse to get off the road, and a real bad noise occured, followed by lots of smoke. I then turned the car off and opened the bonnet, then decided to get the car off the road as i was holding up traffic.
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ainsley_brader
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more like clutch!
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Cybermonkey
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bloody hope not
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AdamF
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if the cables snapped the pedal will be on the floor. dont no why it would smoke when cable snapped. may be clutch
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NeilRocks
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I had the same symptons - turned out my cambelt had fell off the rollers
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Cybermonkey
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lol i dont think this is a cambelt problem. Before the clutch died, i would put a small amount of pressure on the pedal and it would go up and down and whack me in the foot, gear changes got harder each time until 1st was impossible, then when trying to put into reverse, heard a loud screech again, followed by lots of crunching, then smoke, then me jumping out of car
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Cybermonkey
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well the clutch has broken badly, and its a whole gearbox out job for the garage, so its gonna cost me about £250 to fix. with a service its gonna be nearly £350-£400 and i only paid £300 for the car
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Simon
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this is what happens to £300 cars
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Adam-D
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you scrap it and buy another one
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Drew
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quote:
Originally posted by Kris TD
wierd, your first post was at 12.57 pm on the 18th, and your second was at 11.38 pm on the 18th
Cybermonkey24
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posted on 18-03-2004 at 11:57 AM
is it me or does that say AM???
smoke from clutch cable snapping? ur sure just ya clutch cable has snapped?
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Cybermonkey
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drew please read my posts. I state that the clutch has failed, not just the cable. Adam-d, im trying to save every last penny for australia, and i dont want the hassle of forking out for scrapping it, re-insuring new car, fixing all its problems, only to be leaving the country very soon
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Adam-D
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push bike it is then
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Cybermonkey
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nah i need a car. Its too far to ride to work everyday, and i dont fancy riding my push bike through south hatfield at 10pm on a tuesday night. I value my life
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