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Fixed slipping Stage 3 and battery drain

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Old May 4, 2005 | 08:22 PM
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Fixed slipping Stage 3 and battery drain

I decided to try to help my slipping clutch situation today by fabricating some shims to assemble on the slave cylinder. I pulled the slave cylinder out and made a pattern from the spacer, then used 2 steel plates that go on 4 in square electrical boxes and cut 2 shims to allow the actuator arm to engage the clutch at a lower level. Worked like a champ and there is zero slip now.
This might work for others with a similar problem since clutch disc wear can't be compensated for unless you have bought an adjustable slave cylinder.
Second problem fixed was the battery drain problem I've been having. If I didn't run the car for 3-4 days, I was having to recharge the battery because it would not turn over.
Well, I had a ABS inop light on for a while and after doing a bit of work on the 3rd brake light, the ABS went away and so did the drain problem. I haven't looked at the elec schematic yet, but figure that a relay was enabled
because of the 3rd brake light problem, and causing a constant drain on the battery.

Maybe this may help others with a similar problem.
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