Clutch replacement

[Paw]

mostly city with a 25Km of highway commute in between. Try to play that point with the wife when I bought the PT. Her answer was "you got the slapstick what more do you need." Now, she slowly coming around when her Volvo tranny died at the young age of 120,000Km. Anyway, how reliable is the Autostick compare to the regular automatic?

[TurbozCS2003]

quote:Originally posted by Paw

mostly city with a 25Km of highway commute in between. Try to play that point with the wife when I bought the PT. Her answer was "you got the slapstick what more do you need." Now, she slowly coming around when her Volvo tranny died at the young age of 120,000Km. Anyway, how reliable is the Autostick compare to the regular automatic?

No difference, same tranny converter.

My advice would be to change the fluid yourself every 30K miles with a new filter. Use the ATF+4. I have a 5 spd manual in my PTGT but have two autos, 545RFE in my Grand Cherokee and 46RE in my Durango. In both I droped the pans early, cleaned the magnets, changed the filter( 2 in the 545RFE), installed B&M drain plugs, refilled 6 qts or so for normal pan drop service, disconnected return line from coolers, dumped and added 1 qt at a time( start and put in drive for 30seconds or so with foot on brake to pump out 1 qt into a bucket) until I used about 14 qts to ensure all fluid was replaced. Then reconnected return line. I used AMSoil Univesal ATF, runs great.

[SteelBlueGT]

I know nothing about the longevity of the PT's stickshift since I have an automatic slap shifter, but I know that the secret of keeping an automatic from breaking is keep the heat down, fluid clean and cool, and dont abuse it by WOT[8)] shifts.

[PTGT Redman]

quote:Originally posted by turbomangt

Next question, how do you know when a clutch is starting to go? can they be inspected easliy? Gary

Heh, I can tell you that. For these, it just feels kinda spongy and the engagement point feels sloppy. On occassion you wont be able to put it in gear. Then it craps out.
Mine just went at 25k. Not sure why. I think there was something wrong with it, cause I don't drive that bad and I don't race.

[TurbozCS2003]

quote:Originally posted by PTGT Redman

Heh, I can tell you that. For these, it just feels kinda spongy and the engagement point feels sloppy. On occassion you wont be able to put it in gear. Then it craps out.
Mine just went at 25k. Not sure why. I think there was something wrong with it, cause I don't drive that bad and I don't race.

So did they(MAMOPAR) replace the clutch and PP?? what did they find?
If you had to pay, how much did they charge? also when was your 03 built??

Just curious to know. My PT GT has about 28K miles but was built end of June 2003.

Mike

[PTGT Redman]

I ordered the clutch from tommy. Also order a flywheel in case the original is heat baked.
I don't want to go thru the headache of trying to get them to resurface it. I also need my car back.
I got the clutch for 275 vs 335 and the flywheel for I think 210 vs the 381 they wanted.
Labor kills, their going rate here is about 71/hr.
I'm going to ask for the original clutch from them so I can take a closer look. I have a feeling that when the dealership I bought the car from installed it when they did the recall, that something was awray.

[TurbozCS2003]

Mr PTGT Redman

You mention a recall:
"I have a feeling that when the dealership I bought the car from installed it when they did the recall, that something was awray."

Was the original replaced under a recall and the one which just failed was the repalcement the dealer installed?? What was the recall about and is there a build date/cutoff? My 03 was a late build in june 2003.

Mike