zx7ninja
09-04-2003, 11:58 AM
Hey guys, you have helped me out so far, and hope you can help me out more. If anyone remembers my previous posts, i'm buying this car, and there were probs with the shop where it was at. Well, we got the car back, and it soes have a couple probs. First, the stalling problem I mentioned earlier happens when the tank is full, but not when almost empty. I've been told this could be the fuel pump. The distrubutor does need replacing, as mentioned in my earlier posts. So that's 2 probs right there.
Well, I took the car out last night, and noticed that the tranny was slipping. Pretty badly. When driving real easy it only slips a bit. But when pushing it a bit, it slips like crazy. For example:
I push the car to 5000rpm in first, push the clutch, and shift to second. In second, the car will go, but will spin at 5000rpm for a few seconds, then slowly start to drop in rpm's until it catches and the car drives normally again. Will also happen from 2nd to 3rd. Didn't even bother trying 4th or 5th.
Do you think it can be adjusted, or do I need to replace the clutch?
Problem is, the car is costing me 500 bucks. That was fine for the car when it was first presented to me as in near mint condition with no probs. Now I might have to put all this money into it, and it's starting to seem not worth it. I mean, the whole point behind buying the car was because I have had a prob with my insurance company over an accident that never happened in my brand new car , and until the court case is over(i'm suing them), cannot afford to insure it.(they say I had an at-fault accident, and i've never been in an accident in my life)
Also it was so I could have a car to drive in the winter and let my new car sit, and new get screwed up from the ice, snow, salt, sand, etc....
But now it looks like the amount of money I might have to throw into the car would actually be more than what it would cost me to drive my new car again, which defeats the whole purpose of buying the car.
So what do I do? Are these easy or costly fixes? If costly, how much?Do I still buy the car for 500 bucks? Given the situation, is it still worth it? I really need the help here guys. I need to make a decision, and I have no idea what to do.
Well, I took the car out last night, and noticed that the tranny was slipping. Pretty badly. When driving real easy it only slips a bit. But when pushing it a bit, it slips like crazy. For example:
I push the car to 5000rpm in first, push the clutch, and shift to second. In second, the car will go, but will spin at 5000rpm for a few seconds, then slowly start to drop in rpm's until it catches and the car drives normally again. Will also happen from 2nd to 3rd. Didn't even bother trying 4th or 5th.
Do you think it can be adjusted, or do I need to replace the clutch?
Problem is, the car is costing me 500 bucks. That was fine for the car when it was first presented to me as in near mint condition with no probs. Now I might have to put all this money into it, and it's starting to seem not worth it. I mean, the whole point behind buying the car was because I have had a prob with my insurance company over an accident that never happened in my brand new car , and until the court case is over(i'm suing them), cannot afford to insure it.(they say I had an at-fault accident, and i've never been in an accident in my life)
Also it was so I could have a car to drive in the winter and let my new car sit, and new get screwed up from the ice, snow, salt, sand, etc....
But now it looks like the amount of money I might have to throw into the car would actually be more than what it would cost me to drive my new car again, which defeats the whole purpose of buying the car.
So what do I do? Are these easy or costly fixes? If costly, how much?Do I still buy the car for 500 bucks? Given the situation, is it still worth it? I really need the help here guys. I need to make a decision, and I have no idea what to do.