Ok. I'm drivin my car and all at once the engine boggs down as if it going to stop, then it runs fine for about a quarter mile then boggs down again and dies. As I'm pulling off the x-way, I push in the clutch and it goes to the floor with no resistant at all. Car wont start. I assume that the cluch isnt engaged and the transmission is in gear and that the safety switch wont let it start. Tow the thing home and find that the clutch master cylinder is compleatly out of fluid. Replace fluid. Upon further inspection I find a crack that is completely around the bellhouse. The starter is hanging on only with the wiring. On the two bolts bracket on the starter, one of those are broken. When this clutch went out all that happened was the car died and when I pushed in the clutch in it went directly to the floor. No loud bang or grinding. How could I have drove the car to where it broke down without a clutch? I wasnt with the car when it was towed home. My question is, do you think that the clutch may have broken the bellhousing? I feel that the tow truck may have dropped the car some way to cause this kind of breakage. This is a major crack in the b/h. ...Many thx ... Don
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18 years ago