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    E46 M3 Clutch Issue

    Picked up an 05 M3 6-speed manual vert w/50k on odo three weeks ago.





    Stock outside front brake upgrade and the wheels. It's a beautiful car. Feel very fortunate to have it. Got a weekend out of it before losing clutch hydraulics. Drove like an absolute dream for about 100 miles. May have done a few hard pulls and danced around in the red but no 5-mins-at-9k-up-a-canyon runs. Just generic getting to know the car nonsense. Haha.


    ISSUE: On the highway I lost all gears inside of, hell, five minutes? I was (admittedly) zipping through them when I suddenly couldn't get into gear. Went from 'hmm, this is odd' to 'oh, this is an emergency.' Smelled clutch while I struggled with it. Next thing we're off to the side. Had to pushstart into gear to exit the highway.


    Bought a new slave. Bled. Cranked (while on jackstands) and it got into gear! Rears spun in air. Sweet. Get car back on the ground. Gears go in with engine OFF (1st, 2nd easily only), will not engine ON. I do get resistance. (No leaking from master.)


    Will take any advice! Thanks regardless.
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    Tried to get what clutch feels like right now. (There's a sound issue. Think I was referring of how far down I have to push to turn the car on.)





    Ah. Forgot, has short-shifter too. Going through the gears just now.





    Here's a shot of the MC.


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    Last edited by revmotherteg; 05-10-2018 at 05:00 PM.

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