Merlin's 2.2 VTi H22a8

[Lude-dude]

happened to me few years ago, my clutch went to the floor

it was my clutch spring that fell out..

that must have been the oem clutch on my old 5th 2.0i

[Merlin]

That doesn't excuse them... Disgusting! Do 'em under the sale of goods act I say...

There was plenty meat left on the friction plate too, I wonder how much longer it would have lasted if the spring hadn't failed.

including track action

I was thinking about that, I don't think its high rpm upshifts that stressed it out, more likely the high rpm downshifts Sometimes I get a bit eager and downshift too early which puts load through the clutch, and the springs will take the brunt of it.


My clutch pedal went solid. The loose spring wouldn't allow the clutch to disengage. Not to worry as it will be back together soon. H23 manual tensioner conversion is tonight's task.


Them both together (in bits)

[nitin_s1]

That bumper looks so much better then the Mugen one on the Silver 5G..

[craig_jdm]

What time you heading out there tonight might head over still not had a go at the dent

[Merlin]

The 4g still looks better

Its the best car I have ever owned.

[Merlin]

Its all finished! It it took 20-25 hours to complete, what a job it was It would have been impossible for me to do it without the help of some local Luders so massive thanks to them! I'd hate to find out how much a garage would have charged for all this work? £xxxx

So the complete list of what was changed was:

ATR clutch kit
H23 manual tensioner conversion
New crank pulley
Timing belt
Balance belt
Water pump
Cam end seal
Valve cover gasket set
Wrinkle red valve cover
Oil and HAMP filter change
2 quarts Amsoil MTF
New coolant
New wiper blades

Milage 104K (for my own record)

The new clutch feels awesome, soooooo light. It feels as if the pedal isnt connected to anything But it works perfect.


Anyway after all the new bits the only thing that looks different is my refurbed rocker cover I have a black spark plug cover to go on but the paint was not dry:

iPhone pics at 10.30 pm = bad




I no doubt get better pics at JapFest at Knockhill next weekend.

It's off it's getting an MOT today too

[nitin_s1]

[Merlin]

Best of all is that it will no longer suck up time and funds so I can get on and finished the 4G The 5th gen has been a good car though. Last time it needed work done to it (other than keeping on top of the brakes) was two years ago.

[rob quilter]

Awesome work!


+rep.

[CARRisma]

During the afternoon of Saturday 03/01/2009, my car started experiencing problems changing gear. On a couple of occasions, the gears grinded a little when changing up, and I assumed (hoped) that I had not pushed down the clutch pedal far enough. Later on, it refused to go into gear for a few seconds. This got me a little worried. I realised something wasn't right and became quite worried while coasting along for about 10 seconds in neutral trying to get it into gear. The gear stick would move left and right as normal, but would point blank refuse to move forward or backwards to engage a gear. The fault was intermittent, when it was refusing to engage gears, there were no nasty noises or other symptoms, and then all of a sudden it would work correctly. However, the first subsequent gear change was quite stiff and a bit crunchy, and then it would be fine, as if nothing was wrong.

I asked the garage to keep hold of my old clutch & flywheel. Upon inspection of the original clutch, I could see that the clutch was quite buggered. The clutch had done 79,445 miles. Replacing a clutch at about 80,000 miles on a Honda Prelude isn't out of the ordinary, especially considering my clutch took some abuse at Santa Pod Raceway a few months beforehand, which was probably a contributory factor. Two of the lips which hold the springs were damaged, so the springs were loose. One was so badly bent, the spring could actually come out when held upside down.

After 79,445 miles / 9 years: