As long as it's not the rear main seal leaking on to the clutch plate
causing my difficulties all should be alright.


I'd avoid fixing it but it is my road trip vehicle - From Ottawa,
Canada it's been to West Va twice, Georgia once, Fla once and Mexico
twice..

I'll start working on it on Monday and I'll let everyone know what the
verdict is..

For the previous questions

1. Yes, the hydraulics are full. (Brand new in fact - replaced because
I though t the hydraulics were the issue)
2. Yes, the flywheel was machined.
3. Yes, the release bearing was replaced.

Thanks for the assistance so far..

-a

Napalm Heart wrote:
> Interesting. The clutch pressure on the SL2 that is now my son's is
> feather-light. I have had the same thing as far as getting it to go
> into gear, but I always figured that the problem felt more like it
was
> in the shifter.
>
> Ken
>
> "Scott MacIntyre" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi - Amazing! I have the exact situation you described on my 94
> SL2 - I've
> > just been living with it, but what a bitch it is when your sitting
> at a
> > light, and it changes and you have to jam the SOB into 1st. Unlike
> you
> > though, I usually don't have problems with any other gear. I found
> that as I
> > am just coming to a stop, I apply slight pressure to the stick to
> put in
> > 1st, and it'll gently slip in just before you stop. I also have
the
> > "jumping" you described while sitting at a light with the car in
> 1st...Feels
> > like the clutch isn't completely disengaged...funny thing is that
if
> you
> > pull the stick out of gear, pump the clutch once and put it back in
> it
> > stops. (of course, then you have the problem of having to jam it
> again)
> >
> > The reason I state the above experience for you is that for me, the
> car is
> > what it is...mine's a 12 year old Saturn with 160K miles on it in
> which the
> > drivers seat and my left side get wet during rain from a leak
> somewhere
> > (drips down from the around the seat belt track), and I'm only
> looking to
> > keep it going until it dies, putting only the minimum $ in it.
This
> clutch
> > problem has been going on for 2 years, and hasn't changed or left
me
> > stranded.......so if yours just started AND you don't want to dump
$
> in it
> > AND you can live with it, it won't crap out on you if that's what
> your
> > worried about. (and no, the clutch is not adjustable just as
> someone else
> > mentioned)
> >
> > BTW, on the same topic of clutches, is it mine only, or is the
> Saturn clutch
> > in that car the stiffest/hardest clutch for a car you've ever
> experienced??
> > My left leg gets a good workout in rush hour!! I've driven large
> trucks
> > that feel like that clutch. The other day, I moved my friend's
> Nissan,
> > which is a stick and I damn near put my foot through the floor!!
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > "Adrien" > wrote in message
> > news
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I have a 1996 SL1 with 200,000km on it. (120K miles)
> > >
> > > I replaced the clutch about 25000 km ago and over the last
5000km,
> the
> > > shifting has been difficult at best.
> > >
> > > At a light it's difficult to put it in 1st.. finding second or
> third is
> > > difficult as well. Most troubling is that sometimes at a light
> with the
> > > clutch pedal in and the tranny in 1st gear, it feels as though
the
> clutch
> > > is grabbing and the car is lurchy..
> > >
> > > Seems to me that sometimes the clutch is released properly and
> > > intermittently it's not.
> > >
> > > I have replaced the hydraulics with the sealed system factory
unit
> and it
> > > didn't make a difference at all.
> > >
> > > So for my questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Any ideas on what might be bad here? Bad clutch itself?
> > >
> > > 2. Should I yank the engine to replace the clutch or can I
> separate the
> > > engine and tranny with less work than that. (I had a garage do
the
> work
> > > last time)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adrien
> >
> >