old cars are like that, lots of problems, most of them 5 or 10 things wrong, all ignored and they stack up..
the pumps all fail, not one ever lasts to end of engine life, the weep hole on the front end of pump , lets you know the seal just failed, and now bearings inside, are next, "today"
we call that the Tell Tale hole.
the water can leak there, and show up, down hill from there, due to gravity. keep in mind good coolant is very near clear,slight yellow and can leak, unseen easy , at the source. (takes careful looking , park car, get it hot, and find all leaks now, under pressure all external leaks can be seen, most)
the rear of the pump , (suction side) has a hidden o-ring that fails and is on the rear, at the suction manifold, or it too can leak or rust,its steel, and will rust if not kept painted.
sounds like the while cooling system is sick, needs a flush bad, if you ignore coolant it goes to acidic, and eats the heater core, to death first then RAD.
it also can clog those tiny hoses if the system is allowed to turn to mud.
Letting mud build up in the water jackets, will make cylinders have hots spots on the low end, never good that.
the clutch cable is all steel on the main outer casing, and at the end is a rubber bellows, to keep out road water and salts and attendant damage,.
its all steel.
some have black film coating, on the outer, casing this is only for water proofing the casing but the cables casing and the center wire is all steal. end to end.
center wire steel ,end to end.
casing is thick steel. end to end.
thin covering , water proofing, over thick casing,
end is steel threaded shaft. in all cases.
bellows boot on end on some
1996 , new bushing mount, as seen below. before this year, the end casing is a threaded shaft to a special body mount and huge hut there. holding it.
on the latter years, the end if the the cable sheath , they deleted the thread there, and used a rubber, bushing, that just slides into the bracket.
this modification shaved work , making millions of cars, time is money earned, at CAMI..
96+?
here it is on my bad clutch page
shows exactly what it is, major parts are all steel. all other parts are water proofing or bushing.
this is 1996.up
this is the wrong cable, just showing it , to illustrate how different it is. Buying after market parts on this this, part, is very very hard.
its not hard of you see why they changed and how.
![[Image: 96-cable.jpg]](http://www.fixkick.com/tranny/clutch/96-cable.jpg)
the cables , I made a table. below. long ago, im sure more makers,produce them now. (check out rockauto.com)
the reason this can be hard, is from ENGINE swaps. the owners , unwittingly upgrade the clutch cable mounts.! there are 3 cables. used in the ERA.
the only problem with cables besides length, is the rubber end mount or not.
if you have 2 nuts, there, 1 for end center cable, and 1 for the sheath nut, then its the old style screw mount.
i cant see yours mount to say. 1way or other other.
The complexity is (A/C option , 8v or 16v, 4doors, and 2door, and 2wd or 4wd) all these factors can change what cable was used,
mine was so long the bottom of my Engine Radiator had a clutch cable clip there, (built new that way)
http://www.fixkick.com/tranny/clutch/clu...tch-Cables
the coolant is under pressure, hot, as much as 14 PSI. (raises the boiling point and also makes finding leaks way more easy, under pressure)
if there is a leak it will get worse, if you let it go acidic, you risk wrecking freeze plugs (core plugs) and that is far far more hard to fix.
yes the coolant is $11 a gallon, not on sale? 4 quarts, makes 8 quarts mixed and is more that you need, 5.6 quarts max is spec. seen here
page 7 , http://ge.tt/3W4iaJ91/v/0?c
my guess tad more with plastic side expansion tank 1/2 full. but can be more if wrong radiator, used, the 4 door is bigger rad , in some cases.
when the government banned the last coolant, chems., the price tripled. as per usual. but cheaper that gluten free, mountain spring water,, LOL
the pumps all fail, not one ever lasts to end of engine life, the weep hole on the front end of pump , lets you know the seal just failed, and now bearings inside, are next, "today"
we call that the Tell Tale hole.
the water can leak there, and show up, down hill from there, due to gravity. keep in mind good coolant is very near clear,slight yellow and can leak, unseen easy , at the source. (takes careful looking , park car, get it hot, and find all leaks now, under pressure all external leaks can be seen, most)
the rear of the pump , (suction side) has a hidden o-ring that fails and is on the rear, at the suction manifold, or it too can leak or rust,its steel, and will rust if not kept painted.
sounds like the while cooling system is sick, needs a flush bad, if you ignore coolant it goes to acidic, and eats the heater core, to death first then RAD.
it also can clog those tiny hoses if the system is allowed to turn to mud.
Letting mud build up in the water jackets, will make cylinders have hots spots on the low end, never good that.
the clutch cable is all steel on the main outer casing, and at the end is a rubber bellows, to keep out road water and salts and attendant damage,.
its all steel.
some have black film coating, on the outer, casing this is only for water proofing the casing but the cables casing and the center wire is all steal. end to end.
center wire steel ,end to end.
casing is thick steel. end to end.
thin covering , water proofing, over thick casing,
end is steel threaded shaft. in all cases.
bellows boot on end on some
1996 , new bushing mount, as seen below. before this year, the end casing is a threaded shaft to a special body mount and huge hut there. holding it.
on the latter years, the end if the the cable sheath , they deleted the thread there, and used a rubber, bushing, that just slides into the bracket.
this modification shaved work , making millions of cars, time is money earned, at CAMI..
96+?
here it is on my bad clutch page
shows exactly what it is, major parts are all steel. all other parts are water proofing or bushing.
this is 1996.up
this is the wrong cable, just showing it , to illustrate how different it is. Buying after market parts on this this, part, is very very hard.
its not hard of you see why they changed and how.
the cables , I made a table. below. long ago, im sure more makers,produce them now. (check out rockauto.com)
the reason this can be hard, is from ENGINE swaps. the owners , unwittingly upgrade the clutch cable mounts.! there are 3 cables. used in the ERA.
the only problem with cables besides length, is the rubber end mount or not.
if you have 2 nuts, there, 1 for end center cable, and 1 for the sheath nut, then its the old style screw mount.
i cant see yours mount to say. 1way or other other.
The complexity is (A/C option , 8v or 16v, 4doors, and 2door, and 2wd or 4wd) all these factors can change what cable was used,
mine was so long the bottom of my Engine Radiator had a clutch cable clip there, (built new that way)
http://www.fixkick.com/tranny/clutch/clu...tch-Cables
the coolant is under pressure, hot, as much as 14 PSI. (raises the boiling point and also makes finding leaks way more easy, under pressure)
if there is a leak it will get worse, if you let it go acidic, you risk wrecking freeze plugs (core plugs) and that is far far more hard to fix.
yes the coolant is $11 a gallon, not on sale? 4 quarts, makes 8 quarts mixed and is more that you need, 5.6 quarts max is spec. seen here
page 7 , http://ge.tt/3W4iaJ91/v/0?c
my guess tad more with plastic side expansion tank 1/2 full. but can be more if wrong radiator, used, the 4 door is bigger rad , in some cases.
when the government banned the last coolant, chems., the price tripled. as per usual. but cheaper that gluten free, mountain spring water,, LOL
http://www.fixkick.com