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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 07:25 PM
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I was drivine the Z one day and all of a sudden the clutch pedal stuch to the floor, I stepped on the pedal again than it poped up. never happen again anyone else have this happen to them?
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 09:39 PM
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yeah... next thing I knew was my car needed a new clutch.
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 10:45 PM
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Maybe because of the heat?
Someone local here in AZ had this problem while doing a track event, he has a Tilton setup though.
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 11:07 PM
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Could also be your floor mats came apart from the little hook that keeps them in place and pushed downward causing your clutch to stick--happened to me and once I fixed the floor mat back into it's holder hasn't happened since...
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by zrdude
Could also be your floor mats came apart from the little hook that keeps them in place and pushed downward causing your clutch to stick--happened to me and once I fixed the floor mat back into it's holder hasn't happened since...
+1...check your floormats.
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 12:08 AM
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what kind of clutch?

did you install headers or high flow cats / test pipes?

if so what kind of gaskets did you use between the header and cat on the drivers side?

if paper... or if you have an exhaust leak there... most likely the heat melted the protector over the clutch line and boiled your fluid... and you just got your car hot enough that it stuck...

ive seen it happen a few times...
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Old Jun 22, 2005 | 04:12 AM
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Same thing happened to me when I was at the track. I went to Nissan dealer and the suggested I change the clutch fluid and replace with a high temp. fluid. I used Super blue brake fluid and have had no problems since.
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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 07:43 PM
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The car was all stock when it happened and it was during normal drive on the street
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