Wondering how many members start their 6MT with the transmission in nuetral and the clutch fully engaged.......as reccommended in the owners manual.

Also, after stopping the engine and applying the parking brake how many engage the clutch briefly to take any tension off the transmission......particularly when parking on unlevel surfaces.

 

Wondering how many members start their 6MT with the transmission in nuetral and the clutch fully engaged.......as reccommended in the owners manual.

Nope

Also, after stopping the engine and applying the parking brake how many engage the clutch briefly to take any tension off the transmission......particularly when parking on unlevel surfaces.

Never heard of that one either.

 

1. Yes, always.

2. Nope, never heard

 

Yes
No

 

I dont think that my parking brake is strong enough to hold the car on a hill by itself...I have to leave it in gear...so not only do I not do #2 (that sounds funny...lol) I purposely do the opposite, and have with all of the manual transmission cars that I have had.

 

1. yes

2. most times no

 

I do both, and in regards to the second, I use the emergency brake to hold the car and then I depress the clutch and put it in 1st gear as extra insurance.

 

yes, yes if im on a hill. otherwise i'm in neutral.

 

Yes
Yes.......but if on a hill I leave it in gear as a back up.

 

#2: I park in neutral w/ parking brake (exception of steep hills, then I leave tranny in reverse).
#1, because I park in neutral, it's still in neutral when I start it

 

Hmm, I never knew #1, can someone explain the logic/reasoning behind this? Also the reasoning behind starting it in neutral *and* with the clutch fully engaged? (I usually start with clutch engaged and in 1st gear.)

#2: Yup, all the time even on level surfaces. It takes the weight off the transmission and puts it on the ebrake.

 

I appreciate your understanding of taking any tension off the transmission when parking........

As for as starting with clutch engaged and transmission in nuetral......nothing is turning, i.e. throwout bearing and possible gear or sync movement in the transmission.

 

Just to clarify some termonology...

When you step on the clutch pedal, it disengages the clutch.

bill

 

Technically, the job of the clutch is to allow the driver to disengage the tranny from the engine. Therefore, when you push the pedal in, you are engaging the clutch to do it's job. (It's purely scemantics and I'm not trying to argue, it's just that you'll find most people referencing pushing the clutch pedal as 'engaging', not 'disengaging'.

And I usually set my p-brake with the car in neutral, take my foot off the brake, then let disengage the clutch. That way, there is no load on the tranny.

 

I always push the clutch in to start the car. Is it even possible to start the car without pushing the clutch in?

 

yes
yes

 

Technically speaking, bill is 100% correct. A disengaged clutch is one that isn't connecting the engine to the transmission because it's disengaged(clutch in). Most people don't know what they're talking about though, I agree, but IMO that's no justification or excuse to think of it ***-backwards.

1:yes
2:yes, unless on a hill, then I put it in 1st or R depending on which way I'm facing

 

Tomato...Tomaaaaato. I still say I had it right.

And it's bass-ackwards, don't ya know.

 

lol how about ack-basswards

I still say me and bill are right. It's pretty basic auto terminology.

quoted from wikipedia.org:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch

 

Damnit roast, just when I thought I was right about something you come along with the wiki and beat me down...Alright, I concede.

And yeah, ack-basswards is perfect.